Title 40

NRS 449A.050 “Medical facility” defined. “Medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1975, 366; 1979, 161, 887, 1113; 1983, 1657; 1985, 1736; 1989, 304, 1035, 1037; 1999, 248, 970; 2001, 1341; 2005, 532, 2693; 2021, 3443)

NRS 449A.064 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 1995, 1600)

NRS 449A.071 “Registered nurse” defined. “Registered nurse” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.019. (Added to NRS by 2005, 1517)

NRS 449A.074 “Residential facility for groups” defined. “Residential facility for groups” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017. (Added to NRS by 2023, 715)

NRS 449A.081 “Terminally ill” defined. “Terminally ill” means a medical diagnosis made by a physician that a person has an anticipated life expectancy of not more than 12 months. (Added to NRS by 2005, 485) PATIENTS’ RIGHTS

NRS 449A.100 Facility to provide necessary services or arrange for transfer of patient; explanation of need for transfer and alternatives available. 1. Every medical facility and facility for the dependent must provide the services necessary to treat properly a patient in a parti…

NRS 449A.103 Facility to forward medical records upon certain transfers of patient. 1. If a patient in a medical facility or facility for the dependent is transferred to another medical facility or facility for the dependent, a division facility or a physician licensed to practic…

NRS 449A.106 Specific rights: Information concerning facility; treatment; billing; visitation. Every patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent has the right to: 1. Receive information concerning any other medical or educational facility or facility for the depen…

NRS 449A.109 Specific rights: Designation of persons authorized to visit patient in facility. 1. If, as a result of the incapacitation of a patient or the inability of a patient to communicate, the patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent who is 18 years of age…

NRS 449A.112 Specific rights: Care; refusal of treatment and experimentation; privacy; notice of appointments and need for care; confidentiality of information concerning patient. 1. Every patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent has the right to: (a) Receive c…

NRS 449A.113 Rights of patient of program of hospice care; explanation of services. 1. Every patient of a program of hospice care has the right to receive the care specified in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 449.196. 2. Not later than 15 days after a patient elects to recei…

NRS 449A.114 Certain facilities to notify patient and State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of intent to transfer patient and provide opportunity for patient or representative to meet with administrator; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, before a facility for …

NRS 449A.115 Owner and administrator of certain facility prohibited from receiving certain money or property from resident or former resident; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner or administrator of a…

NRS 449A.118 Patient to be informed of rights upon admission to facility; required disclosures and notices. 1. Every medical facility and facility for the dependent shall inform each patient or the patient’s legal representative, upon the admission of the patient to the facility,…

NRS 449A.1185 Rights of parent or guardian of newborn child receiving care in neonatal intensive care unit. The parent or legal guardian of a newborn child who is receiving care in a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital has the right to: 1. Receive clear, honest and timely …

NRS 449A.119 Provision of information by off-campus location of hospital where emergency room services are provided. 1. An off-campus location shall post conspicuously in each location where patients are admitted and registered a sign, in not less than 24 point boldface type, whi…

NRS 449A.121 Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Informed consent required; withdrawal of consent; penalty. 1. A physician shall not perform any procedure to insert an implant in the breast of a patient unless within 5 days before the procedure is performed the phys…

NRS 449A.124 Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Contents of explanation form and consent form; fee for forms. 1. The Division shall prepare and provide to physicians upon request: (a) An explanation form for a procedure to insert an implant in the breast of a perso…

NRS 449A.140 Short title. NRS 449A.140 to 449A.148, inclusive, may be cited as the Right to Contraception and Family Planning Services Act. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1445)

NRS 449A.141 Definitions. As used in NRS 449A.140 to 449A.148, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.142, 449A.143 and 449A.144 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1446)

NRS 449A.142 “Contraception and family planning services” defined. “Contraception and family planning services” means medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including, without limitation, services relating to pregnancy, contr…

NRS 449A.143 “Governmental entity” defined. “Governmental entity” means the State of Nevada or any of its agencies or political subdivisions. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1446)

NRS 449A.144 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1446)

NRS 449A.146 Applicability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of NRS 449A.140 to 449A.148, inclusive, apply to all state and local laws and ordinances and the implementation of those laws and ordinances, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether en…

NRS 449A.148 Governmental entity prohibited from enacting or implementing certain limitations or requirements concerning contraception and family planning services; exception; relief; finding of vexatious litigant. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a governmental e…

NRS 449A.150 Definitions. As used in NRS 449A.150 to 449A.165, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.153 and 449A.156 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1497; A 2011, 1524)

NRS 449A.153 “Hospital care” defined. “Hospital care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 428.155. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1497)

NRS 449A.156 “Responsible party” defined. “Responsible party” means the person who received the hospital care, the parent or guardian of the person who received the hospital care or another natural person who is legally responsible or has agreed to be responsible for the payment …

NRS 449A.159 Limitations on efforts of hospitals to collect; date for accrual of interest; rate of interest; limitations on additional fees. 1. When a person receives hospital care, the hospital must not proceed with any efforts to collect on any amount owed to the hospital for t…

NRS 449A.162 Limitations on efforts of hospital to collect when hospital has contractual agreement with third party that provides health coverage for care provided; return to patient of any excess amount collected; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a …

NRS 449A.165 Manner of collection. A hospital, or any person acting on its behalf who seeks to collect a debt from a responsible party for any amount owed to the hospital for hospital care must collect the debt in a professional, fair and lawful manner. When collecting such a deb…

NRS 449A.170 Definitions. As used in NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.171 to 449A.179, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1372; A 2025, 1673)

NRS 449A.171 “Covered facility” defined. “Covered facility” means: 1. A facility for intermediate care; 2. A facility for skilled nursing; 3. A home for individual residential care; 4. A unit for the provision of long-term care in a hospital; 5. A residential facility for groups;…

NRS 449A.1715 “Facility for intermediate care” defined. “Facility for intermediate care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0038. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1672)

NRS 449A.172 “Facility for skilled nursing” defined. “Facility for skilled nursing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0039. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1372)

NRS 449A.174 “Guardian” defined. “Guardian” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 159.017. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1372)

NRS 449A.175 “Home for individual residential care” defined. “Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1673)

NRS 449A.176 “Living quarters” defined. “Living quarters” means the room in which a patient resides. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1372)

NRS 449A.178 “Representative” defined. “Representative” means a person who is authorized to serve as the representative of a patient pursuant to NRS 449A.180. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1372)

NRS 449A.179 “Senior living community” defined. “Senior living community” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0179. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1673)

NRS 449A.180 Requirements for representative of patient. A person may serve as the representative of a patient in a covered facility, including, without limitation, a patient who is the roommate of a patient who wishes to submit or has submitted a request pursuant to NRS 449A.182…

NRS 449A.182 Request for installation and use: Contents; form; approval; facility to attempt to accommodate patient if roommate refuses consent; withdrawal. 1. A patient in a covered facility or the representative of the patient may request the installation and use of an electron…

NRS 449A.184 Responsibilities of patient; requirements for device. 1. If a covered facility approves a request to install and use an electronic communication device in the living quarters of a patient pursuant to NRS 449A.182, the patient or the representative of the patient is s…

NRS 449A.186 Prohibitions; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person other than the patient or the representative of the patient who has requested the installation and use of an electronic communication device pursuant to NRS 449A.182 shall not intenti…

NRS 449A.188 Penalties. 1. A natural person who violates subsection 1 of NRS 449A.186: (a) For a first offense, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. (b) For a second and any subsequent offense: (1) Is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violat…