NAC449.74521. Other health care professionals.

     1. A facility for skilled nursing shall employ full-time, part-time or as consultants such health care professionals as are necessary to provide adequate care for each patient in the facility and to carry out the provisions of NAC 449.744 to 449.74549, inclusive.

     2. A health care professional employed by a facility for skilled nursing shall comply with accepted professional standards applicable to the services provided by the health care professional.

     3. If a facility for skilled nursing does not employ a person to furnish a service required by the facility, the facility shall obtain that service from a qualified outside source. An agreement for obtaining such services must specify, in writing, that the facility assumes responsibility for:

     (a) Obtaining services that comply with accepted professional standards applicable to the services being obtained; and

     (b) The timely delivery of such services.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R051-99, eff. 9-27-99)