Nevada Code § 439.837

Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections 2 and 3, a health facility shall, upon reporting a sentinel event
pursuant to NRS 439.835 , conduct an
investigation or cause an investigation to be conducted concerning the causes
or contributing factors, or both, of the sentinel event and implement a plan to
remedy the causes or contributing factors, or both, of the sentinel event.
2. A health facility is not required to
take the actions described in subsection 1 concerning a death confirmed to have
resulted from natural causes.
3. A residential facility for groups, home
for individual residential care or facility for hospice care is not required to
take the actions described in subsection 1 concerning a death that appears to
have resulted from natural causes.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Facility for hospice care has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 449.0033 .
(b) Home for individual residential care has
the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105 .
(c) Residential facility for groups has the
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017 .

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