Title 40

NRS 457.080 Testing of medicine or device; furnishing sample or information on request. Upon the written request of the Division, delivered personally or by registered mail, any person or association engaged in, or representing that the person or association is engaged in, the di…

NRS 457.090 Statement concerning nature and content of drug, medicine or device to be furnished person before treatment; Division may require statement to be posted in office or room for treatment. After an investigation by the Division of the content or composition of any drug, …

NRS 457.100 Investigation or testing of product is not endorsement of product; representation of endorsement by Division prohibited. The investigation or testing of any product by the Division is not an endorsement of the qualifications or value of such product, and a person shal…

NRS 457.110 Division may issue cease and desist order after investigation or testing. After investigation or testing by the Division of the content or composition of any drug, medicine, compound or device used by any person or association in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of ca…

NRS 457.120 Use of facilities and findings in conducting investigation or test. In the investigation or testing required by this chapter to determine the value of any drug, medicine, compound or device used in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of cancer, the Division shall, as it …

NRS 457.130 Contract for investigation by qualified scientists. The Division shall arrange by contract for investigation by and submission to it of findings, conclusions or opinions of trained scientists in the appropriate departments of universities and medical schools and other…

NRS 457.140 Finding by Division prerequisite to issuance of cease and desist order. Prior to the issuance of a cease and desist order under this chapter, the Division shall make a written finding of fact based on such investigation that the drug, medicine, compound or device so i…

NRS 457.150 Issuance of injunction to restrain violation of cease and desist order. If any person or association, after service upon the person or association of a cease and desist order issued by the Division under this chapter, persists in prescribing, recommending or using the…

NRS 457.160 Prohibition against use by person enjoined of new medicine or device before submission for investigation and testing. No person or association against whom an injunction has been issued under NRS 457.150 may use any new or unapproved drug, medicine, compound or device…

NRS 457.170 Publication of report of investigation or test. The Division may publish reports based on its investigation or testing of any drug, medicine, compound or device prescribed, recommended or used by any person or association, and if the Division determines that the use o…

NRS 457.182 Definitions. As used in NRS 457.182 to 457.187, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Mammography” means radiography of the breast to enable a physician to determine the presence, size, location and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue i…

NRS 457.1825 Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining certificate; fee; posting of requirements for certificate and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report. 1. The Division shall develop and implement a process by which a person wit…

NRS 457.183 Requirements for operation of radiation machine for mammography; qualifications for certificate of authorization; expiration of certificate; requirements for continuing education; fee for renewal. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal…

NRS 457.1833 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate of authorization; grounds for denial of certificate of authorization; duty of Division. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proc…

NRS 457.1837 Suspension of certificate of authorization for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate of authority. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to es…

NRS 457.184 Issuance of certificate of authorization for radiation machine for mammography; inspection; expiration of certificate; fees. 1. The owner, lessee or other responsible person shall not operate or allow to be operated a radiation machine for mammography unless he or she…

NRS 457.185 Action on application for certificate of authorization; withdrawal of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, oc…

NRS 457.1853 Application for renewal of certificate: Information concerning state business license required; conditions which require denial. 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of a certificate of authorization to oper…

NRS 457.1857 Report provided to patient who undergoes mammography to include certain information regarding category of breast density and other information relating to health care of patient; regulations. 1. If a patient undergoes mammography, the owner, lessee or other person re…

NRS 457.186 Hearing on denial or withdrawal of certificate of authorization. Upon request, the Division shall hold an administrative hearing concerning the denial or withdrawal of an application for a certificate of authorization to operate a radiation machine for mammography or …

NRS 457.187 Administrative fine. 1. The Division may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $5,000, against the owner, lessee or other person responsible for a radiation machine for mammography for a violation of the provisions of NRS 457.182 to 457.186, inclusive, or for a…

NRS 457.190 Cooperation of county health officer, district attorney and Attorney General with Division for enforcement of chapter. County health officers, district attorneys and the Attorney General shall cooperate with the Division in the enforcement of the provisions of this ch…

NRS 457.200 Penalty for violation of chapter. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 457.301, the failure of any person or association, representing that the person or association as engaged in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of cancer, to comply with any of the provisions of this …

NRS 457.210 Penalty for false representation of device, substance or treatment as effective to arrest or cure cancer. Every person convicted of willfully and falsely representing a device, substance or treatment as effective to arrest or cure cancer is guilty of a misdemeanor. (A…

NRS 457.220 Penalty for third and subsequent conviction of violation of chapter; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter, who has previously been convicted twice or more of violations of any pr…

NRS 457.230 Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information. 1. The Chief Medical Officer shall, pursuant to the regulations of the State Board of Health, establish and maintain a system for the reporting of in…

NRS 457.240 Regulations of State Board of Health; fees. 1. The State Board of Health shall by regulation: (a) Prescribe the form and manner in which the information on cases of cancer and other neoplasms must be reported; (b) Specify the neoplasms which must be reported; (c) Pres…

NRS 457.250 Records of health care facility, other treatment facility and provider of health care: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; fees; administrative penalty for violation of section. 1. Each health care facility, other treatment facility and …

NRS 457.260 Publication of reports; provision of data. 1. The Division shall publish reports based upon the material obtained pursuant to NRS 457.230, 457.240 and 457.250 and shall make other appropriate uses of the material to report and assess trends in the incidence of cancer …

NRS 457.265 Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends. 1. The Chief Medical Officer or a qualified person designated by the Administrator of the Division shall analyze the material obtained pursuant to NRS 457.230, 457.240 and 457.250 and the reports p…

NRS 457.270 Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, provider of health care, health care facility or other treatment facility. The Division shall not reveal the identity of any patient, provider of health care, health care facility or other treatment facility w…

NRS 457.280 Limitation on civil and criminal liability. No person or organization providing information to the Division in accordance with NRS 457.230, 457.240 and 457.250 may be held liable in a civil or criminal action for divulging confidential information unless the person or…

NRS 457.301 Duties of primary care provider who provides care to adult woman; exemption from criminal penalties or professional discipline for failure to comply. 1. A primary care provider shall: (a) Attempt to determine whether each adult woman to whom he or she provides care ha…