Nevada Revised Statutes 457.250 – Records of health care facility, other treatment facility and provider of health care: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; fees; administrative penalty for violation of section
1. Each health care facility, other treatment facility and provider of health care in this State shall make available to the Chief Medical Officer or the Chief Medical Officer’s representative the records of the health care facility, other treatment facility or provider of health care for each case of neoplasm that is specified by the State Board of Health as subject to reporting.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 457.250
- Cancer: means all malignant neoplasms, regardless of the tissue of origin, including malignant lymphoma and leukemia. See Nevada Revised Statutes 457.020
- Division: means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nevada Revised Statutes 457.020
- Health care facility: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A. See Nevada Revised Statutes 457.020
- Other treatment facility: means a facility, other than a health care facility, that provides services to patients with cancer and other neoplasms, including, without limitation, screening, diagnosis and treatment. See Nevada Revised Statutes 457.020
- 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
- Provider of health care: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629. See Nevada Revised Statutes 457.020
2. The Division shall abstract from the records of the health care facility, other treatment facility or provider of health care or shall require the health care facility, other treatment facility or provider of health care to report to the Division such information as is required by the State Board of Health. The abstraction or report must be completed not later than 6 months after the admission, diagnosis or treatment of a patient for cancer or another neoplasm.
3. The State Board of Health shall by regulation adopt a schedule of fees which must be assessed to the health care facility, other treatment facility or provider of health care for each case from which information is abstracted by the Division pursuant to subsection 2.
4. Any person who violates this section is subject to the administrative penalty established by the State Board of Health pursuant to subsection 5.
5. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations establishing the administrative penalty for any violation of this section.