Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER439. Administration of Public Health |
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND OTHER HEALTH EVENTS |
NRS439.975. Powers and duties of emergency team.
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1. The emergency team shall:
(a) Convene as soon as practicable after the executive order is issued pursuant to NRS 439.970; and
(b) Upon the advice of the Attorney General, investigate the response of each state agency, division, board and other entity that is represented on the emergency team to the public health emergency or other health event and work cooperatively to ensure the sharing of any material information and coordinate a response to the public health emergency or other health event with all the state agencies, divisions, boards and other entities represented on the emergency team.
2. The scope of powers and duties of the emergency team extends only to the respective jurisdiction of each state agency, division, board or other entity represented on the team and does not supersede the authority of a health authority to investigate the public health emergency or other health event within its jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 368)