Nevada

NRS 439.005 Definitions.

NRS 439.010 Administration of chapter.

NRS 439.015 Acceptance and disbursement of federal appropriations; deposit to State Division of Public and Behavioral Health Federal Account.

NRS 439.030 State Board of Health: Creation; members; qualifications.

NRS 439.040 State Board of Health: Term of office.

NRS 439.060 State Board of Health: Meetings; quorum.

NRS 439.070 State Board of Health: Secretary; Executive Officer.

NRS 439.080 State Board of Health: Compensation of members and employees.

NRS 439.085 Chief Medical Officer: Appointment; unclassified service.

NRS 439.095 Chief Medical Officer: Qualifications.

NRS 439.110 Chief Medical Officer: Devotion of time to official duties; cooperation with Nevada System of Higher Education; maintenance of clinical practice.

NRS 439.130 Chief Medical Officer and Administrator: Duties.

NRS 439.135 Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other agents by Administrator.

NRS 439.140 Appointment or removal of subordinate officer or employee of Division.

NRS 439.150 State Board of Health supreme in matters concerning health; Department designated agency for federal cooperation; fees.

NRS 439.155 Contracts for cooperation with governmental entities and others; effect of payments to Division for such cooperation; immunity from and limitations on liability not waived.

NRS 439.160 Uniform compliance with certain provisions of chapter.

NRS 439.170 Prevention of sickness and disease; legal action for enforcement of laws and regulations; provision of information concerning importance of annual physical examination for children.

NRS 439.180 Biennial report to Director by Administrator.

NRS 439.190 Hearings and witnesses.

NRS 439.200 Adoption, effect, variances and distribution of regulations of State Board of Health; recommendations regarding certain program for repayment of student loans.

NRS 439.230 Personal and statistical information to be secured from patient admitted or committed to public or private institution.

NRS 439.235 Duties of Division to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding.

NRS 439.240 State Public Health Laboratory: Maintenance by University of Nevada School of Medicine; branch laboratories; purpose; administration; reports.

NRS 439.245 Data dashboard for data relating to telehealth access: Establishment; requirements; availability.

NRS 439.249 Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report.

NRS 439.255 Masks and face shields for use in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Regulations; provision to peace officers and firefighters; waiver of requirements; civil immunity for use.

NRS 439.256 Program to improve response to medical emergencies: Establishment; requirements; activities of Division.

NRS 439.258 Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations.

NRS 439.259 Grants for addressing disparities in health care and health outcomes based on certain categories of persons; selection of nonprofit organization to serve as lead partner; establishment of advisory committee; annual report.

NRS 439.261 Grants for addressing race-based health disparities relating to kidney disease; establishment of advisory committee; annual report.

NRS 439.263 Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439.265 Immunization Information System: Establishment and administration; duty to report information concerning immunization administered to child; contents and form of report; parent or guardian to be provided information concerning System; parent or guardian may decline inclusion of information in System; disclosure of information; regulations.

NRS 439.271 Definitions.

NRS 439.272 State Dental Health Officer: Appointment by Director of Authority in unclassified service or as contractor; qualifications; duties.

NRS 439.279 State Public Health Dental Hygienist: Appointment; classification; qualifications; duties; solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants.

NRS 439.280 County board of health: Composition; officers; service without additional compensation.

NRS 439.290 County health officer: Appointment; qualifications; term.

NRS 439.300 County health officer: Compensation.

NRS 439.310 County health officer: Vacancy; appointment by Chief Medical Officer.

NRS 439.320 County health officer: Executive officer of county board of health; may be county physician.

NRS 439.330 Deputy county health officer: Appointment; compensation; duties.

NRS 439.340 County board of health: Supervision by Division; reports.

NRS 439.350 County board of health: Duties.

NRS 439.360 County board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment.

NRS 439.361 Applicability.

NRS 439.362 Creation and composition of Health District; appointment and terms of members of district board of health and public health advisory board; duty of district board of health to maintain records; prohibition on local boards of health.

NRS 439.363 Health district fund: Creation.

NRS 439.364 District board of health: Meetings; quorum; duties.

NRS 439.365 District board of health: Budget; adoption by board of county commissioners; annual allocation.

NRS 439.366 Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health.

NRS 439.367 District board of health: Powers.

NRS 439.368 Appointment, duties and compensation of district health officer; duties of district board of health concerning district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.

NRS 439.369 Applicability.

NRS 439.370 Health district: Creation.

NRS 439.380 County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.

NRS 439.383 County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health.

NRS 439.385 City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.

NRS 439.390 District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.

NRS 439.400 Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.

NRS 439.405 Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding.

NRS 439.410 Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health.

NRS 439.420 City board of health: Creation by ordinance.

NRS 439.430 City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer.

NRS 439.440 Inclusion of city in county or district health department.

NRS 439.450 Withdrawal of city from county or district health department; re-establishment of city health department.

NRS 439.460 City board of health: Duties.

NRS 439.470 City board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment.

NRS 439.471 Applicability.

NRS 439.473 Authority of district health officer to issue order for extermination or abatement of nuisance; authorized actions.

NRS 439.475 Notice of order for abatement of nuisance; duty of health district if owner fails to comply with order.

NRS 439.477 Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien.

NRS 439.479 Regulations; enforcement; notice to district board of health of failure to maintain rental dwelling unit in habitable condition.

NRS 439.480 Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction.

NRS 439.490 Abatement or removal of nuisance.

NRS 439.495 Establishment; purpose.

NRS 439.496 Powers of Division to apply for and accept gifts, grants and bequests; disposition of money; administration of account.

NRS 439.497 Definitions.

NRS 439.498 Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; administrative penalty for violation of section.

NRS 439.499 Limitation on civil and criminal liability.

NRS 439.501 Establishment.

NRS 439.505 Duties of Division.

NRS 439.507 Powers of Division to enter into contracts, to apply for and accept gifts, donations, bequests and grants and to apply for federal waivers; disposition of money; administration of account.

NRS 439.508 Definitions.

NRS 439.511 Creation; purposes; employment of Coordinator; qualifications of Coordinator; duties of Coordinator.

NRS 439.512 Development and implementation of safe firearm storage campaign; provision of information and assistance concerning community programs for storage of firearms outside home; gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439.513 Employment of trainer for suicide prevention; qualifications; duties.

NRS 439.514 Definitions.

NRS 439.515 “Advisory Council” defined.

NRS 439.516 “Program” defined.

NRS 439.517 Establishment; purpose.

NRS 439.518 Advisory Council: Establishment; purpose; appointment of members.

NRS 439.519 Advisory Council: Terms; Chair; appointment of committees and subcommittees; removal of nonlegislative members; administrative support; quorum; meetings; compensation.

NRS 439.521 Duties of Division.

NRS 439.522 Public hearings.

NRS 439.523 Authority of Division to enter into contracts and award grants.

NRS 439.525 Gifts, grants and contributions: Accounting; use; administration.

NRS 439.529 Administration; duties of Director; use of other programs; prohibition against commingling of money; money for program to be accounted for separately; authorized uses of money.

NRS 439.530 Treatment by prayer, mental or spiritual means; no compulsion to submit to medical treatment.

NRS 439.532 Testing and labeling of certain products containing cannabidiol; regulations.

NRS 439.535 Clinic for immunization of children: Availability; immunity of personnel from criminal and civil liability.

NRS 439.538 Electronic transmission of health information: Exemption from state law concerning privacy or confidentiality of certain health information; ability of person to opt out of electronic disclosure of certain health information.

NRS 439.539 Duty of Department to hold informational meetings to coordinate services for victims of sex trafficking.

NRS 439.540 Chapter does not alter powers of Commissioner of Food and Drugs or powers of Director of State Department of Agriculture.

NRS 439.550 Strict enforcement of chapter by local health officer.

NRS 439.560 Enforcement of chapter by public officers.

NRS 439.565 Injunctions against violations.

NRS 439.570 Health authority may report violation to district attorney or Attorney General; initiation and prosecution of action.

NRS 439.580 Penalties.

NRS 439.581 Definitions.

NRS 439.582 “Electronic health record” defined.

NRS 439.583 “Health care provider” defined.

NRS 439.584 “Health information exchange” defined.

NRS 439.585 “Person” defined.

NRS 439.587 Designation of Director of Authority as state authority for health information technology; authorization to establish or contract with one or more health information exchanges; adoption of regulations and other necessary actions authorized.

NRS 439.588 Certification for health information exchange required; disciplinary action for failure to comply with law; administrative fine for operating without certification; regulations.

NRS 439.589 Adoption of framework for electronic maintenance, transmittal and exchange of electronic health records, prescriptions, health-related information and electronic signatures; compliance by certain persons and entities with framework; waiver; exception; failure to comply not misdemeanor.

NRS 439.590 Limitations on use, release or publication of certain information; penalty for unauthorized access to electronic health record or health information exchange; establishment of complaint system.

NRS 439.591 Patient not required to participate in health information exchange; notification to patient of breach of confidentiality of electronic health records or health information exchange; patient access to electronic health records.

NRS 439.592 Electronic health records, electronic signatures and electronically transmitted or retrieved health information deemed to comply with certain writing and signature requirements; information maintained or transmitted in electronic health record or retrieved by a health information exchange deemed to comply with certain confidentiality requirements; exception.

NRS 439.593 Immunity from liability for health care provider who takes certain actions with respect to electronic health record.

NRS 439.595 Provision of information to, transmitting, accessing, utilizing or disclosing electronic health record or participation in health information exchange not unfair trade practice.

NRS 439.597 Electronic transmission of health information: Exemption from state law concerning privacy or confidentiality of certain health information; ability of person to opt out of electronic disclosure of certain health information.

NRS 439.600 Legislative declaration.

NRS 439.620 Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents.

NRS 439.630 Powers and duties of Department; eligibility of veterans for certain benefits or services available to senior citizens, persons with disabilities and other specified persons; submission of biennial report by Grants Management Advisory Committee, Nevada Commission on Aging and Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities.

NRS 439.800 Definitions.

NRS 439.802 “Facility-acquired infection” defined.

NRS 439.803 “Health facility” defined. [Effective through June 30, 2026.]

NRS 439.803 “Health facility” defined. [Effective July 1, 2026.]

NRS 439.805 “Medical facility” defined.

NRS 439.810 “Patient” defined.

NRS 439.815 “Patient safety officer” defined.

NRS 439.820 “Provider of health care” defined.

NRS 439.830 “Sentinel event” defined.

NRS 439.835 Mandatory reporting of sentinel events.

NRS 439.837 Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions.

NRS 439.840 Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division; confidentiality.

NRS 439.841 Authority of Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs.

NRS 439.843 Annual summaries of reports of sentinel events; compilation by Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division; confidentiality; posting of patient safety plans by Authority on Internet website.

NRS 439.845 Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility.

NRS 439.847 Participation in surveillance system by medical facilities and facilities for skilled nursing; access, analysis and reporting of information submitted to surveillance system by Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division; regulations.

NRS 439.855 Notification of patients involved in sentinel events.

NRS 439.856 Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients.

NRS 439.857 Procedure for informing patient, legal guardian or other person that patient at medical facility has infection; immunity from liability for providing certain information.

NRS 439.860 Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding.

NRS 439.865 Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update.

NRS 439.870 Patient safety officer: Designation; duties.

NRS 439.873 Designation, duties and qualifications of infection control officer; required ratio of patients to employees with certain training in infection control; Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division to provide education and technical assistance.

NRS 439.875 Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged.

NRS 439.877 Patient safety checklists and patient safety policies: Adoption by patient safety committee; required provisions; duties of patient safety committee.

NRS 439.880 Immunity from criminal and civil liability.

NRS 439.885 Violation by health facility: Administrative sanction prohibited when voluntarily reported; administrative sanction imposed when not voluntarily reported; appeal of imposition of sanction; accounting and expenditure of money.

NRS 439.890 Adoption of regulations.

NRS 439.902 Definitions.

NRS 439.904 “Commission” defined.

NRS 439.906 “Provider of health care” defined.

NRS 439.908 Creation; membership; compensation; terms and removal of members; vacancies; Chair; quorum; compliance with ethics requirements.

NRS 439.912 Meetings; bylaws; subcommittees and working groups; contracts; advice and technical assistance by state agencies, boards and commissions.

NRS 439.914 Appointment, qualifications and duties of Executive Director; authority to request information from state agencies.

NRS 439.916 Systematic review of issues relating to health care; authority to request information from state and local governmental entities; hyperlink to data dashboard.

NRS 439.918 Duties; reports.

NRS 439.942 Establishment; requirements to become client; administrators; confidentiality; protection of information; maintenance.

NRS 439.943 Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information.

NRS 439.944 Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account.

NRS 439.945 Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion.

NRS 439.946 Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website.

NRS 439.947 Access to information.

NRS 439.948 Fees; regulations.

NRS 439.950 Definitions.

NRS 439.955 “Emergency team” defined.

NRS 439.960 “Health care facility” defined.

NRS 439.965 “Provider of health care” defined.

NRS 439.970 Determination of public health emergency or other health event; executive order of Governor; designation of emergency team; chair; Attorney General designated legal counsel to emergency team.

NRS 439.973 Authority of Governor to request assistance from contiguous state in carrying out inspections.

NRS 439.975 Powers and duties of emergency team.

NRS 439.980 Duties of chair of emergency team.

NRS 439.983 Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event.

NRS 439.985 Legislative declaration of purpose.

NRS 439.986 “Sterile hypodermic device program” or “program” defined.

NRS 439.987 Establishment.

NRS 439.988 Guidelines governing operation.

NRS 439.989 Program to establish safety procedures, provide community outreach and report to State Board of Health.

NRS 439.990 Staff and volunteers to complete training; requirements for training.

NRS 439.991 Program authorized to provide material for safer injection drug use and certain information.

NRS 439.992 Immunity from civil liability.

NRS 439.993 Confidentiality of records; use of information.

NRS 439.994 Discrimination prohibited.

NRS 439.2711 “Advisory Committee” defined.

NRS 439.2712 “Program” defined.

NRS 439.2713 “Provider of oral health care” defined.

NRS 439.2791 State Program for Oral Health: Establishment; purpose.

NRS 439.2792 Advisory Committee on the State Program for Oral Health: Creation; duties; appointment and terms of members; quorum; Chair; meetings.

NRS 439.2793 Duties of Authority.

NRS 439.2794 Powers of Authority to enter into contracts to apply for and accept gifts, donations, bequests and grants and to apply for federal waivers; disposition of money; administration of account.

NRS 439.3672 District board of health: Power to create voluntary financial assistance program to pay cost to connect to community sewerage disposal system; voluntary annual fee; eligibility.

NRS 439.3675 Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding.

NRS 439.3685 Duties of district health officer concerning chief medical officer; compensation of chief medical officer.

NRS 439.4797 Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission.

NRS 439.4905 Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations.

NRS 439.4921 Definitions.

NRS 439.4923 “Health care facility” defined.

NRS 439.4925 “Provider of health care” defined.

NRS 439.4927 “Sickle cell disease and its variants” defined.

NRS 439.4929 Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information.

NRS 439.4931 Regulations of State Board of Health.

NRS 439.4933 Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; schedule of fees for abstracting; administrative penalty for violation of section.

NRS 439.4935 Publication of reports; provision of data fee to cover cost of providing data.

NRS 439.4937 Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.

NRS 439.4939 Gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439.4941 Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility.

NRS 439.4943 Limitation on civil and criminal liability.

NRS 439.4972 “Health care facility” defined.

NRS 439.4974 “Lupus and its variants” defined.

NRS 439.4976 Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information.

NRS 439.4978 Regulations of State Board of Health.

NRS 439.4982 Publication of reports; provision of data; fee to cover cost of providing data.

NRS 439.4984 Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.

NRS 439.4986 Gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439.4988 Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility.

NRS 439.5075 Creation; membership; vacancies; compensation; Chair; meetings.

NRS 439.5077 Duties.

NRS 439.5081 “State plan” defined.

NRS 439.5082 “Task Force” defined.

NRS 439.5083 Creation; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; members serve without compensation except per diem; alternates.

NRS 439.5084 Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; quorum; members appointed by Director serve at pleasure of Director.

NRS 439.5085 Duties; submission of annual report to Governor and Legislature; support and assistance of Department; gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439.5102 “Committee” defined.

NRS 439.5104 Creation; appointment, qualification and terms of members; vacancies.

NRS 439.5106 Powers and duties.

NRS 439.5108 Powers; submission of annual report to Director; confidentiality of information and records.

NRS 439.5132 Creation; purpose; interest and income; nonreversion.

NRS 439.5134 Administration; awards of money; reports.

NRS 439.5252 Definitions.

NRS 439.5254 Designated department” defined.

NRS 439.5256 Health care facility” defined.

NRS 439.5258 Neurodegenerative disease” defined.

NRS 439.5262 Parkinsonisms” defined.

NRS 439.5264 Parkinson’s disease” defined.

NRS 439.5266 Provider of health care” defined.

NRS 439.5268 Authority to establish and maintain system for reporting information; access of Chief Medical Officer and Department of Human Services to data and reports.

NRS 439.5272 Specifications of designated department governing reporting information to and accessing information.

NRS 439.5274 Notice of and procedure for patient to opt in to reporting of information.

NRS 439.5276 Maintenance of Internet website for system for reporting information.

NRS 439.5278 Gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439.5282 Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, provider of health care or facility.

NRS 439.5284 Limitation on civil and criminal liability.

NRS 439.5291 Definitions.

NRS 439.5292 “Provider of emergency medical services” defined.

NRS 439.5293 “Provider of health care” defined.

NRS 439.5294 “Registry” defined.

NRS 439.5295 Duty of Division to establish and maintain Registry; gifts, donations, bequests and grants.

NRS 439.5296 Duties of Division to encourage and facilitate sharing and analysis of information and data.

NRS 439.5297 Duty of Division to adopt and carry out procedures for using Registry.

NRS 439.5895 Notification of regulatory body if licensed provider or insurer fails to comply with regulations governing maintenance, transmittal and exchange of health information; notification of regulatory body upon compliance.

NRS 439.52905 Prohibitions and requirements relating to federal drug pricing program.