414.280 - Duties. - Nevada Statutes

414.280  Duties.  Upon activation, the State Disaster Identification Team shall:

      1.  Provide technical assistance and personnel to local authorities to recover, identify and process deceased victims.

      2.  Within 2 hours after activation, begin to identify and report to the Chief the need for medical and health services to:

      (a) Establish temporary facilities to be used as a morgue.

      (b) Identify deceased victims by using, without limitation, latent fingerprints and the forensic methods of dentistry, pathology and anthropology.

      (c) Process and dispose of the remains of deceased victims.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 3258; A 1999, 1250, 3122)