1. Assembly Bill No. 265–Assemblymen Leslie, Gibbons, Buckley, de Braga,

  1. Parnell, Parks, Williams and Manendo
  1. Joint Sponsor: Senator Townsend

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AN ACT relating to medical facilities; creating a new category of medical facility for

modified medical detoxification; 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. Chapter 449 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

  1. "Facility for modified medical detoxification" means a facility that
  1. provides 24-hour medical monitoring of treatment and detoxification in a
  1. manner which does not require that the service be provided in a licensed
  1. hospital.

Sec. 2. NRS 449.001 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 449.001 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
  1. the words and terms defined in NRS 449.0015 to 449.019, inclusive, and
  1. section 1 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 3. NRS 449.0151 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 449.0151 "Medical facility" includes:
  1. 1. A surgical center for ambulatory patients;
  1. 2. An obstetric center;
  1. 3. An independent center for emergency medical care;
  1. 4. An agency to provide nursing in the home;
  1. 5. A facility for intermediate care;
  1. 6. A facility for skilled nursing;
  1. 7. A facility for hospice care;
  1. 8. A hospital;
  1. 9. A psychiatric hospital;
  1. 10. A facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease;
  1. 11. A rural clinic; [and]
  1. 12. A nursing pool [.] ; and
  1. 13. A facility for modified medical detoxification.
  1. Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2000.
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