{"id":"DUT-NV-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nevada","state":"NV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nevada Legislature (codified by the Legislative Counsel Bureau); administered by the State Board of Health, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and the district health authorities","authority":"Nev. Const. art. 4, s. 1 (legislative power); NRS 441A.120 (Board regulations); NRS 441A.160 (health authority orders)","instrument":"Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 441A (Infectious Diseases), NRS 441A.010 to 441A.930","title":"NRS Chapter 441A - Infectious Diseases; Reporting Concerning Communicable Diseases (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing law in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["persons generally; groups of persons; persons in an infectious state (including employees); health authorities"],"clause":"issue an order requiring the isolation, quarantine or treatment of any person or group of persons... The order may direct the person or group of persons to take other actions that the health authority has determined are necessary to prevent the spread of the communicable disease.","enforcement":"NRS 441A.910: every person who violates any provision of the chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor (NRS 193.150: up to 6 months and $1,000); NRS 441A.900: injunction and any order \u0027reasonably necessary... to compel compliance with any regulation of the Board or order of the health authority\u0027; NRS 441A.920: $1,000 administrative fine per violation for providers, facilities and laboratories","functions":[],"notes":"The health authority must investigate every communicable disease posing a public risk and take the control measures the Board\u0027s regulations require, may order isolation or quarantine of any person or group and \u0027other actions... necessary to prevent the spread,\u0027 every person must comply on pain of injunction (441A.900) and a misdemeanor (441A.910), and a contagious person may not engage in any occupation with a high probability of transmission (441A.180). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-441A.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":720938,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-NV","url":"/library/DUT-NV-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NV-001","citation":"Nevada Legislature (codified by the Legislative Counsel Bureau); administered by the State Board of Health, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and the district health authorities, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 441A (Infectious Diseases), NRS 441A.010 to 441A.930 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-001)","stateName":"Nevada","related":["NV-016"]}