NRS450.550. Definitions.

  As used in NRS 450.550 to 450.760, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Board of trustees” means:

      (a) A board of hospital trustees:

             (1) Elected pursuant to NRS 450.620 and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable; or

             (2) Appointed pursuant to NRS 450.625 and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable; or

      (b) A board of county commissioners, if that board enacts an ordinance which provides that the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees, and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable.

      2.  “District hospital” means a hospital constructed, maintained and governed pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.760, inclusive.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1387; A 1989, 1011; 1993, 1975; 1995, 793; 1997, 3100, 3135; 1999, 639, 2076; 2001, 468; 2005, 1448)