Nevada § 209.253 - Treatment of offenders with human immunodeficiency virus

§ 209.253. Treatment of offenders with human immunodeficiency virus

1. The Department or the operator of a private facility or institution shall not enter

into a contract or other agreement with any person or entity to provide medical services

to offenders who are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus unless the person

or entity demonstrates that at least 95 percent of the patients who are diagnosed

with human immunodeficiency virus to whom the person or entity provides medical services: (a) Are offered treatment on the same day as the diagnosis; and (b) Are able to begin such treatment not later than 7 days after diagnosis. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an institution, facility or private

facility or institution shall take reasonable measures to ensure the availability

of: (a) Any drug prescribed for treating the human immunodeficiency virus in the form

recommended by the prescribing practitioner to each offender who has been diagnosed

with human immunodeficiency virus to the same extent and under the same conditions

as other medical care for offenders. (b) Methods of preventing the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus, including,

without limitation, drugs approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration

for that purpose, to all offenders free of charge. 3. An institution, facility or private facility or institution: (a) Is not required to make available a drug described in subsection 2 for which a

prescription is required to an offender for whom such a prescription has not been

issued. (b) Shall take reasonable measures to make available to all offenders a provider of

health care who is authorized to issue a prescription for a drug described in subsection

2. (c) Shall not demand, request or suggest that a provider of health care refrain from

issuing a prescription for a drug described in subsection 2 to an offender or take

any other measure to prevent a provider of health care from issuing such a prescription. 4. As used in this section, “ provider of health care ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .