As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 441A.020 to 441A.115, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294; A 2003, 2206; 2009, 557)
“Board” means the State Board of Health. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
1. “Child care facility” means: (a) An establishment operated and maintained for the purpose of furnishing care on a temporary or permanent basis, during the day or overnight, to five or more children under 18 years of age, if compensation is received for the care of any of those children; (b) An on-site child care […]
“Communicable disease” means a disease which is caused by a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, and which can be transmitted, either directly or indirectly, from a reservoir of infectious agents to a susceptible host organism. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
“Health authority” means the district health officer in a district, or the district health officer’s designee, or, if none, the Chief Medical Officer, or the Chief Medical Officer’s designee. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
“Infectious disease” means a disease which is caused by pathogenic microorganisms, including, without limitation, bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi, which spread, either directly or indirectly, from one person to another. The term includes a communicable disease. (Added to NRS by 2009, 554)
“Isolation” means the physical separation and confinement of a person or a group of persons infected or reasonably believed by a health authority to be infected with a communicable disease from persons who are not infected with and have not been exposed to the communicable disease, to limit the transmission of the communicable disease to […]
“Laboratory director” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 652.050. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
“Medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
“Medical laboratory” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 652.060. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
“Physician” is limited to a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294)
“Provider of health care” means a physician, nurse or veterinarian licensed in accordance with state law, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or a pharmacist registered pursuant to chapter 639 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1989, 294; A 2001, 781; 2007, 1856; 2021, 1663)
“Quarantine” means the physical separation and confinement of a person or a group of persons exposed to or reasonably believed by a health authority to have been exposed to a communicable disease who do not yet show any signs or symptoms of being infected with the communicable disease from persons who are not infected with […]
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the spread of communicable diseases is best addressed through public health measures rather than criminalization. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3183)
1. The Board shall adopt regulations governing the control of communicable diseases in this State, including regulations specifically relating to the control of such diseases in educational, medical and correctional institutions. The regulations must specify: (a) The diseases which are known to be communicable, which must include, without limitation, syphilis. (b) The communicable diseases which […]
1. The Board shall develop a system which provides for syndromic reporting and active surveillance to monitor public health in this state during major events or when determined appropriate and necessary by a health authority. 2. The Board shall adopt regulations concerning the system it develops pursuant to this section, including, without limitation: (a) The […]
The Chief Medical Officer shall inform each local health officer of the regulations adopted by the Board and the procedures established for investigating and reporting cases or suspected cases of infectious diseases and cases or suspected cases of exposure to biological, radiological or chemical agents pursuant to this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1989, 295; […]
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services may receive any financial aid made available by any grant or other source and shall use the aid, in cooperation with the health authority, to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1989, 299; A 2013, […]
