441A.510 - Manner of isolating, quarantining or treating by health authority; duty to inform person of rights. - Nevada Statutes

441A.510  Manner of isolating, quarantining or treating by health authority; duty to inform person of rights.

      1.  If a health authority isolates, quarantines or treats a person or group of persons infected with, exposed to, or reasonably believed by a health authority to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, the authority must isolate, quarantine or treat the person or group of persons in the manner set forth in NRS 441A.500 to 441A.720, inclusive.

      2.  A health authority shall provide each person whom it isolates or quarantines pursuant to NRS 441A.500 to 441A.720, inclusive, with a document informing the person of his or her rights. The Board shall adopt regulations:

      (a) Setting forth the rights of a person who is isolated or quarantined that must be included in the document provided pursuant to this subsection; and

      (b) Specifying the time and manner in which the document must be provided pursuant to this subsection.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2196)