ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Nev. Rev. Stat. 439
in effectContents
section439.005. Definitions.section439.010. Administration of chapter.section439.015. Acceptance and disbursement of federal appropriations; deposit to State Division of Public and Behavioral Health Federal Account.section439.030. State Board of Health: Creation; members; qualifications.section439.040. State Board of Health: Term of office.section439.060. State Board of Health: Meetings; quorum.section439.070. State Board of Health: Secretary; Executive Officer.section439.080. State Board of Health: Compensation of members and employees.section439.085. Chief Medical Officer: Appointment; unclassified service.section439.095. Chief Medical Officer: Qualifications.section439.110. Chief Medical Officer: Devotion of time to official duties; cooperation with Nevada System of Higher Education; maintenance of clinical practice.section439.130. Chief Medical Officer and Administrator: Duties.section439.135. Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other agents by Administrator.section439.140. Appointment or removal of subordinate officer or employee of Division.section439.150. State Board of Health supreme in matters concerning health; Department designated agency for federal cooperation; fees.section439.155. Contracts for cooperation with governmental entities and others; effect of payments to Division for such cooperation; immunity from and limitations on liability not waived.section439.160. Uniform compliance with certain provisions of chapter.section439.170. Prevention of sickness and disease; legal action for enforcement of laws and regulations; provision of information concerning importance of annual physical examination for children.section439.180. Biennial report to Director by Administrator.section439.190. Hearings and witnesses.section439.200. Adoption, effect, variances and distribution of regulations of State Board of Health; recommendations regarding certain program for repayment of student loans.section439.230. Personal and statistical information to be secured from patient admitted or committed to public or private institution.section439.235. 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.section439.240. State Public Health Laboratory: Maintenance by University of Nevada School of Medicine; branch laboratories; purpose; administration; reports.section439.245. Data dashboard for data relating to telehealth access: Establishment; requirements; availability.section439.249. Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report.section439.255. Masks and face shields for use in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Regulations; provision to peace officers and firefighters; waiver of requirements; civil immunity for use.section439.256. Program to improve response to medical emergencies: Establishment; requirements; activities of Division.section439.258. Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations.section439.259. 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.section439.261. Grants for addressing race-based health disparities relating to kidney disease; establishment of advisory committee; annual report.section439.263. Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations.section439.265. 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.section439.271. Definitions.section439.272. State Dental Health Officer: Appointment by Director of Authority in unclassified service or as contractor; qualifications; duties.section439.279. State Public Health Dental Hygienist: Appointment; classification; qualifications; duties; solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants.section439.280. County board of health: Composition; officers; service without additional compensation.section439.290. County health officer: Appointment; qualifications; term.section439.300. County health officer: Compensation.section439.310. County health officer: Vacancy; appointment by Chief Medical Officer.section439.320. County health officer: Executive officer of county board of health; may be county physician.section439.330. Deputy county health officer: Appointment; compensation; duties.section439.340. County board of health: Supervision by Division; reports.section439.350. County board of health: Duties.section439.360. County board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment.section439.361. Applicability.section439.362. 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.section439.363. Health district fund: Creation.section439.364. District board of health: Meetings; quorum; duties.section439.365. District board of health: Budget; adoption by board of county commissioners; annual allocation.section439.366. Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health.section439.367. District board of health: Powers.section439.368. 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.section439.369. Applicability.section439.370. Health district: Creation.section439.380. County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.section439.383. County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health.section439.385. City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.section439.390. District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.section439.400. Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.section439.405. 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.section439.410. Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health.section439.420. City board of health: Creation by ordinance.section439.430. City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer.section439.440. Inclusion of city in county or district health department.section439.450. Withdrawal of city from county or district health department; re-establishment of city health department.section439.460. City board of health: Duties.section439.470. City board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment.section439.471. Applicability.section439.473. Authority of district health officer to issue order for extermination or abatement of nuisance; authorized actions.section439.475. Notice of order for abatement of nuisance; duty of health district if owner fails to comply with order.section439.477. Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien.section439.479. Regulations; enforcement; notice to district board of health of failure to maintain rental dwelling unit in habitable condition.section439.480. Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction.section439.490. Abatement or removal of nuisance.section439.495. Establishment; purpose.section439.496. Powers of Division to apply for and accept gifts, grants and bequests; disposition of money; administration of account.section439.497. Definitions.section439.498. Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; administrative penalty for violation of section.section439.499. Limitation on civil and criminal liability.section439.501. Establishment.section439.505. Duties of Division.section439.507. 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.section439.508. Definitions.section439.511. Creation; purposes; employment of Coordinator; qualifications of Coordinator; duties of Coordinator.section439.512. 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.section439.513. Employment of trainer for suicide prevention; qualifications; duties.section439.514. Definitions.section439.515. Advisory Council defined.section439.516. Program defined.section439.517. Establishment; purpose.section439.518. Advisory Council: Establishment; purpose; appointment of members.section439.519. Advisory Council: Terms; Chair; appointment of committees and subcommittees; removal of nonlegislative members; administrative support; quorum; meetings; compensation.section439.521. Duties of Division.section439.522. Public hearings.section439.523. Authority of Division to enter into contracts and award grants.section439.525. Gifts, grants and contributions: Accounting; use; administration.section439.529. 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.section439.530. Treatment by prayer, mental or spiritual means; no compulsion to submit to medical treatment.section439.532. Testing and labeling of certain products containing cannabidiol; regulations.section439.535. Clinic for immunization of children: Availability; immunity of personnel from criminal and civil liability.section439.538. 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.section439.539. Duty of Department to hold informational meetings to coordinate services for victims of sex trafficking.section439.540. Chapter does not alter powers of Commissioner of Food and Drugs or powers of Director of State Department of Agriculture.section439.550. Strict enforcement of chapter by local health officer.section439.560. Enforcement of chapter by public officers.section439.565. Injunctions against violations.section439.570. Health authority may report violation to district attorney or Attorney General; initiation and prosecution of action.section439.580. Penalties.section439.581. Definitions.section439.582. Electronic health record defined.section439.583. Health care provider defined.section439.584. Health information exchange defined.section439.585. Person defined.section439.587. 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.section439.588. Certification for health information exchange required; disciplinary action for failure to comply with law; administrative fine for operating without certification; regulations.section439.589. 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.section439.590. 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.section439.591. 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.section439.592. 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.section439.593. Immunity from liability for health care provider who takes certain actions with respect to electronic health record.section439.595. Provision of information to, transmitting, accessing, utilizing or disclosing electronic health record or participation in health information exchange not unfair trade practice.section439.597. 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.section439.600. Legislative declaration.section439.620. Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents.section439.630. 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.section439.800. Definitions.section439.802. Facility-acquired infection defined.section439.803. Health facility defined.section439.805. Medical facility defined.section439.810. Patient defined.section439.815. Patient safety officer defined.section439.820. Provider of health care defined.section439.830. Sentinel event defined.section439.835. Mandatory reporting of sentinel events.section439.837. Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions.section439.840. Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division; confidentiality.section439.841. Authority of Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs.section439.843. 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.section439.845. Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility.section439.847. 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.section439.855. Notification of patients involved in sentinel events.section439.856. Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients.section439.857. Procedure for informing patient, legal guardian or other person that patient at medical facility has infection; immunity from liability for providing certain information.section439.860. Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding.section439.865. Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update.section439.870. Patient safety officer: Designation; duties.section439.873. 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.section439.875. Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged.section439.877. Patient safety checklists and patient safety policies: Adoption by patient safety committee; required provisions; duties of patient safety committee.section439.880. Immunity from criminal and civil liability.section439.885. 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.section439.890. Adoption of regulations.section439.902. Definitions.section439.904. Commission defined.section439.906. Provider of health care defined.section439.908. Creation; membership; compensation; terms and removal of members; vacancies; Chair; quorum; compliance with ethics requirements.section439.912. Meetings; bylaws; subcommittees and working groups; contracts; advice and technical assistance by state agencies, boards and commissions.section439.914. Appointment, qualifications and duties of Executive Director; authority to request information from state agencies.section439.916. Systematic review of issues relating to health care; authority to request information from state and local governmental entities; hyperlink to data dashboard.section439.918. Duties; reports.section439.942. Establishment; requirements to become client; administrators; confidentiality; protection of information; maintenance.section439.943. Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information.section439.944. Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account.section439.945. Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion.section439.946. Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website.section439.947. Access to information.section439.948. Fees; regulations.section439.950. Definitions.section439.955. Emergency team defined.section439.960. Health care facility defined.section439.965. Provider of health care defined.section439.970. 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.section439.973. Authority of Governor to request assistance from contiguous state in carrying out inspections.section439.975. Powers and duties of emergency team.section439.980. Duties of chair of emergency team.section439.983. Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event.section439.985. Legislative declaration of purpose.section439.986. Sterile hypodermic device program or program defined.section439.987. Establishment.section439.988. Guidelines governing operation.section439.989. Program to establish safety procedures, provide community outreach and report to State Board of Health.section439.990. Staff and volunteers to complete training; requirements for training.section439.991. Program authorized to provide material for safer injection drug use and certain information.section439.992. Immunity from civil liability.section439.993. Confidentiality of records; use of information.section439.994. Discrimination prohibited.section439.2711. Advisory Committee defined.section439.2712. Program defined.section439.2713. Provider of oral health care defined.section439.2791. State Program for Oral Health: Establishment; purpose.section439.2792. Advisory Committee on the State Program for Oral Health: Creation; duties; appointment and terms of members; quorum; Chair; meetings.section439.2793. Duties of Authority.section439.2794. 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.section439.3672. 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.section439.3675. 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.section439.3685. Duties of district health officer concerning chief medical officer; compensation of chief medical officer.section439.4797. Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission.section439.4905. Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations.section439.4921. Definitions.section439.4923. Health care facility defined.section439.4925. Provider of health care defined.section439.4927. Sickle cell disease and its variants defined.section439.4929. Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information.section439.4931. Regulations of State Board of Health.section439.4933. Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; schedule of fees for abstracting; administrative penalty for violation of section.section439.4935. Publication of reports; provision of data fee to cover cost of providing data.section439.4937. Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.section439.4939. Gifts, grants and donations.section439.4941. Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility.section439.4943. Limitation on civil and criminal liability.section439.4972. Health care facility defined.section439.4974. Lupus and its variants defined.section439.4976. Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information.section439.4978. Regulations of State Board of Health.section439.4982. Publication of reports; provision of data; fee to cover cost of providing data.section439.4984. Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.section439.4986. Gifts, grants and donations.section439.4988. Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility.section439.5075. Creation; membership; vacancies; compensation; Chair; meetings.section439.5077. Duties.section439.5081. State plan defined.section439.5082. Task Force defined.section439.5083. Creation; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; members serve without compensation except per diem; alternates.section439.5084. Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; quorum; members appointed by Director serve at pleasure of Director.section439.5085. Duties; submission of annual report to Governor and Legislature; support and assistance of Department; gifts, grants and donations.section439.5102. Committee defined.section439.5104. Creation; appointment, qualification and terms of members; vacancies.section439.5106. Powers and duties.section439.5108. Powers; submission of annual report to Director; confidentiality of information and records.section439.5132. Creation; purpose; interest and income; nonreversion.section439.5134. Administration; awards of money; reports.section439.5252. Definitions.section439.5254. Designated department defined.section439.5256. Health care facility defined.section439.5258. Neurodegenerative disease defined.section439.5262. Parkinsonisms defined.section439.5264. Parkinsons disease defined.section439.5266. Provider of health care defined.section439.5268. Authority to establish and maintain system for reporting information; access of Chief Medical Officer and Department of Human Services to data and reports.section439.5272. Specifications of designated department governing reporting information to and accessing information.section439.5274. Notice of and procedure for patient to opt in to reporting of information.section439.5276. Maintenance of Internet website for system for reporting information.section439.5278. Gifts, grants and donations.section439.5282. Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, provider of health care or facility.section439.5284. Limitation on civil and criminal liability.section439.5291. Definitions.section439.5292. Provider of emergency medical services defined.section439.5293. Provider of health care defined.section439.5294. Registry defined.section439.5295. Duty of Division to establish and maintain Registry; gifts, donations, bequests and grants.section439.5296. Duties of Division to encourage and facilitate sharing and analysis of information and data.section439.5297. Duty of Division to adopt and carry out procedures for using Registry.section439.5895. 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.section439.52905. Prohibitions and requirements relating to federal drug pricing program.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-439.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026