§ 449A.100 Facility to provide necessary services or arrange for transfer of patient; explanation of need for transfer and alternatives available
§ 449A.103 Facility to forward medical records upon certain transfers of patient
§ 449A.106 Specific rights: Information concerning facility; treatment; billing; visitation
§ 449A.109 Specific rights: Designation of persons authorized to visit patient in facility
§ 449A.112 Specific rights: Care; refusal of treatment and experimentation; privacy; notice of appointments and need for care; confidentiality of information concerning patient
§ 449A.114 Certain facilities to notify patient and State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of intent to transfer patient and provide opportunity for patient or representative to meet with administrator; exceptions
§ 449A.115 Owner and administrator of certain facility prohibited from receiving certain money or property from resident or former resident; exception
§ 449A.118 Patient to be informed of rights upon admission to facility; required disclosures and notices
§ 449A.121 Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Informed consent required; withdrawal of consent; penalty
§ 449A.124 Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Contents of explanation form and consent form; fee for forms

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 449A > Patients? Rights

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.