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AN ACT relating to prisoners; making it unlawful for prisoners to commit certain acts
involving human excrement or bodily fluid; requiring that prisoners who commit
certain acts involving human excrement or bodily fluid be tested for communicable
diseases; providing penalties; 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 212 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a
new section to read as follows:
(a) Conducted pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 7; or
(b) Paid for pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c) of
subsection 7.
6. The warden, sheriff, administrator or other person responsible for
administering a prison shall immediately and fully investigate any act
described in subsection 1 that is reported or suspected to have been
committed in the prison.
7. If there is probable cause to believe that an act described in
paragraph (d) of subsection 1 has been committed in a prison:
(a) Each prisoner believed to have committed the act or to have been
the bodily source of any portion of the excrement or bodily fluid involved
in the act must submit to any appropriate examinations and testing to
determine whether each such prisoner has any communicable disease.
(b) If possible, a sample of the excrement or bodily fluid involved in
the act must be recovered and tested to determine whether any
communicable disease is present in the excrement or bodily fluid.
(c) If the excrement or bodily fluid involved in the act came into
physical contact with any portion of the body of an officer or employee of
a prison or any other person:
(1) The results of any examinations or testing conducted pursuant
to paragraphs (a) and (b) must be provided to each such officer,
employee or other person; and
(2) For each such officer or employee, the person or governmental
body operating the prison where the act was committed shall pay for any
appropriate examinations and testing requested by the officer or
employee to determine whether a communicable disease was transmitted
to him as a result of the act.
(d) The results of the investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 6
and the results of any examinations or testing conducted pursuant to
paragraphs (a) and (b) must be submitted to the district attorney of the
county in which the act was committed or to the office of the attorney
general for possible prosecution of each prisoner who committed the act.
9. The provisions of this section do not apply to a prisoner who
commits an act described in subsection 1 if the act:
(a) Is otherwise lawful and is authorized by the warden, sheriff,
administrator or other person responsible for administering the prison,
or his designee, and the prisoner performs the act in accordance with the
directions or instructions given to him by that person;
(b) Involves the discharge of human excrement or bodily fluid directly
from the body of the prisoner and the discharge is the direct result of a
temporary or permanent injury, disease or medical condition afflicting
the prisoner that prevents the prisoner from having physical control over
the discharge of his own excrement or bodily fluid; or
(c) Constitutes voluntary sexual conduct with another person in
violation of the provisions of NRS 212.187.
Sec. 2.
The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offensescommitted before the effective date of this act.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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