Title 40

NRS 449.470 Director may use staff or contract for services. In carrying out the duties prescribed by NRS 449.450 to 449.530, inclusive, the Director may utilize his or her own staff or may contract with any appropriate, independent and qualified organization. Such a contractor s…

NRS 449.476 Committee to ensure quality of care: Formation by hospital; general requirements. 1. Each hospital licensed to operate in this state shall form a committee to ensure the quality of care provided by the hospital. The committee must be composed of, but is not limited to…

NRS 449.485 Hospital required to use discharge form prescribed by Director; electronic monthly reporting; exception to electronic reporting; use of information by Authority. 1. Each hospital in this State shall use for all patients discharged a form prescribed by the Director and…

NRS 449.490 Financial statements and reports required to be filed with Authority; additional reporting requirements for hospitals with 100 or more beds; availability of complete current charge master. 1. Every institution which is subject to the provisions of NRS 449.450 to 449.5…

NRS 449.500 Director to carry out analyses and studies concerning cost of health care. The Director shall engage in or carry out analyses and studies relating to the cost of health care in Nevada and other states, the financial status of any institution subject to the provisions …

NRS 449.510 Director to prepare and file summaries, compilations or other reports; public inspection; collection, maintenance, disclosure or publication of contracts or identification of party to contract prohibited. 1. The Director shall prepare and file such summaries, compilat…

NRS 449.520 Reports to Governor and legislative committees; development of comprehensive plan by Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. 1. On or before October 1 of each year, the Director shall prepare and transmit to the Governor, the Joint Interim Stand…

NRS 449.530 Administrative fine for violation. The Director may impose upon the institutions subject to supervision under NRS 449.450 to 449.530, inclusive, an administrative fine not exceeding $500 per day for each violation of any of the provisions of NRS 449.450 to 449.530, in…

NRS 449.531 Unlawful acts; exception; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not intentionally prevent another person from entering or exiting the office of a physician, a health facility, a nonprofit health facility, a public health center, a me…

NRS 449A.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.007 to 449A.081, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1278; A 1975, 366, 897; 1977, 641; 1979, 160,…

NRS 449A.007 “Board” defined. “Board” means the State Board of Health. (Added to NRS by 1985, 1735)

NRS 449A.017 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3055; A 2025, 3726)

NRS 449A.031 “Facility for the dependent” defined. “Facility for the dependent” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0045 and additionally includes an agency to provide personal care services in the home, as defined in NRS 449B.015. (Added to NRS by 1985, 1735; A 2001, 2518;…

NRS 449A.045 “Hospital” defined. “Hospital” means an establishment for the diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness, including care available 24 hours each day from persons licensed to practice professional nursing who are under the direction of a physician, services of a m…

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)