Title 40

NRS 439.840 Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division; confidentiality. 1. The Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division shall: (a) Collect and maintain reports received pursuant to NRS 439.835 and 439.843 and any additional informa…

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. 1. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 439.835, the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Div…

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. 1. On or before March 1 of each year, each health facility shall provide t…

NRS 439.845 Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility. 1. The Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division shall analyze and report trends regarding sentinel events. 2. When the He…

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. 1. Each medical facility and f…

NRS 439.855 Notification of patients involved in sentinel events. 1. Each health facility that is located within this state shall designate a representative for the notification of patients who have been involved in sentinel events at that health facility. 2. A representative des…

NRS 439.856 Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients. 1. A medical facility shall: (a) Provide to each patient of the medical facility, upon admission of the patient, the general and facility-specific information relating to facility-a…

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. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a provider of health care confirms that a p…

NRS 439.860 Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding. Any report, document and any other information compiled or disseminated pursuant to the provisions of NRS 439.800 to 439.890, inclusive, is not admissible in evidence in any administrative o…

NRS 439.865 Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update. 1. Each medical facility that is located within this state shall develop, in consultation with the provi…

NRS 439.870 Patient safety officer: Designation; duties. 1. A health facility shall designate an officer or employee of the facility to serve as the patient safety officer of the health facility. 2. The person who is designated as the patient safety officer of a health facility s…

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. 1. A medical facility…

NRS 439.875 Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged. 1. A medical facility shall establish a patient safety committee. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3: (a) A patient safety committee establishe…

NRS 439.877 Patient safety checklists and patient safety policies: Adoption by patient safety committee; required provisions; duties of patient safety committee. 1. The patient safety committee established pursuant to NRS 439.875 by a medical facility shall adopt patient safety c…

NRS 439.880 Immunity from criminal and civil liability. No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil liability for libel, slander or any similar cause of action in tort if the person, without malice: 1. Reports a sentinel event to a governmental entity with jurisdiction …

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. 1. If a health facility: (a) Commits a vio…

NRS 439.890 Adoption of regulations. The State Board of Health shall adopt such regulations as the Board determines to be necessary or advisable to carry out the provisions of NRS 439.800 to 439.890, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 16; A 2005, 600; 2009, 554; 20…

NRS 439.902 Definitions. As used in NRS 439.902 to 439.918, inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 439.904 and 439.906 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2810)

NRS 439.904 “Commission” defined. “Commission” means the Patient Protection Commission created by NRS 439.908. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2810)

NRS 439.906 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2810)

NRS 439.908 Creation; membership; compensation; terms and removal of members; vacancies; Chair; quorum; compliance with ethics requirements. 1. The Patient Protection Commission is hereby created within the Consumer Health Division of the Authority. The Commission consists of: (a…

NRS 439.912 Meetings; bylaws; subcommittees and working groups; contracts; advice and technical assistance by state agencies, boards and commissions. 1. The Commission shall: (a) Meet at the call of the Chair. (b) Adopt bylaws that govern the operation of the Commission. 2. The C…

NRS 439.914 Appointment, qualifications and duties of Executive Director; authority to request information from state agencies. 1. The Director of the Authority shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, appoint the Executive Director of the Commission within the Authority. …

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. 1. The Commission shall systematically review issues related to the health care needs of residents of this St…

NRS 439.918 Duties; reports. 1. In addition to conducting the review described in NRS 439.916, the Commission shall: (a) Attempt to identify and facilitate collaboration between existing state governmental entities that study or address issues relating to the quality, accessibili…

NRS 439.942 Establishment; requirements to become client; administrators; confidentiality; protection of information; maintenance. 1. The Division may establish a secure Internet website which makes certain information available for the Authority or a website client to conduct an…

NRS 439.943 Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information. 1. A person authorized to use the Internet website established pursuant to NRS 439.942 may access the website to search for information necessary to conduct an investigation of the background and pe…

NRS 439.944 Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account. A person authorized to use the Internet website established pursuant to NRS 439.942 may access the website to: 1. Enter any required information; 2. Manage the information to which the person h…

NRS 439.945 Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion. The Division may enter into cooperative agreements to obtain and accept information for inclusion on the Internet website established …

NRS 439.946 Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website. 1. In addition to any other information included on the Internet website established pursuant to NRS 439.942, the Division may collect, maintain and store on the Internet website the fol…

NRS 439.947 Access to information. 1. When establishing permissions for a website client to access information on the Internet website established pursuant to NRS 439.942, the Division shall determine the information necessary for the website client to conduct an investigation in…

NRS 439.948 Fees; regulations. The Division may adopt regulations to: 1. Prescribe a fee to be imposed on website clients for use of the Internet website established pursuant to NRS 439.942; and 2. Carry out the provisions of NRS 439.942 to 439.948, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 20…

NRS 439.950 Definitions. As used in NRS 439.950 to 439.983, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 439.955, 439.960 and 439.965 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2009, 366)

NRS 439.955 “Emergency team” defined. “Emergency team” means an emergency team designated in an executive order of the Governor pursuant to NRS 439.970 to respond to a public health emergency or other health event. (Added to NRS by 2009, 366)

NRS 439.960 “Health care facility” defined. “Health care facility” means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 2009, 366)

NRS 439.965 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2009, 367)

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. 1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 414 of NRS, if a health authority…

NRS 439.973 Authority of Governor to request assistance from contiguous state in carrying out inspections. During a public health emergency or other health event, the Governor may, upon consultation with the emergency team, request from a governor of a contiguous state assistance…

NRS 439.975 Powers and duties of emergency team. 1. The emergency team shall: (a) Convene as soon as practicable after the executive order is issued pursuant to NRS 439.970; and (b) Upon the advice of the Attorney General, investigate the response of each state agency, division, …

NRS 439.980 Duties of chair of emergency team. The chair of the emergency team or a member of the emergency team designated by the chair shall: 1. Provide information to the general public and ensure that the public remains informed on the progress of the work of the emergency te…

NRS 439.983 Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event. Upon the resolution of a public health emergency or other health event, the emergency team shall: 1. Make recommendations to the State Board of Health and local boards of health…

NRS 439.985 Legislative declaration of purpose. The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of NRS 439.985 to 439.994, inclusive, is to enable the use of sterile hypodermic devices and other related material for use among people who inject drugs for the purpose of reducing t…

NRS 439.986 “Sterile hypodermic device program” or “program” defined. As used in NRS 439.985 to 439.994, inclusive, “sterile hypodermic device program” or “program” means a program established pursuant to NRS 439.987 for the safe distribution and disposal of hypodermic devices. (…

NRS 439.987 Establishment. 1. A governmental entity, a nonprofit corporation that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), a public health program, a medical facility or a person who has a fiscal sponsor that is recogniz…

NRS 439.988 Guidelines governing operation. The State Board of Health shall establish guidelines governing the operation of the program which provide for, without limitation: 1. The recording of the quantities of hypodermic devices distributed and collected by the program; and 2.…

NRS 439.989 Program to establish safety procedures, provide community outreach and report to State Board of Health. A sterile hypodermic device program shall: 1. Establish and follow procedures for the safe collection and disposal of used hypodermic devices and other related mate…