Nevada Revised Statutes 439.975 – Powers and duties of emergency team
1. The emergency team shall:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 439.975
- Division: means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 439.005
- Health authority: means the officers and agents of the Division or the officers and agents of the local boards of health. See Nevada Revised Statutes 439.005
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Convene as soon as practicable after the executive order is issued pursuant to NRS 439.970; and
(b) Upon the advice of the Attorney General, investigate the response of each state agency, division, board and other entity that is represented on the emergency team to the public health emergency or other health event and work cooperatively to ensure the sharing of any material information and coordinate a response to the public health emergency or other health event with all the state agencies, divisions, boards and other entities represented on the emergency team.
2. The scope of powers and duties of the emergency team extends only to the respective jurisdiction of each state agency, division, board or other entity represented on the team and does not supersede the authority of a health authority to investigate the public health emergency or other health event within its jurisdiction.