Nevada § 449.260 - Definitions

§ 449.260. Definitions

As used in NRS 449.250 to 449.430 , inclusive: 1. “ Community mental health center ” means a facility providing services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness,

or care and treatment of patients with mental illness, or rehabilitation of such persons,

which services are provided principally for persons residing in a particular community

in or near which the facility is situated. 2. “ Construction ” includes the construction of new buildings, modernization, expansion, remodeling

and alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of such buildings, including

medical transportation facilities, and includes architects' fees, but excludes the

cost of off-site improvements and, except with respect to public health centers, the

cost of the acquisition of the land. 3. “ Facility for persons with intellectual disabilities ” means a facility specially designed for the diagnosis, treatment, education, training

or custodial care of persons with intellectual disabilities, including facilities

for training specialists and sheltered workshops for persons with intellectual disabilities,

but only if such workshops are part of facilities which provide or will provide comprehensive

services for persons with intellectual disabilities. 4. “ Federal Act ” means 42 U.S.C. §§ 291 to 291o -l, inclusive, and 300k to 300t, inclusive, and any other federal law providing for

or applicable to the provision of assistance for health facilities. 5. “ Federal agency ” means the federal department, agency or official designated by law, regulation or

delegation of authority to administer the Federal Act. 6. “ Health facility ” includes a public health center, hospital, facility for hospice care, facility for

persons with intellectual disabilities, community mental health center, and other

facility to provide diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation, training or related

services to persons with physical or mental impairments, including diagnostic or diagnostic

and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes, as those terms

are defined in the Federal Act, and such other facilities for which federal aid may

be authorized under the Federal Act, but, except for facilities for persons with intellectual

disabilities, does not include any facility furnishing primarily domiciliary care. 7. “ Nonprofit health facility ” means any health facility owned and operated by a corporation or association, no

part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any

private shareholder or natural person. 8. “ Public health center ” means a publicly owned facility for the provision of public health services, including

related facilities such as laboratories, clinics and administrative offices operated

in connection with public health centers. 9. “ State Department ” means the Department of Health and Human Services, acting through its appropriate

divisions.