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Amend sec. 7, page 3, by deleting line 27 and inserting:
“Sec. 7. 1. If a health authority isolates, quarantines or treats a person”.
Amend sec. 7, page 3, lines 30 and 31, by deleting:
“isolate or quarantine” and inserting:
“isolate, quarantine or treat”.
Amend sec. 7, page 3, between lines 32 and 33, by inserting:
“2. A health authority shall provide each person whom it isolates or quarantines pursuant to sections 6 to 26, inclusive, of this act with a document informing the person of his rights. The Board shall adopt regulations:
(a) Setting forth the rights of a person who is isolated or quarantined that must be included in the document provided pursuant to this subsection; and
(b) Specifying the time and manner in which the document must be provided pursuant to this subsection.”.
Amend sec. 7.5, page 3, line 33, before “A” by inserting “1.”.
Amend sec. 7.5, page 3, line 35, by deleting “1.” and inserting “(a)”.
Amend sec. 7.5, page 3, line 38, by deleting “2.” and inserting “(b)”.
Amend sec. 7.5, page 3, between lines 40 and 41, by inserting:
“2. If a person who is isolated or quarantined pursuant to sections 6 to 26, inclusive, of this act is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate because of mental or physical incapacity, the health authority that isolated or quarantined the person must notify the spouse or legal guardian of the person by telephone and certified mail. If a person described in this subsection is isolated or quarantined in a medical facility and the health authority did not provide the notice required by this subsection, the medical facility must provide the notice. If the case of a person described in this subsection is before a court and the health authority, and medical facility, if any, did not provide the notice required by this subsection, the court must provide the notice.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 7.7, following sec. 7.5, to read as follows:
“Sec. 7.7. A person who is isolated or quarantined pursuant to sections 6 to 26, inclusive, of this act has the right to refuse treatment and may not be required to submit to involuntary treatment unless a court issues an order requiring the person to submit to treatment.”.
Amend sec. 13, page 8, line 9, by deleting “Within” and inserting:
“In addition to any notice required pursuant to section 7.5 of this act, within”.
Amend sec. 21, page 12, by deleting lines 21 through 27 and inserting:
“nurse accompanying the petition.”.
Amend sec. 24, page 13, by deleting line 19 and inserting:
“of the person concerning treatment and vaccination, including, without limitation, the tenets of the person’s religion and the tenets of any group or organization of which the person is a member,”.
Amend sec. 24, page 13, by deleting line 34 and inserting:
“for additional periods which each must not exceed the shorter of 120 days or either, if the person is isolated, the period of time which the health authority expects the person will be infectious with the communicable disease or, if the person is quarantined, the period of time which the health authority determines is necessary to determine whether the person has been infected with the communicable disease. For each”.
Amend sec. 30, page 15, line 44, after “in” by inserting:
“subsection 4 and”.
Amend sec. 30, page 16, between lines 16 and 17, by inserting:
“4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 441A.310 and 441A.380, a health authority may not issue an order requiring the involuntary treatment of a person without a court order requiring the person to submit to treatment.”.
Amend the title of the bill, fourth line, after “persons;” by inserting:
“prohibiting a health authority from requiring a person to be involuntarily treated without a court order requiring the person to submit to treatment;”.