NRS 449.0021
“Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined.

1.

“Agency to provide personal care services in the home” means any person, other than a natural person, which provides in the home the services authorized pursuant to NRS 449.1935 to elderly persons or persons with disabilities.

2.

The term does not include:

(a)

An independent contractor who provides nonmedical services specified in NRS 449.1935 without the assistance of employees;

(b)

An organized group of persons composed of the family or friends of a person needing personal care services that employs or contracts with persons to provide nonmedical services specified in NRS 449.1935 for the person if:

(1)

The organization of the group of persons is set forth in a written document that is made available for review by the Division upon request; and

(2)

The personal care services are provided to only one person or one family who resides in the same residence;

(c)

An intermediary service organization; or

(d)

A person or agency that contracts with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide temporary respite services.

3.

As used in this section:

(a)

“Intermediary service organization” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.4304.

(b)

“Temporary respite services” means services provided through a contract with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to a natural person on a periodic basis to provide a respite for a regular provider of services.

Source: Section 449.0021 — “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-449.­html#NRS449Sec0021.

449.001
Definitions. 449.004
“Facility for the care of adults during the day” defined. 449.008
“Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders” defined. 449.012
“Hospital” defined. 449.013
“Independent center for emergency medical care” defined. 449.0015
“Agency to provide nursing in the home” defined. 449.017
“Residential facility for groups” defined. 449.019
“Surgical center for ambulatory patients” defined. 449.0021
“Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined. 449.0025
“Board” defined. 449.0026
“Community-based living arrangement services” defined. 449.0027
“Community health worker” defined. 449.0028
“Community health worker pool” defined. 449.0031
“Community triage center” defined. 449.0032
“Division” defined. 449.0033
“Facility for hospice care” defined. 449.0038
“Facility for intermediate care” defined. 449.0039
“Facility for skilled nursing” defined. 449.0045
“Facility for the dependent” defined. 449.0046
“Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease” defined. 449.0055
“Facility for transitional living for released offenders” defined. 449.0105
“Home for individual residential care” defined. 449.0115
“Hospice care” defined. 449.0145
“Licensed practical nurse” defined. 449.0151
“Medical facility” defined. 449.0152
“Nursing assistant” defined. 449.0153
“Nursing pool” defined. 449.0155
“Obstetric center” defined. 449.0156
“Palliative services” defined. 449.0157
“Provider of health care” defined. 449.0159
“Provider of supported living arrangement services” defined. 449.0165
“Psychiatric hospital” defined. 449.0167
“Registered nurse” defined. 449.0175
“Rural clinic” defined. 449.0177
“Rural hospital” defined. 449.0185
“Supported living arrangement services” defined. 449.0195
“Terminally ill” defined. 449.00325
“Employment agency” defined. 449.00385
“Facility for modified medical detoxification” defined. 449.00387
“Facility for refractive surgery” defined. 449.00455
“Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders” defined. 449.01513
“Medication aide - certified” defined. 449.01515
“Mobile unit” defined. 449.01517
“Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities” defined. 449.01563
“Peer support recovery organization” defined. 449.01566
“Peer support services” defined.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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