Senate Bill No. 412–Committee on Finance

 

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AN ACT relating to medical and other related facilities; authorizing the State Board of Health to allow or require the payment of fees for licensing such facilities in installments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. NRS 449.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    449.050  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,

each application for a license must be accompanied by such fee as

may be determined by regulation of the Board. The Board may, by

regulation, allow or require payment of a fee for a license in

installments and may fix the amount of each payment and the date

that the payment is due.

    2.  A facility for the care of adults during the day is exempt

from the fees imposed by the Board pursuant to this section.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 449.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    449.060  1.  Each license issued pursuant to NRS 449.001 to

449.240, inclusive, expires on December 31 following its issuance

and is renewable for 1 year upon reapplication and payment of [the

fee provided in NRS 449.040 and] all fees required pursuant to

NRS 449.050 unless the Health Division finds, after an

investigation, that the facility has not:

    (a) Satisfactorily complied with the provisions of NRS 449.001

to 449.240, inclusive, or the standards and regulations adopted by

the Board;

    (b) Obtained the approval of the Director of the Department of

Human Resources before undertaking a project, if such approval is

required by NRS 439A.100; or

    (c) Conformed to all applicable local zoning regulations.

    2.  Each reapplication for an agency to provide nursing in the

home, a residential facility for intermediate care, a facility for

skilled nursing or a residential facility for groups must include,

without limitation, a statement that the facility or agency is in

compliance with the provisions of NRS 449.173 to 449.188,

inclusive.

    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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