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Section
439.005
Definitions.
Section
439.010
Administration of chapter.
Section
439.015
Acceptance and disbursement of federal appropriations; deposit to State Division of Public and Behavioral Health Federal Account.
Section
439.030
State Board of Health: Creation; members; qualifications.
Section
439.040
State Board of Health: Term of office.
Section
439.060
State Board of Health: Meetings; quorum.
Section
439.070
State Board of Health: Secretary; Executive Officer.
Section
439.080
State Board of Health: Compensation of members and employees.
Section
439.085
Chief Medical Officer: Appointment; unclassified service.
Section
439.095
Chief Medical Officer: Qualifications.
Section
439.110
Chief Medical Officer: Devotion of time to official duties; cooperation with Nevada System of Higher Education; maintenance of clinical practice.
Section
439.130
Chief Medical Officer and Administrator: Duties.
Section
439.135
Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other agents by Administrator.
Section
439.140
Appointment or removal of subordinate officer or employee of Division.
Section
439.150
State Board of Health supreme in matters concerning health; Department designated agency for federal cooperation; fees.
Section
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.
Section
439.160
Uniform compliance with provisions of chapter.
Section
439.170
Prevention of sickness and disease; legal action for enforcement of laws and regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]
Section
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. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
Section
439.180
Biennial report to Director by Administrator.
Section
439.190
Hearings and witnesses.
Section
439.200
Regulations of State Board of Health: Adoption; effect; variances; distribution.
Section
439.230
Personal and statistical information to be secured from patient admitted or committed to public or private institution.
Section
439.240
State Public Health Laboratory: Maintenance by University of Nevada School of Medicine; branch laboratories; purpose; administration; reports.
Section
439.249
Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report.
Section
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.
Section
439.258
Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]
Section
439.258
Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations. [Effective July 1, 2020.]
Section
439.263
Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations.
Section
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.
Section
439.271
Definitions.
Section
439.272
State Dental Health Officer: Appointment by Division; classification; qualifications; duties; outside pursuits; solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants.
Section
439.279
State Public Health Dental Hygienist: Appointment; classification; qualifications; duties; outside pursuits; solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants.
Section
439.280
County board of health: Composition; officers; service without additional compensation.
Section
439.290
County health officer: Appointment; qualifications; term.
Section
439.300
County health officer: Compensation.
Section
439.310
County health officer: Vacancy; appointment by Chief Medical Officer.
Section
439.320
County health officer: Executive officer of county board of health; may be county physician.
Section
439.330
Deputy county health officer: Appointment; compensation; duties.
Section
439.340
County board of health: Supervision by Division; reports.
Section
439.350
County board of health: Duties.
Section
439.360
County board of health: Powers.
Section
439.361
Applicability.
Section
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.
Section
439.363
Health district fund: Creation.
Section
439.364
District board of health: Meetings; quorum; duties.
Section
439.365
District board of health: Budget; adoption by board of county commissioners; annual allocation.
Section
439.366
Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health.
Section
439.367
District board of health: Powers.
Section
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.
Section
439.369
Applicability.
Section
439.370
Health district: Creation.
Section
439.380
County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.
Section
439.383
County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health.
Section
439.385
City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.
Section
439.390
District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.
Section
439.400
Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.
Section
439.410
Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health.
Section
439.420
City board of health: Creation by ordinance.
Section
439.430
City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer.
Section
439.440
Inclusion of city in county or district health department.
Section
439.450
Withdrawal of city from county or district health department; re-establishment of city health department.
Section
439.460
City board of health: Duties.
Section
439.470
City board of health: Powers.
Section
439.471
Applicability.
Section
439.473
Authority of district health officer to issue order for extermination or abatement of nuisance; authorized actions.
Section
439.475
Notice of order for abatement of nuisance; duty of health district if owner fails to comply with order.
Section
439.477
Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien.
Section
439.479
Regulations; enforcement; notice to district board of health of failure to maintain rental dwelling unit in habitable condition.
Section
439.480
Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction.
Section
439.490
Abatement or removal of nuisance.
Section
439.495
Establishment; purpose.
Section
439.496
Powers of Division to apply for and accept gifts, grants and bequests; disposition of money; administration of account.
Section
439.501
Establishment.
Section
439.505
Duties of Division.
Section
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.
Section
439.508
Definitions.
Section
439.511
Creation; purposes; employment of Coordinator; qualifications of Coordinator; duties of Coordinator.
Section
439.513
Employment of trainer for suicide prevention; qualifications; duties.
Section
439.514
Definitions.
Section
439.515
"Advisory Council" defined.
Section
439.516
"Program" defined.
Section
439.517
Establishment; purpose.
Section
439.518
Advisory Council: Establishment; purpose; appointment of members.
Section
439.519
Advisory Council: Terms; Chair; appointment of committees and subcommittees; removal of nonlegislative members; administrative support; establishment of advisory group to study delivery of health care through patient-centered medical homes; quorum; meetings; compensation.
Section
439.521
Duties of Division.
Section
439.522
Public hearings.
Section
439.523
Authority of Division to enter into contracts and award grants.
Section
439.525
Gifts, grants and contributions: Accounting; use; administration.
Section
439.529
Administration; duties of Director; use of other programs; prohibition against commingling of money; money for program to be accounted for separately.
Section
439.530
Treatment by prayer, mental or spiritual means; no compulsion to submit to medical treatment.
Section
439.532
Testing and labeling of certain products containing cannabidiol; regulations. [Effective July 1, 2020.]
Section
439.535
Clinic for immunization of children: Availability; immunity of personnel from criminal and civil liability.
Section
439.537
Unlawful use of words or letters designating person as licensed or registered dietitian; penalty.
Section
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.
Section
439.539
Duty of Department to hold informational meetings to coordinate services for victims of sex trafficking.
Section
439.540
Chapter does not alter powers of Commissioner of Food and Drugs or powers of Director of State Department of Agriculture.
Section
439.550
Strict enforcement of chapter by local health officer.
Section
439.560
Enforcement of chapter by public officers.
Section
439.565
Injunctions against violations.
Section
439.570
Health authority may report violation to district attorney or Attorney General; initiation and prosecution of action.
Section
439.580
Penalties.
Section
439.581
Definitions.
Section
439.582
"Electronic health record" defined.
Section
439.583
"Health care provider" defined.
Section
439.584
"Health information exchange" defined.
Section
439.585
"Person" defined.
Section
439.587
Designation and duties of Director as state authority for health information technology; authorization to establish or contract with exchange; adoption of regulations and other necessary actions authorized.
Section
439.588
Certification for exchange required; disciplinary action for failure to comply with law; administrative fine for operating without certification; regulations.
Section
439.589
Adoption of regulations to prescribe standards relating to electronic health records, health-related information and health information exchanges.
Section
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.
Section
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.
Section
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.
Section
439.593
Immunity from liability for health care provider who uses health information exchange.
Section
439.595
Provision of information to electronic health record or participation in health information exchange not unfair trade practice.
Section
439.600
Legislative declaration.
Section
439.620
Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents.
Section
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.
Section
439.635
Definitions.
Section
439.640
"Household income" defined.
Section
439.645
"Income" defined.
Section
439.650
"Senior citizen" defined.
Section
439.655
Administration: Powers and duties of Department.
Section
439.660
Administration: Cooperation between state and local agencies.
Section
439.665
Contracts to subsidize cost of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services and other benefits; eligibility for and amount of subsidies; copayments; waiver of eligibility requirements; coverage provided by Federal Government; authority of Department to change programs; eligibility of veterans for subsidies.
Section
439.670
Request for subsidy; action on request; payment of subsidy.
Section
439.675
Denial of request for subsidy; repayment of amount received pursuant to fraudulent request.
Section
439.680
Judicial review of decision to deny request for subsidy.
Section
439.685
Revocation of subsidy and payment of restitution.
Section
439.690
Restrictions on use of information contained in request for subsidy.
Section
439.705
Definitions.
Section
439.715
"Household income" defined.
Section
439.725
"Income" defined.
Section
439.735
Administration: Powers and duties of Department.
Section
439.745
Contracts to subsidize cost of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services and other benefits; eligibility for and amount of subsidies; copayments; waiver of eligibility requirements; coverage provided by Federal Government; authority of Department to change programs; eligibility of veterans for subsidies.
Section
439.755
Request for subsidy; action on request; payment of subsidy.
Section
439.765
Denial of request for subsidy; repayment of amount received pursuant to fraudulent request.
Section
439.775
Judicial review of decision to deny request for subsidy.
Section
439.785
Revocation of subsidy and payment of restitution.
Section
439.795
Restrictions on use of information contained in request for subsidy.
Section
439.800
Definitions.
Section
439.802
"Facility-acquired infection" defined.
Section
439.803
"Health facility" defined.
Section
439.805
"Medical facility" defined.
Section
439.810
"Patient" defined.
Section
439.815
"Patient safety officer" defined.
Section
439.820
"Provider of health care" defined.
Section
439.830
"Sentinel event" defined.
Section
439.835
Mandatory reporting of sentinel events.
Section
439.837
Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions.
Section
439.840
Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Division; confidentiality.
Section
439.841
Authority of Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs.
Section
439.843
Annual summaries of reports of sentinel events; compilation by Division; confidentiality; posting of patient safety plans by Department on Internet website.
Section
439.845
Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility.
Section
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 Division; regulations.
Section
439.855
Notification of patients involved in sentinel events.
Section
439.856
Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients.
Section
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.
Section
439.860
Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding.
Section
439.865
Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update.
Section
439.870
Patient safety officer: Designation; duties.
Section
439.873
Designation, duties and qualifications of infection control officer; required ratio of patients to employees with certain training in infection control; Division to provide education and technical assistance.
Section
439.875
Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged.
Section
439.877
Patient safety checklists and patient safety policies: Adoption by patient safety committee; required provisions; duties of patient safety committee.
Section
439.880
Immunity from criminal and civil liability.
Section
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.
Section
439.890
Adoption of regulations.
Section
439.902
Definitions.
Section
439.904
"Commission" defined.
Section
439.906
"Provider of health care" defined.
Section
439.908
Creation; membership; compensation; terms and removal of members; vacancies; Chair; quorum.
Section
439.912
Meetings; subcommittees; contracts; advice and technical assistance by state agencies, boards and commissions.
Section
439.914
Appointment, qualifications and duties of Executive Director; authority to request information from state agencies.
Section
439.916
Systematic review of issues relating to health care.
Section
439.918
Duty to facilitate collaboration and coordination between state governmental entities; reports.
Section
439.942
Establishment; requirements to become client; administrators; confidentiality; protection of information; maintenance.
Section
439.943
Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information.
Section
439.944
Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account.
Section
439.945
Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion.
Section
439.946
Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website.
Section
439.947
Access to information.
Section
439.948
Fees; regulations.
Section
439.950
Definitions.
Section
439.955
"Emergency team" defined.
Section
439.960
"Health care facility" defined.
Section
439.965
"Provider of health care" defined.
Section
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.
Section
439.973
Authority of Governor to request assistance from contiguous state in carrying out inspections.
Section
439.975
Powers and duties of emergency team.
Section
439.980
Duties of chair of emergency team.
Section
439.983
Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event.
Section
439.985
Legislative declaration of purpose.
Section
439.986
"Sterile hypodermic device program" or "program" defined.
Section
439.987
Establishment.
Section
439.988
Guidelines governing operation.
Section
439.989
Program to establish safety procedures, provide community outreach and report to State Board of Health.
Section
439.990
Staff and volunteers to complete training; requirements for training.
Section
439.991
Program authorized to provide material for safer injection drug use and certain information.
Section
439.992
Immunity from civil liability.
Section
439.993
Confidentiality of records; use of information.
Section
439.994
Discrimination prohibited.
Section
439.2711
"Advisory Committee" defined.
Section
439.2712
"Program" defined.
Section
439.2713
"Provider of oral health care" defined.
Section
439.2791
State Program for Oral Health: Establishment; purpose.
Section
439.2792
Advisory Committee on the State Program for Oral Health: Creation; duties; appointment and terms of members; quorum; Chair; meetings.
Section
439.2793
Duties of Division.
Section
439.2794
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.
Section
439.3685
Duties of district health officer concerning chief medical officer; compensation of chief medical officer.
Section
439.4797
Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission.
Section
439.4905
Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations.
Section
439.4921
Definitions.
Section
439.4923
"Health care facility" defined.
Section
439.4925
"Provider of health care" defined.
Section
439.4927
"Sickle cell disease and its variants" defined.
Section
439.4929
Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information.
Section
439.4931
Regulations of State Board of Health.
Section
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.
Section
439.4935
Publication of reports; provision of data.
Section
439.4937
Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.
Section
439.4939
Gifts, grants and donations.
Section
439.4941
Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility.
Section
439.4943
Limitation on civil and criminal liability.
Section
439.5075
Creation; membership; vacancies; compensation; Chair; meetings.
Section
439.5077
Duties.
Section
439.5081
"State plan" defined.
Section
439.5082
"Task Force" defined.
Section
439.5083
Creation; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; members serve without compensation except per diem; alternates.
Section
439.5084
Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; quorum; members appointed by Director serve at pleasure of Director.
Section
439.5085
Duties; submission of annual report to Governor and Legislature; support and assistance of Department; gifts, grants and donations.
Section
439.5102
"Committee" defined.
Section
439.5104
Creation; appointment, qualification and terms of members; vacancies.
Section
439.5106
Powers and duties.
Section
439.5108
Powers; submission of annual report to Director; confidentiality of information and records.
Section
439.5132
Creation; purpose; interest and income; nonreversion.
Section
439.5134
Administration; awards of money; reports.
Section
439.5291
Definitions.
Section
439.5292
"Provider of emergency medical services" defined.
Section
439.5293
"Provider of health care" defined.
Section
439.5294
"Registry" defined.
Section
439.5295
Duty of Division to establish and maintain Registry; gifts, donations, bequests and grants.
Section
439.5296
Duties of Division to encourage and facilitate sharing and analysis of information and data.
Section
439.5297
Duty of Division to adopt and carry out procedures for using Registry; annual report. [Effective through December 31, 2020.]
Section
439.5297
Duty of Division to adopt and carry out procedures for using Registry. [Effective January 1, 2021.]