Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.001
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.007 to 449A.081, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 449A — Care and Rights of Patients
Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 449A · 180 active provisions
Provisions
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.007
“Board” defined
“Board” means the State Board of Health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.017
“Division” defined
“Division” means the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.031
“Facility for the dependent” defined
“Facility for the dependent” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0045 and additionally includes an agency to provide personal care services in the home, as defined in NRS 449B.015.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.045
“Hospital” defined
“Hospital” means an establishment for the diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness, including care available 24 hours each day from persons licensed to practice professional nursing who are under the direction of a physician, services of a medical laboratory and medical, radiological, dietary and pharmaceutical s…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.050
“Medical facility” defined
“Medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.064
“Provider of health care” defined
“Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.071
“Registered nurse” defined
“Registered nurse” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.019.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.074
“Residential facility for groups” defined
“Residential facility for groups” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.081
“Terminally ill” defined
“Terminally ill” means a medical diagnosis made by a physician that a person has an anticipated life expectancy of not more than 12 months.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.100
Facility to provide necessary services or arrange for transfer of patient; explanation of need for transfer and alternatives available
1. Every medical facility and facility for the dependent must provide the services necessary to treat properly a patient in a particular case or must be able to arrange the transfer of the patient to another facility which can provide that care. 2. A patient may be transferred to another facility only if the patient ha…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.103
Facility to forward medical records upon certain transfers of patient
1. If a patient in a medical facility or facility for the dependent is transferred to another medical facility or facility for the dependent, a division facility or a physician licensed to practice medicine, the facility shall forward a copy of the medical records of the patient, on or before the date the patient is tr…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.106
Specific rights: Information concerning facility; treatment; billing; visitation
Every patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent has the right to: 1. Receive information concerning any other medical or educational facility or facility for the dependent associated with the facility at which he or she is a patient which relates to the care of the patient. 2. Obtain information conce…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.109
Specific rights: Designation of persons authorized to visit patient in facility
1. If, as a result of the incapacitation of a patient or the inability of a patient to communicate, the patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent who is 18 years of age or older is unable to inform the staff of the facility of the persons whom the patient authorizes to visit the patient at the facilit…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.112
Specific rights: Care; refusal of treatment and experimentation; privacy; notice of appointments and need for care; confidentiality of information concerning patient
1. Every patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent has the right to: (a) Receive considerate and respectful care. (b) Refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law and to be informed of the consequences of that refusal. (c) Refuse to participate in any medical experiments conducted at the facility.…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.113
Rights of patient of program of hospice care; explanation of services
1. Every patient of a program of hospice care has the right to receive the care specified in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 449.196. 2. Not later than 15 days after a patient elects to receive care from a program of hospice care, the program of hospice care shall provide to the patient or the patient’s legal repr…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.114
Certain facilities to notify patient and State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of intent to transfer patient and provide opportunity for patient or representative to meet with administrator; exceptions
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, before a facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing or residential facility for groups transfers a patient to another medical facility or facility for the dependent or discharges the patient or resident from the facility, the facility shall: (a) At leas…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.115
Owner and administrator of certain facility prohibited from receiving certain money or property from resident or former resident; exception
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner or administrator of a medical facility or facility for the dependent is not entitled to receive, and must not receive: (a) Any money, personal property or real property that is devised or bequeathed by will to the o…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.118
Patient to be informed of rights upon admission to facility; required disclosures and notices
1. Every medical facility and facility for the dependent shall inform each patient or the patient’s legal representative, upon the admission of the patient to the facility, of the patient’s rights as listed in NRS 449A.100 and 449A.106 to 449A.115, inclusive. 2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, if a per…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.1185
Rights of parent or guardian of newborn child receiving care in neonatal intensive care unit
The parent or legal guardian of a newborn child who is receiving care in a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital has the right to: 1. Receive clear, honest and timely updates concerning the condition, treatment plan and prognosis of the newborn child in a language that the parent or legal guardian understands. 2.…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.119
Provision of information by off-campus location of hospital where emergency room services are provided
1. An off-campus location shall post conspicuously in each location where patients are admitted and registered a sign, in not less than 24 point boldface type, which states in English and Spanish: NOTICE This is an emergency medical facility that treats emergency medical conditions. You will be charged for a visit to a…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.121
Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Informed consent required; withdrawal of consent; penalty
1. A physician shall not perform any procedure to insert an implant in the breast of a patient unless within 5 days before the procedure is performed the physician has: (a) Discussed with the patient and any other person whose consent is required pursuant to paragraph (b), the advantages, disadvantages and risks associ…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.124
Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Contents of explanation form and consent form; fee for forms
1. The Division shall prepare and provide to physicians upon request: (a) An explanation form for a procedure to insert an implant in the breast of a person which includes: (1) An explanation of the advantages, disadvantages and risks associated with a procedure to insert an implant in the breast of a person, including…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.140
Short title
NRS 449A.140 to 449A.148, inclusive, may be cited as the Right to Contraception and Family Planning Services Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.141
Definitions
As used in NRS 449A.140 to 449A.148, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.142, 449A.143 and 449A.144 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
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