Nev. Admin. Code § 439.Sec. 2.2 - NEW
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, each facility described in subsection 3 of
NRS
439.4976 and each provider of health care
described in subsection 4 of that section shall report the information
prescribed by subsection 3 of this section to the Chief Medical Officer on a
paper or electronic form prescribed by the Chief Medical Officer.
2. A facility or provider of health care
shall submit a report pursuant to subsection 1 for each patient for whom:
(a) The facility or provider of health care
diagnoses a case of lupus and its variants; or
(b) Lupus and its variants is the primary
complaint of the patient, as documented in the description of the diagnosis of
the patient in the record of the patient by the use of a code established in
the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical
Modification, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics and
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or the code used in any
successor classification system adopted by the National Center for Health
Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for which
"lupus" is listed in the description of the diagnosis.
3. Each report submitted pursuant to
subsection 1 must include:
(a) The name,
address, date of birth, sex at birth, gender identity or expression, race and
ethnicity of the patient;
(b) The
name, address and telephone number of the facility or provider of health
care;
(c) The date on which the
facility or provider of health care diagnosed or treated the patient;
(d) If the facility or provider of health
care referred the patient to a hospital, medical laboratory or other facility
for further diagnosis or treatment for lupus and its variants, the name,
address and telephone number of that hospital, medical laboratory or other
facility;
(e) Any other significant
comorbidities with which the patient has been diagnosed, including, without
limitation, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, fibromyalgia, any
autoimmune disease other than lupus and its variants or severe skin infection;
and
(f) The information prescribed
by paragraphs (b), (c) and (f) of subsection 2 of
NRS
439.4978.
4. If the Chief Medical Officer requests any
additional information from a facility or provider of health care that submits
a report pursuant to this section, the facility or provider of health care
shall provide that information to the Chief Medical Officer.
5. A report pursuant to this section must be
made:
(a) For a diagnosis made or an encounter
with a patient for whom lupus and its variants was the primary complaint that
occurs on or before June 30 of any calendar year, not later than September 30
of that calendar year.
(b) For a
diagnosis made or an encounter with a patient for whom lupus and its variants
was the primary complaint that occurs after June 30 of any calendar year, not
later than March 31 of the immediately following calendar
year.
6. A person or
entity who owns and operates multiple facilities that are required to submit a
report pursuant to this section may submit one report for all such facilities
and is not required to segregate the information in the report by facility or
provider of health care.
7. A case
shall be deemed not to have been directly referred to a provider of health care
or previously admitted to a hospital, medical laboratory or other facility for
the purposes of subsection 4 of
NRS
439.4976, and a provider of health care shall
submit a report pursuant to subsection 1 for such a case, if:
(a) Lupus and its variants is the primary
complaint that resulted in the visit to the provider of health care;
or
(b) The provider of health care
initiates a new treatment for lupus and its variants.
8. A hospital that reports information
concerning the discharge of patients to the Department pursuant to
NRS
449.485:
(a) Is not required to submit a report
pursuant to this section; and
(b)
Shall provide to the Chief Medical Officer upon request any records or other
information related to a case of lupus and its variants.
9. A facility or provider of health care
required to submit a report pursuant to this section may request that the
Division abstract the information prescribed by subsection 3 from the records
of the facility or the provider. Such a request must be made before the date by
which the facility or provider is required by subsection 5 to report the
information.
10. The Division shall
impose against each facility or provider of health care that fails to comply
with the requirements of this section an administrative penalty of $200 for
each calendar year in which such a failure occurs.
Notes
NRS 439.200, 439.4978, 439.498
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