NRS 439.261 – Grants for addressing race-based health disparities relating to kidney disease; establishment of advisory committee; annual report.
1. The Division may apply for grants available from the Federal Government and other sources to support the identification, understanding and mitigation of health disparities relating to kidney disease that are based on race. Such disparities include, without limitation, disparities concerning: (a) Early detection, frequency and severity of kidney disease; and (b) Promotion of kidney […]
NRS 439.263 – Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations. [Effective through June 30, 2022.] Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
1. It is the policy of this State to: (a) Improve the completeness and quality of data concerning diverse demographic groups that is collected, reported and analyzed for the purposes of clinical trials of drugs and medical devices; (b) Identify barriers to participation in clinical trials by persons who are members of demographic groups that […]
NRS 439.265 – Immunization Information System: Establishment and administration; duty to report information concerning immunization administered to child; contents and form of report; parent or guardian to be provided information concerning System; parent or guardian may decline inclusion of information in System; disclosure of information; regulations.
1. The Department shall establish an Immunization Information System to collect information concerning the immunization of children in this State. The Immunization Information System must be administered by the State Board of Health. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who administers any immunization to a child which is recommended and approved […]
NRS 439.190 – Hearings and witnesses.
The State Board of Health may hold hearings and summon witnesses to testify before it. [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259]
NRS 439.200 – Regulations of State Board of Health: Adoption; effect; variances; distribution.
1. The State Board of Health may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members adopt, amend and enforce reasonable regulations consistent with law: (a) To define and control dangerous communicable diseases. (b) To prevent and control nuisances. (c) To regulate sanitation and sanitary practices in the interests of the public health. (d) To […]
NRS 439.230 – Personal and statistical information to be secured from patient admitted or committed to public or private institution.
1. All superintendents or managers, or other persons in charge of hospitals, almshouses, lying-in or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of diseases, or confinement, or are committed by process of law, shall make a record of all the personal and statistical particulars relative to the inmates of their institutions […]
NRS 439.235 – Duties of Division 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. The Division shall take reasonable steps to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible to receive services from the Division that are intended to help restrain the spread of COVID-19 have meaningful and timely access to those services. Such steps must include, without limitation: (a) Maintaining a record of the preferred […]
NRS 439.240 – State Public Health Laboratory: Maintenance by University of Nevada School of Medicine; branch laboratories; purpose; administration; reports.
1. The University of Nevada School of Medicine shall maintain the State Public Health Laboratory, and may designate, establish or maintain such branch laboratories as may be necessary. 2. The purpose of the State Public Health Laboratory is: (a) To make available, at such charges as may be established, to health officials, the Director of […]
NRS 439.245 – Data dashboard for data relating to telehealth access: Establishment; requirements; availability.
1. To the extent that money is available for this purpose, the Department shall: (a) Establish a data dashboard that allows for the analysis of data relating to access to telehealth by different groups and populations in this State. The data dashboard must, to the extent authorized by federal law: (1) Include, without limitation, data […]
NRS 439.249 – Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report.
1. The Division shall, in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Services: (a) Establish continuing education courses concerning the health of veterans and make those courses available at no cost to providers of health care and any person who provides services related to the health or welfare […]