Nevada Revised Statutes 449.103 – Regulations requiring training relating specifically to cultural competency for any agent or employee of a facility
1. To enable an agent or employee of a medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is otherwise required by regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed who provides care to a patient or resident of the facility to more effectively treat patients or care for residents, as applicable, the Board shall, by regulation, require such a facility to conduct training relating specifically to cultural competency for any agent or employee of the facility who provides care to a patient or resident of the facility so that such an agent or employee may better understand patients or residents who have different cultural backgrounds, including, without limitation, patients or residents who are:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 449.103
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
(a) From various racial and ethnic backgrounds;
(b) From various religious backgrounds;
(c) Persons with various sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions;
(d) Children and senior citizens;
(e) Persons with a mental or physical disability; and
(f) Part of any other population that such an agent or employee may need to better understand, as determined by the Board.
2. The training relating specifically to cultural competency conducted by a medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is otherwise required by regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed pursuant to subsection 1 must be provided through a course or program that is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.