NAC449.999448. Establishment of additional policies and guidelines by holder of permit to ensure health and safety of patients; professional standards of practice; requirement of tuberculosis test for employees and persons under contract with outpatient facility.

In addition to the guidelines established pursuant to NAC 449.999441, the holder of a permit to operate an outpatient facility shall establish guidelines and maintain policies for the outpatient facility which:

     1. Ensure the health, safety and well-being of patients of the outpatient facility;

     2. Provide the professional standards of practice for services provided by the outpatient facility and ensure that all persons employed by the outpatient facility or under contract with the outpatient facility comply with such professional standards; and

     3. Require each person employed by the outpatient facility or under contract with the outpatient facility to have a skin test for tuberculosis in accordance with NAC 441A.375.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R179-09, eff. 7-22-2010)