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- NRS 439.530 · Treatment by prayer, mental or spiritual means; no compulsion to submit to medical treatment.
- NRS 439.532 · Testing and labeling of certain products containing cannabidiol; regulations.
- NRS 439.535 · Clinic for immunization of children: Availability; immunity of personnel from criminal and civil liability.
- NRS 439.538 · Electronic transmission of health information: Exemption from state law concerning privacy or confidentiality of certain health information; ability of person to opt out of electronic disclosure of certain health information.
- NRS 439.539 · Duty of Department to hold informational meetings to coordinate services for victims of sex trafficking.
- NRS 439.540 · Chapter does not alter powers of Commissioner of Food and Drugs or powers of Director of State Department of Agriculture.
- NRS 439.550 · Strict enforcement of chapter by local health officer.
- NRS 439.560 · Enforcement of chapter by public officers.
- NRS 439.565 · Injunctions against violations.
- NRS 439.570 · Health authority may report violation to district attorney or Attorney General; initiation and prosecution of action.
- NRS 439.580 · Penalties.
- NRS 439.581 · Definitions.
- NRS 439.582 · “Electronic health record” defined.
- NRS 439.583 · “Health care provider” defined.
- NRS 439.584 · “Health information exchange” defined.
- NRS 439.585 · “Person” defined.
- NRS 439.587 · Designation of Director of Authority as state authority for health information technology; authorization to establish or contract with one or more health information exchanges; adoption of regulations and other necessary actions authorized.
- NRS 439.588 · Certification for health information exchange required; disciplinary action for failure to comply with law; administrative fine for operating without certification; regulations.
- NRS 439.589 · Adoption of framework for electronic maintenance, transmittal and exchange of electronic health records, prescriptions, health-related information and electronic signatures; compliance by certain persons and entities with framework; waiver; exception; failure to comply not misdemeanor.
- NRS 439.5895 · Notification of regulatory body if licensed provider or insurer fails to comply with regulations governing maintenance, transmittal and exchange of health information; notification of regulatory body upon compliance.
- NRS 439.590 · Limitations on use, release or publication of certain information; penalty for unauthorized access to electronic health record or health information exchange; establishment of complaint system.
- NRS 439.591 · Patient not required to participate in health information exchange; notification to patient of breach of confidentiality of electronic health records or health information exchange; patient access to electronic health records.
- NRS 439.592 · Electronic health records, electronic signatures and electronically transmitted or retrieved health information deemed to comply with certain writing and signature requirements; information maintained or transmitted in electronic health record or retrieved by a health information exchange deemed to comply with certain confidentiality requirements; exception.
- NRS 439.593 · Immunity from liability for health care provider who takes certain actions with respect to electronic health record.
- NRS 439.595 · Provision of information to, transmitting, accessing, utilizing or disclosing electronic health record or participation in health information exchange not unfair trade practice.
- NRS 439.597 · Electronic transmission of health information: Exemption from state law concerning privacy or confidentiality of certain health information; ability of person to opt out of electronic disclosure of certain health information.
- NRS 439.600 · Legislative declaration.
- NRS 439.620 · Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents.
- NRS 439.630 · Powers and duties of Department; eligibility of veterans for certain benefits or services available to senior citizens, persons with disabilities and other specified persons; submission of biennial report by Grants Management Advisory Committee, Nevada Commission on Aging and Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities.
- NRS 439.800 · Definitions.
- NRS 439.802 · “Facility-acquired infection” defined.
- NRS 439.803 · “Health facility” defined.
- NRS 439.805 · “Medical facility” defined.
- NRS 439.810 · “Patient” defined.
- NRS 439.815 · “Patient safety officer” defined.
- NRS 439.820 · “Provider of health care” defined.
- NRS 439.830 · “Sentinel event” defined.
- NRS 439.835 · Mandatory reporting of sentinel events.
- NRS 439.837 · Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions.
- NRS 439.840 · Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division; confidentiality.
- 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.
- 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.
- NRS 439.845 · Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility.
- 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.
- NRS 439.855 · Notification of patients involved in sentinel events.
- NRS 439.856 · Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients.
- 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.
- NRS 439.860 · Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding.
- NRS 439.865 · Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update.
- NRS 439.870 · Patient safety officer: Designation; duties.
- 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.
- NRS 439.875 · Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged.
- NRS 439.877 · Patient safety checklists and patient safety policies: Adoption by patient safety committee; required provisions; duties of patient safety committee.
- NRS 439.880 · Immunity from criminal and civil liability.
- 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.
- NRS 439.890 · Adoption of regulations.
- NRS 439.902 · Definitions.
- NRS 439.904 · “Commission” defined.
- NRS 439.906 · “Provider of health care” defined.
- NRS 439.908 · Creation; membership; compensation; terms and removal of members; vacancies; Chair; quorum; compliance with ethics requirements.
- NRS 439.912 · Meetings; bylaws; subcommittees and working groups; contracts; advice and technical assistance by state agencies, boards and commissions.
- NRS 439.914 · Appointment, qualifications and duties of Executive Director; authority to request information from state agencies.
- 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.
- NRS 439.918 · Duties; reports.
- NRS 439.942 · Establishment; requirements to become client; administrators; confidentiality; protection of information; maintenance.
- NRS 439.943 · Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information.
- NRS 439.944 · Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account.
- NRS 439.945 · Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion.
- NRS 439.946 · Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website.
- NRS 439.947 · Access to information.
- NRS 439.948 · Fees; regulations.
- NRS 439.950 · Definitions.
- NRS 439.955 · “Emergency team” defined.
- NRS 439.960 · “Health care facility” defined.
- NRS 439.965 · “Provider of health care” defined.
- 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.
- NRS 439.973 · Authority of Governor to request assistance from contiguous state in carrying out inspections.
- NRS 439.975 · Powers and duties of emergency team.
- NRS 439.980 · Duties of chair of emergency team.
- NRS 439.983 · Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event.
- NRS 439.985 · Legislative declaration of purpose.
- NRS 439.986 · “Sterile hypodermic device program” or “program” defined.
- NRS 439.987 · Establishment.
- NRS 439.988 · Guidelines governing operation.
- NRS 439.989 · Program to establish safety procedures, provide community outreach and report to State Board of Health.
- NRS 439.990 · Staff and volunteers to complete training; requirements for training.
- NRS 439.991 · Program authorized to provide material for safer injection drug use and certain information.
- NRS 439.992 · Immunity from civil liability.
- NRS 439.993 · Confidentiality of records; use of information.
- NRS 439.994 · Discrimination prohibited.
- NRS 439A.010 · Definitions.
- NRS 439A.0115 · “Authority” defined.
- NRS 439A.012 · “Department” defined.
- NRS 439A.0125 · “Director” defined.
- NRS 439A.015 · “Health facility” defined.
- NRS 439A.017 · “Health services” defined.
- NRS 439A.0195 · “Practitioner” defined.
- NRS 439A.020 · Purposes of chapter.
- NRS 439A.081 · Department is state agency for health planning and development; powers of Director; fees.
- NRS 439A.082 · Director to contract with Nevada System of Higher Education to collect and analyze information from health facilities and purchasers of health care.