{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-629.670","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 629.670","heading":"Interpreters: Duties to provide and pay cost; duty to utilize qualified interpreter; exceptions.","body":"1. A provider of health care 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 629.690 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 a person under the supervision of the provider of health care who is not an interpreter or a translator qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency.\n2. A provider of health care may utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 629.690 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 629.690 is not immediately available;\n(c) The provider of health care is attempting to find an interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690; and\n(d) An interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 later confirms or supplements the initial communications with the interpreter utilized pursuant to this section.\n3. A provider of health care may utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 629.690 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 629.690;\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 provider of health care.","path":["TITLE 54 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 629 - HEALING ARTS GENERALLY","DUTIES OF PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CARE CONCERNING PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-629.html#NRS629Sec670","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"f4ac3704f906f7c51fe1e15e34fc3b6bcd4f9616aef6bf32bf284d910d06c1ee","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-629.660","next":"us-nv/nrs-629.680"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}