Nevada Code § 613.180

1. For the purpose of this section:
(a) Distance and facilities for the comfort and
conveyance of any patient shall be construed to mean the nearest hospital and
the most comfortable means of conveyance at hand or that can be procured in a
reasonable time.
(b) Town or place shall be construed to mean
any town, headquarters or place, at which town, headquarters or place, and
tributary places, sufficient hospital fees are collected to maintain a hospital
in keeping with the hospital fees collected.
2. It is unlawful for any person or
persons, contractor or contractors, firm, company, corporation or association,
or the managing agent of any person or persons, contractor or contractors,
firm, company, corporation or association, to collect, demand, force, compel or
require, either monthly, annually or for any other period of time, any sum of
money for hospital fees from any person or laborer at any place in this state
where no convenient, comfortable and well-equipped hospital is maintained at
some town or place for the accommodation, relief and treatment of persons in
his, her or their employ, and from whom hospital fees are collected; provided:
(a) That any person or persons, contractor or
contractors, firm, company, corporation or association, or the managing agent
of the same, may care for or cause to be cared for any person in his, her or
their employ, from whom hospital fees are collected, at any private or public
hospital, sanitarium or other convenient and comfortable place, without expense
to the person or patient from whom hospital fees are collected; and
(b) That the distance and facilities for the
comfort and conveyance of any patient come within the intent and meaning of
subsection 1.
3. If at the nearest hospital the proper
medical treatment cannot be secured, then it shall not be unlawful to take any
person or patient a greater distance or to another hospital.
4. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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