Nevada § 441A.540 - Restrictions on change of status from voluntary isolation or quarantine to emergency isolation or quarantine; rights of person whose status is changed
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 441A.540 — Restrictions on change of status from voluntary isolation or quarantine to emergency isolation or quarantine; rights of person whose status is changed, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 441A.540. Restrictions on change of status from voluntary isolation or quarantine to emergency isolation or quarantine; rights of person whose status is changed
1. If a person infected with or exposed to a communicable disease is voluntarily isolated
or quarantined in a public or private medical facility, the facility shall not change
the status of the person to an emergency isolation or quarantine unless, before the
change in status is made: (a) The facility provides: (1) An application to a health authority for an emergency isolation or quarantine
pursuant to NRS 441A.560 ; and (2) The certificate of a health authority, physician, physician assistant licensed
pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or registered nurse to a health authority pursuant to NRS 441A.570 ; or (b) The facility receives an order for isolation or quarantine issued by a health
authority. 2. A person whose status is changed to an emergency isolation or quarantine pursuant
to subsection 1: (a) Must not be detained in excess of 48 hours after the change in status is made,
unless within that period a written petition is filed by a health authority with the
clerk of the district court pursuant to NRS 441A.600 ; and (b) May, immediately after the person’s status is changed, seek an injunction or other
appropriate process in district court challenging his or her detention. 3. If the period specified in subsection 2 expires on a day on which the office of
the clerk of the district court is not open, the written petition must be filed on
or before the close of the business day next following the expiration of that period. 4. Nothing in this section limits the actions that a public or private medical facility
may take to prevent or limit the transmission of communicable diseases within the
medical facility, including, without limitation, practices for the control of infections.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 441A.540 ("Restrictions on change of status from voluntary isolation or quarantine to emergency isolation or quarantine; rights of person whose status is changed") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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