1.  The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations to control the use of a residential individual system for disposal of sewage in this State. Those regulations are effective except in health districts in which a district board of health has adopted regulations to control the use of a residential individual system for disposal of sewage in that district.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 444.650

  • 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.

2.  A board which adopts such regulations shall consider and take into account the geological, hydrological and topographical characteristics of the area within its jurisdiction.

3.  The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must not conflict with the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions. If any regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 445A.425 impact residential individual systems for disposal of sewage, the State Board of Health shall adopt regulations consistent with such regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission.

4.  As used in this section, ‘residential individual system for disposal of sewage’ means an individual system for disposal of sewage from a parcel of land, including all structures thereon, that is zoned for single-family residential use.

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