2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities
NRS 449.1885 - Establishment of working group to develop document concerning sexual assault; distribution of document to hospitals, independent centers for emergency medical care and patients who are victims; duties of hospital and independent center for emergency medical care; access to emergency contraception.
1. The Division shall establish a working group consisting of representatives of hospitals and independent centers for emergency medical care and experts in treating the effects of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault. The working group shall:
(a) Develop a document to be provided to victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault pursuant to subsection 3, which must consist of medically and factually accurate written information concerning:
(1) Emergency contraception and prophylactic antibiotics, including, without limitation, possible side effects of using those medications and the locations of facilities or pharmacies where those medications are available;
(2) Contact information for law enforcement agencies in this State; and
(3) Other services available to victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault in all regions of this State, including, without limitation, counseling, a list of clinics and other facilities that specialize in serving victims of sexual assault and a list of locations that provide testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Such information must be organized in a manner that allows a victim to easily identify the services available in his or her region of the State.
(b) Update the document as necessary.
2. The Division shall:
(a) Distribute copies of the document developed pursuant to subsection 1 to each hospital and independent center for emergency medical care located in this State; and
(b) Post the document on an Internet website maintained by the Division.
3. Each hospital or independent center for emergency medical care shall ensure that each victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault who is treated by the hospital or independent center for emergency medical care is provided with:
(a) A copy of the document developed pursuant to subsection 1; and
(b) An oral explanation of the information contained in the document and an oral and written explanation of the provisions of subsection 4.
4. If a victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault who is receiving treatment at a hospital or independent center for emergency medical care requests emergency contraception, the hospital or independent center for emergency medical care shall ensure that the victim is provided all doses of emergency contraception necessary to prevent pregnancy, including, without limitation, any doses that must be self-administered after the patient leaves the hospital or independent center for emergency medical care.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Emergency contraception" means methods of birth control which, when administered within a specified period after intercourse, may prevent pregnancy from occurring.
(b) "Sexual assault" means a violation of NRS 200.366 or 200.368.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 335; A 2021, 1070)
