A proceeding for an involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine of any person in this State may be commenced by a health authority filing a petition with the clerk of the district court of the county where the person is to be isolated or quarantined. The petition may be pled in the alternative for both isolation […]
In addition to the requirements of NRS 441A.600, a petition filed pursuant to that section with the clerk of the district court to commence proceedings for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine of a person pursuant to NRS 441A.540 or 441A.550 must include a certified copy of: 1. If an application for an order of emergency […]
1. Immediately after receiving any petition filed pursuant to NRS 441A.600 or 441A.610, the clerk of the district court shall transmit the petition to the appropriate district judge, who shall set a time, date and place for its hearing. The date must be within 5 judicial days after the date on which the petition is […]
1. After the filing of a petition to commence proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine of a person pursuant to NRS 441A.600 or 441A.610, the court shall promptly cause two or more physicians or physician assistants licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, at least one of whom must always be […]
1. The health authority shall establish such evaluation teams as are necessary to aid the courts under NRS 441A.630 and 441A.700. 2. Each team must be composed of at least two physicians, or at least one physician and one physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS. 3. Fees for the evaluations […]
1. In counties where the examining personnel required pursuant to NRS 441A.630 are not available, proceedings for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine shall be conducted in the nearest county having such examining personnel available in order that there be minimum delay. 2. The entire expense of proceedings for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine shall be […]
1. The person alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, or any relative or friend on behalf of the person, is entitled to retain counsel to represent the person in any proceeding before the district court relating to involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, and if the person fails or refuses […]
In proceedings for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, the court shall hear and consider all relevant testimony, including, but not limited to, the testimony of examining personnel who participated in the evaluation of the person alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease and the certificates, if any, of a health […]
1. In proceedings for an involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, the person with respect to whom the proceedings are held has the right: (a) To be present by live telephonic conferencing or videoconferencing; and (b) To testify in his or her own behalf, to the extent that the court determines that the person is able […]
Witnesses subpoenaed under the provisions of NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720, inclusive, shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid to witnesses in the courts of the State of Nevada. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2204; A 2011, 2512)
1. If the district court finds, after proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine of a person to a public or private medical facility, residence or other safe location: (a) That there is not clear and convincing evidence that the person with respect to whom the hearing was held has been infected with or […]
The order for involuntary court isolation or quarantine of any person to a medical facility, public or private, must be accompanied by a clinical abstract, including a history of illness, diagnosis and treatment, and the names of relatives or correspondents. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2205)
When any involuntary court isolation or quarantine is ordered under the provisions of NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720, inclusive, the involuntarily isolated or quarantined person, together with the court orders, any certificates of the health authorities, physicians, physician assistants licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or registered nurses, the written summary of the […]
