§ 439.837 — Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions

Nevada § 439.837

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 40: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Ch. 439: Administration

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a health facility shall, upon reporting a sentinel event pursuant to NRS 439.835 , conduct an investigation or cause an investigation to be conducted concerning the causes or contributing factors, or both, of the sentinel event and implement a plan to remedy the causes or contributing factors, or both, of the sentinel event.
2. A health facility is not required to take the actions described in subsection 1 concerning a death confirmed to have resulted from natural causes.
3. A residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care or facility for hospice care is not required to take the actions described in subsection 1 concerning a death that appears to have resulted from natural causes.
4. As used in this section:
(a) “Facility for hospice care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0033 .
(b) “Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105 .
(c) “Residential facility for groups” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017 .

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 2009, 3068 ; A 2019, 1667 )