Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 440.330 Documentary evidence: Acceptable types. (NRS 440.120, 440.620) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the types of documentary evidence which the State Registrar may accept to establish the facts necessary for the filing of a delayed certificate of birth are…

NAC 440.340 Documentary evidence: Determination of sufficiency; investigation of case. (NRS 440.120, 440.620, 440.630) 1. The State Registrar or the State Registrar’s designated representative shall determine whether documentary evidence submitted is sufficient to warrant the fil…

NAC 440.350 Documentary evidence: Authority of State Registrar if applicant unable to furnish. (NRS 440.120, 440.620, 440.630) Where an applicant for a delayed certificate of birth has been unable to furnish documentary evidence, the State Registrar may request and accept a compl…

NAC 440.360 Signing of affidavit by person of record, or parents or guardian thereof. (NRS 440.120, 440.620) 1. If the person of record is 18 years of age or over, the person of record must sign an affidavit provided by the State Registrar attesting under oath to his or her belie…

NAC 440.400 Fees. (NRS 440.175, 440.700) 1. A health district shall remit to the State Registrar: (a) For each registration of a birth or death in its district........................................................ $2 (b) For each copy issued of a certificate of birth in its dis…

NAC 441A.010 Definitions. (NRS 441A.120) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 441A.015 to 441A.195, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R0…

NAC 441A.015 “Active tuberculosis” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Active tuberculosis” means unhealed pathological changes in the tissues of the body as may be demonstrated by the recovery of tubercle bacilli from the tissues. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.020 “Animal bite” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Animal bite” means breaking of the skin by the teeth of an animal. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.025 “Blood and body fluid precautions” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Blood and body fluid precautions” means the recommended procedures: 1. Designed to prevent the transmission of diseases by direct or indirect contact with blood, semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, urine, fec…

NAC 441A.030 “Carrier” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Carrier” means a person or animal: 1. Known or diagnosed by a health care provider or reported pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to have a communicable disease or infectious agent of a communicable disease in the absence of…

NAC 441A.035 “Case” defined. (NRS 441A.120) Except as otherwise described in the provisions of this chapter that are applicable to a particular communicable disease, “case” means a person who satisfies the clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria set forth in “Case Definit…

NAC 441A.037 “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” means the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R087…

NAC 441A.040 “Communicable disease” defined. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120) “Communicable disease,” as defined in NRS 441A.040, includes: 1. Any condition identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a nationally notifiable condition. 2. Amebiasis. 3. Animal bite from…

NAC 441A.045 “Contact” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Contact” means a person or animal that has been exposed to a case or carrier, or an environment known to be contaminated with an infectious agent of a communicable disease, in a manner likely to cause transmission of the infectious …

NAC 441A.050 “Contact isolation” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Contact isolation” means the recommended procedure designed to prevent transmission of diseases which may be conveyed by direct or close contact between persons as set forth in 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Pre…

NAC 441A.052 “Contact precautions” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Contact precautions” means the recommended procedures to prevent the transmission of infectious agents that are spread by direct or indirect contact with a case or the environment of a case set forth in 2007 Guideline fo…

NAC 441A.055 “Correctional facility” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Correctional facility” means any place designated by law for the keeping of persons held in custody under process of law or under lawful arrest. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.060 “Disease specific precautions” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Disease specific precautions” means the recommended procedures designed specifically for prevention of the transmission of a particular disease set forth in 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing T…

NAC 441A.065 “Division” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Division” means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.070 “Drainage and secretion precautions” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Drainage and secretion precautions” means the recommended procedures: 1. Designed to prevent transmission of diseases which may be conveyed by direct or indirect contact with purulent material or drainage …

NAC 441A.075 “Employee of a child care facility” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Employee of a child care facility” means a person employed in a child care facility whose duties include the direct care, supervision and guidance of children or staff in the facility. (Added to NAC by Bd. …

NAC 441A.080 “Enteric precautions” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Enteric precautions” means the recommended procedures: 1. Designed to prevent transmission of diseases which may be conveyed by direct or indirect contact with feces or with articles contaminated by feces; and 2. Set for…

NAC 441A.085 “Extraordinary occurrence of illness” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Extraordinary occurrence of illness” means: 1. A disease which is not endemic to this State, is unlikely but has the potential to be introduced into this State, is readily transmitted and is likely to be …

NAC 441A.090 “Facility for the dependent” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Facility for the dependent” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0045. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.095 “Food establishment” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Food establishment” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 446.020. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.100 “Hand washing” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Hand washing” means the vigorous washing of the hands using liquid or granular soap and potable running water, followed by drying the hands using clean paper towels, single-use cloth towels or devices for air drying. (Added to …

NAC 441A.110 “Health care provider” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Health care provider” means a provider of health care as defined in NRS 441A.110. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011)

NAC 441A.112 “Home for individual residential care” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R084-06, eff. 7-14-2006)

NAC 441A.115 “Information of a personal nature” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Information of a personal nature” includes a person’s name, address, telephone number and social security number, and any other information which the health authority determines to be of a personal nature. (…

NAC 441A.130 “Outbreak” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Outbreak” means the occurrence of cases in a community, geographic region or particular population at a rate in excess of that which is normally expected in that community, geographic region or particular population. (Added to NAC …

NAC 441A.135 “Owner of an animal” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Owner of an animal” means any person keeping, harboring, having custody of or control of an animal, or permitting any animal to be in his or her residence or on his or her property or premises. The term does not include a…

NAC 441A.140 “Proof of immunity to hepatitis B,” “proof of immunity to measles,” “proof of immunity to rubella” and “proof of immunity to tetanus, diphtheria and mumps” defined. (NRS 441A.120) 1. “Proof of immunity to hepatitis B” means: (a) A record of immunization against hepat…

NAC 441A.150 “Rabies control authority” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Rabies control authority” means the person designated by the legislative body of a town, city or county to administer the rabies control program. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92)

NAC 441A.155 “Rabies-susceptible animal” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Rabies-susceptible animal” means any mammal, including, but not limited to, a bat, cat, dog, cow, horse, ferret, cougar, coyote, fox, skunk and raccoon, and any wild or exotic carnivorous mammal. (Added to NAC by B…

NAC 441A.160 “Record of immunization” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Record of immunization” means a written certificate from a health care provider on which is recorded the name and date of birth of the person vaccinated, each vaccine antigen administered, and the month and year of ad…

NAC 441A.165 “Respiratory isolation” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Respiratory isolation” means the recommended procedure: 1. Designed to prevent transmission of communicable diseases by direct contact with respiratory secretions or droplets that are coughed, sneezed or breathed into …

NAC 441A.170 “Sensitive occupation” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Sensitive occupation” means an employment that enhances the potential for transmission of a communicable disease to other persons if a person who is infected with the communicable disease in a contagious stage is employ…

NAC 441A.173 “State Public Health Laboratory” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “State Public Health Laboratory” includes, without limitation, any branch laboratory designated, established or maintained by the University of Nevada School of Medicine pursuant to NRS 439.240. (Added to NAC b…

NAC 441A.175 “Strict isolation” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Strict isolation” means the recommended procedure designed to prevent the transmission of diseases by both contact and airborne routes set forth in 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infect…

NAC 441A.180 “Suspected case” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Suspected case” means a person or animal who: 1. Satisfies the clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria set forth in “Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance,” adopted by reference p…

NAC 441A.181 “Suspected outbreak” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Suspected outbreak” means the occurrence of cases and suspected cases in a community, geographic region or particular population at a rate in excess of that which is normally expected in that community, geographic region …

NAC 441A.185 “Tuberculosis” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Tuberculosis” means any progressive, stable or retrogressive disease process of the lungs, or other organs or structures of the body, attributable to infection with tubercle bacilli. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92…

NAC 441A.190 “Tuberculosis infection” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Tuberculosis infection” means the presence of tubercle bacilli in the body. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R084-06, 7-14-2006)

NAC 441A.192 “Tuberculosis screening test” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Tuberculosis screening test” means any tuberculosis screening test that has been: 1. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration; and 2. Endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Added to NAC …

NAC 441A.195 “Universal precautions” defined. (NRS 441A.120) “Universal precautions” means standard procedures to prevent transmission of disease by contact with blood or other body fluids as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in “Perspectives in Diseas…

NAC 441A.198 “Attempted suicide” interpreted. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.150) For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 441A of NRS, the Board will interpret the term “attempted suicide” to mean an action that: 1. Is intended to cause the death of the same person who committed the ac…

NAC 441A.200 Adoption by reference and availability of certain recommendations, guidelines and publications; most current version of adopted recommendation, guideline or publication deemed adopted; exception. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.315) 1. Except as otherwise provided in su…