COUNTY HOSPITALS  


Definitions
NRS 450.010. “Taxpayers” defined.
Establishment
NRS 450.020. Procedure.
NRS 450.030. Petition signed by at least 30 percent of taxpayers; submission of question at next general election.
NRS 450.040. Petition signed by at least 50 percent of taxpayers; submission of question at next primary or general election.
NRS 450.043. Motion of board of county commissioners; submission of question at special election or next primary or general election.
NRS 450.045. Approval of bond issue; appointment of board of hospital trustees; issuance and sale of bonds.
NRS 450.050. Administration, control and government of county hospitals acquired by purchase or construction under provisions of certain legislative acts.
NRS 450.060. Acquisition of additional building or site when board of hospital trustees assumes control of existing hospital.
Board of Hospital Trustees
NRS 450.070. Number; election; terms of office.
NRS 450.080. Office of hospital trustee nonpartisan.
NRS 450.090. Selection of county commissioners for membership on board.
NRS 450.100. Oath and bond.
NRS 450.110. Vacancies.
NRS 450.120. Officers of board.
NRS 450.130. Compensation and expenses of trustees.
NRS 450.135. Interest in purchase of supplies prohibited; exception.
NRS 450.140. Meetings of board; quorum.
NRS 450.150. General powers and duties of board.
NRS 450.160. Rules and regulations.
NRS 450.165. Board authorized to acquire building or other facility for provision of health care in county adjacent to county where hospital is established; board authorized to issue special obligations to finance facility.
NRS 450.170. Visits and examinations of hospital; report to board of county commissioners.
NRS 450.175. Hospital advisory board in certain counties: Appointment; powers and duties; compensation of members.
NRS 450.180. Employment or removal of employees or appointed persons; contract for medical services.
NRS 450.191. Contract for management of hospital.
NRS 450.200. Condemnation of property for use by hospital.
NRS 450.210. Approval of plans and specifications for construction of hospital; advertisement of bids.
NRS 450.220. Gifts and bequests to hospital: Title vested in county; control by board of hospital trustees.
Finances
NRS 450.230. Budget.
NRS 450.240. Management of county hospital by board; levy of tax for maintenance and operation.
NRS 450.250. Control of expenditures by board; lease of buildings; deposit of money in hospital fund or separate account.
NRS 450.255. Mortgage or pledge of personal property of hospital; acquisition of real property for expansion.
NRS 450.260. Collection or settlement of claims.
Bonds
NRS 450.270. Maximum amount.
NRS 450.280. Purposes and procedure for issuance of general obligation bonds at request of board of hospital trustees.
NRS 450.290. Issuance of general and special obligation bonds by board of county commissioners.
NRS 450.300. Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.
NRS 450.310. Schedules of fees, rates and charges for services, facilities and commodities.
Administration
NRS 450.390. Hospital for benefit of county; payment of charges; exclusion of persons from use of hospital.
NRS 450.400. Extension of privileges and use of hospital to certain nonresidents: Notice; removal of person to resident county; payment for temporary care; action for recovery of charges.
NRS 450.410. Admission of paying patients; charges.
NRS 450.420. Board of county commissioners to determine status of patient; charges fixed by board of hospital trustees; costs chargeable to county; exceptions.
NRS 450.425. Board of county commissioners may levy ad valorem tax to pay cost of services rendered at hospital to certain persons admitted for emergency treatment.
NRS 450.430. Equal privileges of practitioners; exception; rights of patients; loss of hospital privileges not adverse action against physician in certain circumstances.
NRS 450.440. Staff of physicians: Organization; affiliation with university; rotation of service; assistance.
NRS 450.450. General administration of hospital subject to regulations of trustees.
NRS 450.455. Program for training resident physicians.
NRS 450.460. School for training nurses.
NRS 450.470. Room for examination of persons alleged to have mental illness; room for custodial supervision of persons with mental illness and dangerous persons.
NRS 450.480. Use of advanced emergency medical technicians for emergency care authorized. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]
NRS 450.480. Use of paramedics for emergency care authorized. [Effective January 1, 2014.]
NRS 450.485. Contract for use of facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing.
Transfer
NRS 450.490. Conveyance or lease of hospital to corporation.
NRS 450.500. Conveyance or lease of hospital to nonprofit corporation.
NRS 450.510. County whose population is less than 100,000 may contract with community nonprofit hospital for care of indigent patients; enlargement or alteration of hospital.
Miscellaneous Provisions
NRS 450.520. Determination that emergency exists before submission of certain questions at special election.
NRS 450.525. Membership of hospital in purchasing group.
NRS 450.530. Purchase of supplies, materials and equipment without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding.