Nevada § 441A.560 - Procedure for isolation or quarantine

§ 441A.560. Procedure for isolation or quarantine

1. An application to a health authority for an order of emergency isolation or quarantine

of a person or a group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to

a communicable disease may only be made by another health authority, a physician,

a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, a registered nurse or a medical facility by submitting the certificate required by NRS 441A.570 . Within its jurisdiction, upon application or on its own, subject to the provisions

of NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720 , inclusive, a health authority may: (a) Pursuant to its own order and without a warrant: (1) Take a person or group of persons alleged to and reasonably believed by the health

authority to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease into custody

in any safe location under emergency isolation or quarantine for testing, examination,

observation and the provision of or arrangement for the provision of consensual medical

treatment; and (2) Transport the person or group of persons alleged to and reasonably believed by

the health authority to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease

to a public or private medical facility, a residence or other safe location for that

purpose, or arrange for the person or group of persons to be transported for that

purpose by: (I) A local law enforcement agency; (II) A system for the nonemergency medical transportation of persons whose operation

is authorized by the Nevada Transportation Authority; or (III) If medically necessary, an ambulance service that holds a permit issued pursuant

to the provisions of chapter 450B of NRS , only if the health authority acting in good faith has, based upon personal observation,

its own epidemiological investigation or an epidemiological investigation by another

health authority, a physician, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or a registered nurse as stated in a certificate submitted pursuant to NRS 441A.570 , if such a certificate was submitted, of the person or group of persons alleged to

have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, a reasonable factual

and medical basis to believe that the person or group of persons has been infected

with or exposed to a communicable disease, and that because of the risks of that disease,

the person or group of persons is likely to be an immediate threat to the health of

members of the public who have not been infected with or exposed to the communicable

disease. (b) Petition a district court for an emergency order requiring: (1) Any health authority or peace officer to take a person or group of persons alleged

to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease into custody to allow

the health authority to investigate, file and prosecute a petition for the involuntary

court-ordered isolation or quarantine of the person or group of persons alleged to

have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease in the manner set forth

in NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720 , inclusive; and (2) Any agency, system or service described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) to

transport, in accordance with such court order, the person or group of persons alleged

to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease to a public or private

medical facility, a residence or other safe location for that purpose. 2. The district court may issue an emergency order for isolation or quarantine pursuant

to paragraph (b) of subsection 1: (a) Only for the time deemed necessary by the court to allow a health authority to

investigate, file and prosecute each petition for involuntary court-ordered isolation

or quarantine pursuant to NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720 , inclusive; and (b) Only if it is satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that the person

or group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable

disease has been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, and that because

of the risks of that disease, the person or group of persons is likely to be an immediate

threat to the health of the public.