NAC449.74493. Notification of changes or condition of patient.

     1. A facility for skilled nursing shall immediately notify a patient, the patient’s legal representative or an interested member of the patient’s family, if known, and, if appropriate, the patient’s physician when:

     (a) The patient has been injured in an accident and may require treatment from a physician;

     (b) The patient’s physical, mental or psychosocial health has deteriorated and resulted in medical complications or is threatening the patient’s life;

     (c) There is a need to discontinue the current treatment of the patient because of adverse consequences caused by that treatment or to commence a new type of treatment;

     (d) The patient will be transferred or discharged from the facility;

     (e) The patient will be assigned to another room or assigned a new roommate; or

     (f) There is any change in federal or state law that affects the rights of the patient.

     2. A facility for skilled nursing shall maintain in its records and periodically revise the address and telephone number of a patient’s legal representative and interested members of the patient’s family.

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