Title 40

NRS 439.363 Health district fund: Creation. 1. The board of county commissioners shall create a health district fund in the county treasury. 2. The money in the fund may only be used to provide funding for the health district. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2465)

NRS 439.364 District board of health: Meetings; quorum; duties. 1. The district board of health may meet at such times and in such locations as the board determines by resolution. 2. Special meetings may be held upon notice to each member of the district board of health as often …

NRS 439.365 District board of health: Budget; adoption by board of county commissioners; annual allocation. 1. The district board of health shall prepare an annual operating budget for the health district. The district board of health shall submit the budget to the board of count…

NRS 439.366 Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health. 1. The district board of health has the powers, duties and authority of a county board of health in the health district. 2. The district health…

NRS 439.367 District board of health: Powers. 1. The district board of health may: (a) Receive and disburse federal money; (b) Submit project applications and programs of projects to federal agencies; and (c) Enter into formal agreements with federal agencies concerning projects …

NRS 439.3672 District board of health: Power to create voluntary financial assistance program to pay cost to connect to community sewerage disposal system; voluntary annual fee; eligibility. 1. The district board of health may create a voluntary financial assistance program to pa…

NRS 439.3675 Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding. 1. To the extent that money is av…

NRS 439.368 Appointment, duties and compensation of district health officer; duties of district board of health concerning district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician. 1. The district board of health shall appoint a distr…

NRS 439.3685 Duties of district health officer concerning chief medical officer; compensation of chief medical officer. 1. The district health officer shall, with the approval of the district board of health: (a) Approve a job description, qualifications and compensation for a ch…

NRS 439.369 Applicability. The provisions of NRS 439.369 to 439.410, inclusive, apply to a county whose population is less than 700,000. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2464; A 2011, 1255; 2021, 3234)

NRS 439.370 Health district: Creation. By affirmative vote of: 1. The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties; 2. The governing bodies of two or more cities or towns within any county; or 3. The board of county commissioners and the governing body or bodies of any …

NRS 439.380 County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health. When any county and one or more incorporated cities within the county establish a district board of health, the county board of health and the board of health of the city or cities mus…

NRS 439.383 County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health. When two or more counties establish a district board of health, all county boards of health in such district shall thereupon be abolished. (Added to NRS by 1959, 103; A 2023, …

NRS 439.385 City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health. When two or more cities or towns establish a district board of health, all city and town boards of health in such district shall thereupon be abolished. (Added to NRS by 1959, 103)

NRS 439.390 District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members. 1. A district board of health must consist of two members from each county, city or town which participated in establishing the district, to be appointed by the governing body of the county, city or tow…

NRS 439.400 Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician. 1. The district board of health shall appoint a district health officer for the district. 2. The district he…

NRS 439.405 Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding. 1. To the extent that money is ava…

NRS 439.410 Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health. 1. The district board of health has the powers, duties and authority of a county board of health in the health district. 2. The district health…

NRS 439.420 City board of health: Creation by ordinance. 1. Every city of population categories one and two shall provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of health. 2. A city of population category three may provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of h…

NRS 439.430 City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer. 1. The city board of health shall be composed of three members appointed by the mayor, at least one of whom may be learned in sanitary science and public health practi…

NRS 439.440 Inclusion of city in county or district health department. The governing authorities of any incorporated city may abolish the offices of the city board of health and the office of the city health officer for such city and thereby signify the city’s consent to be inclu…

NRS 439.450 Withdrawal of city from county or district health department; re-establishment of city health department. The governing authorities of any incorporated city which has consented to be included in a county or district health department may, after a period of 3 years fol…

NRS 439.460 City board of health: Duties. The city board of health shall: 1. Oversee all sanitary conditions of the city in which the board is created. 2. Adopt such regulations as may be necessary for the prevention, suppression and control of any contagious or infectious diseas…

NRS 439.470 City board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment. 1. The city board of health may: (a) Abate nuisances in accordance with law. (b) Establish a temporary isolation hospital or quarantine station when an emergency demands the i…

NRS 439.471 Applicability. The provisions of NRS 439.471 to 439.479, inclusive, apply to any health district created pursuant to NRS 439.362 or 439.370. (Added to NRS by 2009, 1499)

NRS 439.473 Authority of district health officer to issue order for extermination or abatement of nuisance; authorized actions. A district health officer or his or her designee who issues an order for the extermination or abatement of mosquitoes, flies, other insects, rats or any…

NRS 439.475 Notice of order for abatement of nuisance; duty of health district if owner fails to comply with order. 1. A district health officer may issue an order requiring an owner of real property to abate and prevent the recurrence of any mosquitoes, flies, other insects, rat…

NRS 439.477 Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien. 1. All money expended by a health district in abating a nuisance and preventing its recurrence on real property pursuant to NRS 439.475 constitutes a lien upon the property and may be recov…

NRS 439.479 Regulations; enforcement; notice to district board of health of failure to maintain rental dwelling unit in habitable condition. 1. In addition to any other powers, duties and authority conferred on a district board of health, the district board of health may by affir…

NRS 439.4797 Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission. 1. The board of health or its agent shall, for the purposes of NRS 40.140, 40.770, 202.450 and 489.776, evaluate the removal or remediation by any entity certified or licensed to do so of: (a)…

NRS 439.480 Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction. The county health officer has supervision over all matters pertaining to the preservation of the lives and health of the people of the county, except incorporated cities of population categories one and two having a hea…

NRS 439.490 Abatement or removal of nuisance. Every health officer or a designee of the health officer may order the abatement or removal of any nuisance detrimental to the public health in accordance with the laws relating to such matters. [Part 31:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 191…

NRS 439.4905 Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations. 1. Unless an exemption is approved pursuant to subsection 3, each county shall pay an assessment to the Division, in an amount determined by the Division, for the costs of services provided in that county by the Division…

NRS 439.4921 Definitions. As used in NRS 439.4921 to 439.4943, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 439.4923, 439.4925 and 439.4927 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)

NRS 439.4923 “Health care facility” defined. “Health care facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A.740. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)

NRS 439.4925 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)

NRS 439.4927 “Sickle cell disease and its variants” defined. “Sickle cell disease and its variants” means an inherited disease caused by a mutation in a gene for hemoglobin in which red blood cells have an abnormal crescent shape that causes them to block small blood cells and di…

NRS 439.4929 Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information. 1. The Chief Medical Officer shall, pursuant to the regulations adopted by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 439.4931, establish and maintai…

NRS 439.4931 Regulations of State Board of Health. The State Board of Health shall by regulation: 1. Prescribe the form and manner in which information on cases of sickle cell disease and its variants must be reported; 2. Prescribe the information that must be included in each re…

NRS 439.4933 Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; schedule of fees for abstracting; administrative penalty for violation of section. 1. The chief administrative officer of each health care facility in this State shall…

NRS 439.4935 Publication of reports; provision of data fee to cover cost of providing data. 1. The Division shall publish reports based upon the information obtained pursuant to NRS 439.4929, 439.4931 and 439.4933 and shall make other appropriate uses of the information to report…

NRS 439.4937 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 information obtained pursuant to NRS 439.4929, 439.4931 and 439.4933 and the re…

NRS 439.4939 Gifts, grants and donations. The Division shall apply for and accept any gifts, grants and donations available to: 1. Carry out the provisions of NRS 439.4921 to 439.4943, inclusive; 2. Coordinate and administer any other state programs relating to research concernin…

NRS 439.4941 Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility. The Division shall not reveal the identity of any patient, physician or health care facility which is involved in the reporting required by NRS 439.4933 unless the patient, …

NRS 439.4943 Limitation on civil and criminal liability. A person or governmental entity that provides information to the Division in accordance with NRS 439.4929, 439.4931 and 439.4933 must not be held liable in a civil or criminal action for sharing confidential information unl…

NRS 439.495 Establishment; purpose. Within the limits of available money, the Division shall establish the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Program to establish strategies for reducing the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and to coordinate efforts to assist pe…