459.120 - Issuance of emergency regulation or order by Health Division. - Nevada Statutes

459.120  Issuance of emergency regulation or order by Health Division.

      1.  If the Health Division finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety, the Division may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as is considered necessary to meet the emergency.

      2.  Any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply immediately with the order, but on application to the Health Division the person must be afforded a hearing.

      3.  The emergency order specified in subsection 1 must be continued, modified or revoked within 30 days after the hearing.

      (Added to NRS by 1963, 581; A 1975, 1331; 1977, 75; 1995, 1588)