The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Nevada
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Senate Bill 4, 32nd Special Session (2020) (codified in part at NRS 447.300-447.355 and NRS ch. 41)
- Issued
- 2020-08-11 Aug. 11, 2020
- Effective
- Upon passage and approval (s. 39); applies during any period in which the Governor's COVID-19 public health emergency remains in effect (s. 4(2)(a)) (read as 2020-08-11)
- End
- Tied to the emergency (ended May 20, 2022) or the county case-rate triggers of s. 4(2)(b) (read as 2022-05-20)
- In force
- Aug. 11, 2020 to May 20, 2022
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- hotels and casinos, resorts, hotels, motels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and other facilities offering rooms for compensation in Clark and Washoe Counties
- Director of DHHS
- district health departments
- businesses (liability provisions)
- Functions reached
- LG lodging
- HK housekeeping and operating protocols
- HR (testing and screening of employees)
- FB
- AM
- WF
- Collection
- Nevada NV
Operative words
Sec. 4. 1. The provisions of sections 4 to 15, inclusive, of this act apply to a county whose population is 100,000 or more. 2. The regulations adopted pursuant to sections 11 to 15, inclusive, of this act and... the powers, requirements and prohibitions set forth in... sections 4 to 15... apply: (a) During any period in which a public health emergency due to SARS-CoV-2 has been declared by the Governor and remains in effect... Sec. 9. 'Public accommodation facility' or 'facility' means a hotel and casino, resort, hotel, motel, hostel, bed and breakfast facility or other facility offering rooms or areas to the public for monetary compensation... Sec. 11. 1. The Director shall adopt regulations requiring a public accommodation facility to establish standards for cleaning that are designed to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.... Sec. 12. The Director shall adopt regulations requiring each public accommodation facility to establish protocols to: 1. Limit the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Such protocols, must include... (a) Methods to encourage, to the extent reasonably possible: (1) Employees to remain at least 6 feet apart from other employees and guests... (2) Guests to remain at least 6 feet apart from employees and other guests.... Sec. 13. 1. The Director shall adopt regulations requiring each public accommodation facility to establish, implement and maintain a written SARS-CoV-2 response plan... (b) A requirement that each new employee and each employee returning to work for the first time after March 13, 2020, must undergo testing for SARS-CoV-2, if such testing is available. (c) The designation of an area of the public accommodation facility where employees will check in every day to receive contact-free temperature measurement and review questions to screen for exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
Enforcement
Health-authority inspection and enforcement (s. 14); Secretary of State may suspend the State business license of a non-compliant person (title); Gaming Control Board treats NRS 447.300-447.355 as binding on licensees (Notices 2021-41, 2021-48)
Notes
The statute's liability shield (ss. 24-29) protects only businesses that 'substantially complied with controlling health standards,' making every Directive a condition of the shield.
Retrieval noteEnrolled text read; the Aug. 11, 2020 approval date is from Ballotpedia and press (secondary); the enrolled PDF states 'effective upon passage and approval.'.