{"id":"DUT-NV-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nevada","state":"NV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health","authority":"Nev. Const. art. 4, s. 1; NRS 439.150, 439.200","instrument":"Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990","title":"NRS Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health (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","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners and persons in charge of buildings and institutions; public officers; every person, corporation, firm or organization (439.565)"],"clause":"All health officers, local boards of health, sheriffs, constables, police officers, marshals, all persons in charge of public buildings and institutions, and all other public officers and employees shall respect and enforce this chapter... and all lawful rules, orders and regulations adopted in pursuance thereof in every particular affecting their respective localities and duties.","enforcement":"NRS 439.565: injunction against any person, corporation, firm or organization that violates or proposes to violate the chapter or any regulation of the State Board or an approved county, district or city board; NRS 439.570: district attorney \u0027shall forthwith initiate and promptly\u0027 prosecute reported violations; NRS 193.151: a prohibited act with no stated penalty is a misdemeanor","functions":[],"notes":"The State Board of Health is \u0027supreme in all nonadministrative health matters,\u0027 may adopt and enforce regulations \u0027to define and control dangerous communicable diseases,\u0027 \u0027to prevent and control nuisances\u0027 and \u0027to regulate sanitation and sanitary practices\u0027 that \u0027have the effect of law,\u0027 county and district boards may isolate, quarantine, abate nuisances and regulate sanitation by regulations effective immediately on State approval, and every officer and person in charge of a building must respect and enforce the chapter and every lawful rule, order and regulation under it.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-439.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2358848,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NV","url":"/library/DUT-NV-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NV-002","citation":"Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-002)","stateName":"Nevada","related":["NV-055","NV-056"]}