NRS 441A.340 – Duties of health authority.
The health authority shall control, prevent the spread of, and ensure the treatment and cure of tuberculosis. (Added to NRS by 1989, 297; A 2011, 2508)
NRS 441A.350 – Establishment and support of clinics.
The health authority may establish such clinics as it believes are necessary for the prevention and control of, and for the treatment and cure of, persons who have tuberculosis and provide those clinics with financial or other assistance within the limits of the available appropriations and any other resources. (Added to NRS by 1989, 297; […]
NRS 441A.360 – Provision of medical supplies and financial aid for treatment of indigent patients.
If a person in this state who has tuberculosis is, in the discretion of the health authority, unable to afford approved treatment for the disease, the health authority may provide medical supplies or direct financial aid, within the limits of the available appropriations and any other resources, to be used in the person’s treatment, to […]
NRS 441A.370 – Contracts with hospitals, clinics and other institutions for examination and care of patients.
1. The health authority shall, by contract with hospitals, clinics or other institutions in the State, provide for: (a) The diagnostic examination, including, without limitation, laboratory testing of persons who have tuberculosis; and (b) Inpatient and outpatient care for persons who have tuberculosis. 2. If adequate facilities for examination and care are not available in […]
NRS 441A.380 – Treatment of patient for condition related to or as necessary for control of tuberculosis.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 441A.210, a person who has tuberculosis and is confined to a hospital or other institution pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be treated for tuberculosis and any related condition, and may be treated for any other condition which the health authority determines is detrimental to his or […]
NRS 441A.390 – Contracts with private physicians to provide outpatient care in rural areas.
The health authority may contract with any private physician to provide outpatient care in those rural areas of the State where, in its determination, patients can best be treated in that manner. (Added to NRS by 1989, 298; A 2011, 2509)
NRS 441A.400 – Inspection of records of facility where patients are treated.
The health authority may inspect and must be given access to all records of every institution and clinic, both public and private, where patients who have tuberculosis are treated at public expense. (Added to NRS by 1989, 298; A 2011, 2509)