Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter211 County and City Jails |
REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES |
NAC211.430. Vermin control.
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1. The operator of each local correctional institution must take effective measures to eliminate rodents, flies, cockroaches and other vermin. The premises of each facility used for confinement must be free of vermin at all times and must be kept in such a condition as will prevent the harboring or breeding of vermin.
2. Openings to the outside must be effectively protected against the entrance of rodents, insects and other vermin by installation of tight-fitting, self-closing doors, closed windows and screening, and by providing controlled air currents or other means.
3. Screen doors must be self-closing, and screens for windows, doors, skylights, transoms and other openings to the outside must be tight-fitting and free of breaks.
4. Screening material must not be larger than 16 mesh (16 open spaces per inch).
[Bd. of Health, Jails and Local Correctional Institutions, §§ 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.2, 7.3 & 7.4, eff. 6-13-80]