NAC449.99926. Requirements for notification.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if the Bureau proposes to close a facility, the Division shall, at least 5 days before the transfer, notify or cause to be notified personally or by written or telephonic means:

     (a) Each recipient; and

     (b) Any person indicated on the record of the recipient as a person to be notified in case of an emergency,

Ê of the nature of the emergency and the proposed transfer.

     2. In an acute emergency, residents may be transferred without prior notice. As used in this subsection, “acute emergency” means that action must be taken without prior notice as a result of an immediate and serious threat.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-1-91)