449.0021 - “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined. - Nevada Statutes

449.0021  “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined.

      1.  “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” means any person, other than a natural person, which provides in the home, through its employees or by contractual arrangement with other persons, nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities to assist those persons with activities of daily living, including, without limitation:

      (a) The elimination of wastes from the body;

      (b) Dressing and undressing;

      (c) Bathing;

      (d) Grooming;

      (e) The preparation and eating of meals;

      (f) Laundry;

      (g) Shopping;

      (h) Cleaning;

      (i) Transportation; and

      (j) Any other minor needs related to the maintenance of personal hygiene.

      2.  The term does not include:

      (a) An independent contractor who provides nonmedical services specified by subsection 1 without the assistance of employees;

      (b) An organized group of persons composed of the family or friends of a person needing personal care services that employs or contracts with persons to provide services specified by subsection 1 for the person if:

             (1) The organization of the group of persons is set forth in a written document that is made available for review by the Health Division upon request; and

             (2) The personal care services are provided to only one person or one family who resides in the same residence; or

      (c) An intermediary service organization.

      3.  As used in this section, “intermediary service organization” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 427A.0291.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 2164; A 2007, 1225; 2009, 2399)