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 department has jurisdiction over all public health matters in the health district, except in matters concerning emergency medical services pursuant to the provisions of chapter 450B of NRS. 3. […]
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 town in which they reside, together with one additional member to be chosen by the members so appointed. 2. The […]
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 health officer must be appointed on the basis of his or her graduate education in public health, training, experience and interest in public health and related programs. 3. The district health officer has full authority as a […]
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 available for such purposes, a district health department shall: (a) Take reasonable steps to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible to receive services from the district health department that are intended to help restrain the spread of COVID-19 have meaningful and timely access to […]
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 adjacent 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 incorporated city or cities, town or towns, in such county, […]
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 must be abolished, and the district board of health must be given the same powers, duties and authority that county board of […]
NRS 439.383 – County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health.
When two or more adjacent 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)