Section 449.271 - Residents requiring gastrostomy care or suffering from staphylococcus infection or other serious infection or medical condition1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NAC 449.2736, a person must not be admitted to a residential facility or permitted to remain as a resident of a residential facility if he or she:(a) Requires gastrostomy care;(b) Suffers from a staphylococcus infection or other serious infection; or(c) Suffers from any other serious medical condition that is not described in NAC 449.2712 to 449.2734, inclusive.2. If a governmental entity with jurisdiction, including, without limitation, a local board of health, a local health officer, the Division, the Chief Medical Officer or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, declares the existence of an epidemic or pandemic, a residential facility located in the area in which the epidemic or pandemic is occurring may permit a resident suffering from a serious infection to remain a resident if the resident does not have symptoms that require a higher level of care than the residential facility is capable of providing.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.271
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R003-97, eff. 10-30-97; A by R048-22A, eff. 12/29/2022