Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 441A.235 Duty of director or other person in charge of medical laboratory to report findings of communicable disease, causative agent of communicable disease or immune response to causative agent; contents of report; submission of certain microbiologic cultures, subcultures, …

NAC 441A.240 Duty of director or other person in charge of medical facility to report communicable disease; report by infection preventionist; adoption of administrative procedures for reporting; provision of additional records. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120) 1. Except as otherwise prov…

NAC 441A.243 Duty of parole officer or probation officer or similar employee of Division of Parole and Probation of Department of Public Safety or local governmental entity to report communicable disease; content of report; cooperation with health authority. (NRS 441A.120) 1. A p…

NAC 441A.245 Duty of principal, director or other person in charge of school, child care facility or correctional facility to report communicable disease; content of report; cooperation with health authority; requirements when communicable disease identified in child attending sc…

NAC 441A.250 Duty of person in charge of blood bank to report findings of communicable disease; content of report. (NRS 441A.120) 1. A person in charge of a blood bank in which a test or examination of any specimen derived from the human body yields evidence suggesting the presen…

NAC 441A.252 Duty of insurer to report certain results of test for presence of certain communicable diseases; content of report; method of communication. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120) 1. Each insurer who requires or requests an applicant for a policy of life insurance or any other pers…

NAC 441A.255 Duty of person to report certain other persons he or she knows or suspects of having communicable disease; content of report. (NRS 441A.120) 1. Any person who reasonably suspects or knows that another person has a communicable disease and knows that the other person …

NAC 441A.260 Authority of Chief Medical Officer to require reporting of certain infectious diseases; effective period of such requirements. (NRS 441A.120) 1. The Chief Medical Officer may require the reporting of a case having an infectious disease not specified in NAC 441A.040, …

NAC 441A.275 Duty of State Public Health Laboratory to provide testing for communicable diseases. (NRS 441A.120) Upon approval by the health authority and within available appropriations, the State Public Health Laboratory shall provide testing for communicable diseases at no cha…

NAC 441A.280 Duty of persons to cooperate with health authority during investigations and carrying out of measures for prevention, suppression and control of communicable diseases. (NRS 441A.120) A case, suspected case, carrier, contact or other person shall, upon request by a he…

NAC 441A.282 Order for examination, testing, isolation, quarantine or treatment: Contents. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.160) Any order issued by the Chief Medical Officer or a representative thereof pursuant to NRS 441A.160 must: 1. State the factual and medical basis for the ord…

NAC 441A.283 Order for examination, testing, isolation, quarantine or treatment: Appeal. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.160) 1. Any person who is the subject of an order issued by the Chief Medical Officer or a representative thereof pursuant to NRS 441A.160 to submit to a medical …

NAC 441A.285 Use of precautions in managing bodily fluids in certain facilities. (NRS 441A.120) In medical facilities, schools, child care facilities, correctional facilities and facilities which perform body piercing or tattooing, exposure to blood, semen, vaginal secretions, sa…

NAC 441A.290 Duties of district health officer. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.167) 1. A district health officer who knows, suspects or is informed of the existence within his or her jurisdiction of a communicable disease shall: (a) Use as a guideline for the investigation, prevent…

NAC 441A.295 Duties of Chief Medical Officer. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.167) 1. If the Chief Medical Officer knows, suspects or is informed of the existence within his or her jurisdiction of a communicable disease, he or she shall: (a) Use as a guideline for the investigation,…

NAC 441A.298 Health Authority: Standards for determining likelihood of transmitting communicable disease. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.180) Medical or epidemiological evidence to determine the likelihood of transmitting a communicable disease to another person for the purposes of…

NAC 441A.300 Health authority: Authorization to disclose information of personal nature to certain persons; duty to educate certain persons on transmission, prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment. (NRS 441A.120) 1. Pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 441A.220, information of a …

NAC 441A.305 Duty of health authority to disclose information of personal nature to certain persons; duties of firefighters, police officers and persons providing emergency medical services; limitation on power of health authority to order test or examination. (NRS 439.200, 441A.…

NAC 441A.310 Authority of State Board of Health and health authority to disseminate to blood bank identifying data relating to viral hepatitis. (NRS 441A.120, 460.020) The State Board of Health or a health authority may disseminate to any blood bank in this State identifying data…

NAC 441A.325 Compliance with provisions regarding particular communicable diseases. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.160) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a case or suspected case must be investigated, reported, prevented, suppressed and controlled in a manner …

NAC 441A.330 Definitions. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.167) As used in NRS 441A.167 and NAC 441A.335: 1. “Law enforcement agency” means an agency, office or bureau, the primary duty of which is to enforce the law. 2. “Political subdivision” means any: (a) County; (b) Incorporated…

NAC 441A.335 Provision of information, medical records or reports upon request of health authority; confidentiality of such information, records and reports. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.167) 1. A public agency, law enforcement agency or political subdivision that receives a requ…

NAC 441A.350 Health care provider to report certain cases, suspected cases and latent cases within certain period after discovery. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.167) 1. A health care provider shall report to the health authority within 24 hours of discovery of any case having acti…

NAC 441A.352 Registered pharmacist and intern pharmacist to report suspected cases. (NRS 441A.120) 1. A registered pharmacist or intern pharmacist shall submit a report to the health authority identifying a person as a suspected case considered to have tuberculosis if the registe…

NAC 441A.355 Active tuberculosis: Duties and powers of health authority. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120) 1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having active tuberculosis or a suspected case considered to have active tuberculosis to confirm the diagnosis, to iden…

NAC 441A.360 Cases and suspected cases: Prohibited acts; duties; discharge from medical supervision. (NRS 441A.120) 1. A case having tuberculosis or a suspected case considered to have tuberculosis shall not work in a sensitive occupation or attend a child care facility or school…

NAC 441A.365 Contacts: Compliance with regulations; medical evaluation; prohibited acts. (NRS 441A.120) 1. A contact of a case having tuberculosis or suspected case considered to have tuberculosis shall comply with all rules and regulations issued by the State Board of Health and…

NAC 441A.370 Correctional facilities: Infection control program required; testing and surveillance of employees, independent contractors, volunteers and inmates; investigation for contacts; report of such investigation; course of preventive treatment for person with tuberculosis …

NAC 441A.375 Medical facilities, facilities for the dependent, homes for individual residential care and outpatient facilities: Management of cases and suspected cases; surveillance and testing of certain employees and independent contractors; counseling and preventive treatment.…

NAC 441A.380 Admission of persons to certain medical facilities, facilities for the dependent or homes for individual residential care: Testing; respiratory isolation; medical treatment; counseling and preventive treatment; documentation in medical record. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120)…

NAC 441A.385 Care of medically indigent patient in State Tuberculosis Control Program; payment of cost. (NRS 441A.120) 1. The care of a person who has been accepted as a medically indigent patient in the State Tuberculosis Control Program: (a) Is the responsibility of the designa…

NAC 441A.390 Treatment of case or suspected case by health care provider. (NRS 441A.120) A health care provider shall treat a case having active tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection or a suspected case considered to have active tuberculosis or tuberculosis infection with a chem…

NAC 441A.400 Case or suspected case: Investigation by health authority; standard of care in medical facility. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having human rabies or suspected case considered to have human rabies to confirm …

NAC 441A.410 Appointment of rabies control authority; ordinance providing for rabies control program; authority of county, city or town to require licenses for dogs, cats and ferrets; duty of county, city or town to provide certain information to Chief Medical Officer or represen…

NAC 441A.412 Rabies control authority in certain jurisdictions to maintain record of certificates of vaccinations against rabies; confidentiality of record. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.410) The rabies control authority of each town, city or county whose population is more than 50,000 sha…

NAC 441A.415 Rabies control authority: Investigate report of person bitten by rabies-susceptible animal; ensure proper procedures carried out for confinement, testing, quarantine or euthanasia of biting animal. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. The rabies control authority shall invest…

NAC 441A.420 Rabies control authority to investigate case or suspected case of animal rabies; authority of rabies control authority to enter private property; destruction of head of rabies-susceptible animal prohibited. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. The rabies control auth…

NAC 441A.425 Management of animals that have bitten persons; responsibility of owner for costs of quarantine, veterinary care and examination. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the rabies control authority shall cause a dog,…

NAC 441A.430 Euthanization or management of animals that have been in close contact with animal suspected or known to have rabies; responsibility of owner for costs of confinement, veterinary care and examination. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. Except as otherwise provided …

NAC 441A.433 Animal shelter required to provide for vaccination of dog, cat or ferret released for adoption. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. Before releasing a dog, cat or ferret for adoption, an animal shelter shall: (a) Have the dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies in the m…

NAC 441A.435 Owner required to maintain dog, cat or ferret currently vaccinated; vaccination requirements; exemption by licensed veterinarian; proof that dog, cat or ferret is currently vaccinated or exempted from vaccination required before entering State; impoundment; review of…

NAC 441A.440 Veterinarians: Issuance of certificates of vaccination and rabies vaccination tags; cooperation with investigation by rabies control authority. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. A veterinarian who vaccinates an animal against rabies shall complete three copies of a certifi…

NAC 441A.445 Prohibited activities on private property involving bat, skunk, raccoon, fox or coyote; relinquishment of animal; exemptions. (NRS 441A.120, 441A.410) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A person shall not intentionally keep, harbor or in any way car…

NAC 441A.450 Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV). (NRS 439.200, 441A.120) 1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having: (a) A human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV), stage 3, as identified by a confirmed positive laboratory test or through…

NAC 441A.455 Amebiasis. (NRS 441A.120) 1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having amebiasis to confirm the diagnosis, to identify any contacts, to identify the source of infection, to determine if the case is employed in a sensitive occupation or is a …

NAC 441A.460 Anthrax. (NRS 441A.120) 1. The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having anthrax or suspected case considered to have anthrax to confirm the diagnosis, to determine the extent of any outbreak of the infection and to identify the source of infect…

NAC 441A.463 Babesiosis. (NRS 439.200, 441A.120, 441A.160) The health authority shall investigate each report of a case having babesiosis, as identified by finding the infectious agent in a clinical specimen through testing by a medical laboratory, to: 1. Confirm the diagnosis; 2…