{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-449.145","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 449.145","heading":"Health facility prohibited from using certain persons as interpreters; exceptions.","body":"1. A health facility shall not:\n(a) Require a person with limited English proficiency to provide his or her own interpreter or pay the cost of an interpreter;\n(b) Utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 449.147 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency except where authorized pursuant to subsection 2 or 3;\n(c) Utilize a child who is less than 18 years of age to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency except where authorized pursuant to subsection 2; or\n(d) Utilize an employee, a contractor or a volunteer of the health facility who is not an interpreter or a translator qualified pursuant to NRS 449.147 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency.\n2. A health facility may utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 449.147 or a child who is less than 18 years of age to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency on a temporary, emergency basis if:\n(a) There is an imminent threat to the safety or welfare of any person or the public;\n(b) An interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 449.147 is not immediately available;\n(c) The health facility is attempting to find an interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 449.147; and\n(d) An interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 449.147 later confirms or supplements the initial communications with the interpreter utilized pursuant to this section.\n3. A health facility may utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 449.147 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency if the person with limited English proficiency requests for the adult to interpret or facilitate communication for him or her. Such a request must be:\n(a) Made without the adult present to an interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 449.147;\n(b) Agreed to by the adult;\n(c) Documented in the record of the person with limited English proficiency; and\n(d) Deemed appropriate under the circumstances by the person providing the program or service on behalf of the health facility.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 449 - MEDICAL FACILITIES AND OTHER RELATED ENTITIES","LICENSING AND REGULATION","Interpretation and Translation Services"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-449.html#NRS449Sec145","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"fdfa34bd0d9345f57b9ff284062c0af7455c4220bfc8aee684a45bcfe4fd66d9","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-449.144","next":"us-nv/nrs-449.146"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}