Nevada Revised Statutes 442.040 – Report of existence of ophthalmia neonatorum to be made to local health officer; duties of health officer or physician to whom report is made
1. Any physician, midwife, nurse, freestanding birthing center or hospital of any nature, parent, relative or person attending or assisting in any way any infant, or the person who gave birth to any infant, at childbirth, or any time within 2 weeks after childbirth, knowing the condition defined in NRS 442.030 to exist, shall immediately report such fact in writing to the local health officer of the county, city or other political subdivision within which the infant or the person who gave birth to any infant may reside.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 442.040
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Freestanding birthing center: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449. See Nevada Revised Statutes 442.003
- Midwife: means :
(a) A person certified as:
(1) A Certified Professional Midwife by the North American Registry of Midwives, or its successor organization; or
(2) A Certified Nurse-Midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board, or its successor organization; or
(b) Any other type of midwife. See Nevada Revised Statutes 442.003
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
2. Midwives shall immediately report conditions to some qualified practitioner of medicine and thereupon withdraw from the case except as they may act under the physician’s instructions.
3. On receipt of such report, the health officer, or the physician notified by a midwife, shall immediately give to the parents or persons having charge of such infant a warning of the dangers to the eye or eyes of the infant, and shall, for indigent cases, provide the necessary treatment at the expense of the county, city or other political subdivision.