Care-facility inspections
How nursing homes and care facilities in Nevada are inspected, licensed, and held to account.
5 laws · 5 enforcement actions · 4 guides · 1 court decision
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The laws 5
- NRS 449.030 'License required to operate or maintain medical facility or facility for the dependent' - the core facility-licensing requirement: except as otherwise provided, no person or government agency may operate a medical facility or f… leg.state.nv.us
- NRS 449.017 'Residential facility for groups defined' - the statutory definition of Nevada's assisted-living/group-care licensing category (RFG): an establishment furnishing food, shelter, assistance and limited supervision to a person who… leg.state.nv.us
- NRS 449.0039 'Facility for skilled nursing defined' - the statutory definition of a Nevada nursing home: an establishment providing inpatient continuous skilled nursing and related care prescribed by a physician to a patient who is not in a… leg.state.nv.us
- NRS 449.160 'Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license or registration' - lists the criminal-conviction, nuisance-activity, and other grounds on which the Division may deny, suspend or revoke a health-facility license, and req… leg.state.nv.us
- NRS 449.163 'Administrative sanctions: Imposition by Division; disposition of money collected' - the statutory basis for the Division's civil/administrative sanctions (including fines) against a licensed medical facility, facility for the d… leg.state.nv.us
Know your rights 4
- 'RFG Full Regs with Interpretive Guidelines' (Dec. 2024) - HCQC's own consolidated Residential Facility for Groups regulations paired with the Bureau's interpretive/surveyor guidance for applying each standard, published on the RFG (assiste… hcqc.nv.gov
- 'IDR - Administrative Review Policy for Medical Facilities' - HCQC's published policy explaining a licensed medical facility's Informal Dispute Resolution/administrative-review process for contesting a survey citation, deficiency finding, o… hcqc.nv.gov
- 'HCQC Complaint Process Fact Sheet' - HCQC's own consumer/provider guidance explaining how a facility complaint is assessed, prioritized, investigated, and resolved (substantiated citations require a facility plan of correction and may draw… hcqc.nv.gov
- HCQC Health Facility Licensing FAQs - the Bureau's own provider/consumer FAQ page, including 'Health Facilities - Background Check FAQ's', 'Common Self-Report Errors', and 'Denial of Rights' guidance sub-pages. hcqc.nv.gov
Enforcement actions 1
Orders & settlements 4
- NAC 449.002 et seq. 'Definitions' - the General Provisions of the health-facility licensing regulations (defines facility, license, licensee, sanction, survey, deficiency, immediate jeopardy, etc.) that apply chapter-wide to all NAC 449 fac… leg.state.nv.us
- NAC 449.0044 'Immediate and serious threat and immediate jeopardy defined' - defines the survey-enforcement term for a deficiency that places a resident/patient in immediate jeopardy, used to trigger the most severe licensing sanctions. leg.state.nv.us
- NAC 449.156 to 449.27706, inclusive - the full Residential Facility for Groups (RFG / assisted-living) minimum-standards regulations: licensing, staffing, resident rights, medication administration, and Alzheimer's/dementia endorsement stan… leg.state.nv.us
- NAC 449.744 to 449.74549, inclusive - the Facility for Skilled Nursing (nursing home) licensing and administration regulations: licensure scope, patient-count limits, change-of-ownership rules, and governing-body responsibilities. leg.state.nv.us
Court decisions 1
Official notices 3
- HCQC Technical Bulletin: 'Admission of Alzheimer's Patients to Residential Facilities for Groups' - a provider bulletin from the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance addressing RFG admission practices for residents with Alzheimer's… hcqc.nv.gov
- HCQC Technical Bulletin: 'Abuse Reporting for Hospitals, Facilities for Substance Alcohol/Drug Treatment, Child Care Facilities' - a provider bulletin on mandatory abuse-reporting obligations for licensed health facilities. hcqc.nv.gov
- HCQC Technical Bulletins index page - the Bureau's running list of provider bulletins on statutory/regulatory changes, infection-control and clinical issues, and licensing-category questions for Nevada health facilities (includes items on a… hcqc.nv.gov