Complaint for damage to property of older patient: Filing; investigation and settlement; hearing; payment of damages.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 427A.175
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1. Within 1 year after an older patient sustains damage to his or her property as a result of any act or failure to act by a facility for intermediate care, a facility for skilled nursing, a residential facility for groups, a home for individual residential care, an agency to provide personal care services in the home, an intermediary service organization, a community health worker pool or an agency to provide nursing in the home in protecting the property, the older patient may file a verified complaint with the Division setting forth the details of the damage. 2. Upon receiving a verified complaint pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall investigate the complaint and attempt to settle the matter through arbitration, mediation or negotiation. 3. If a settlement is not reached pursuant to subsection 2, the facility, home, agency, organization or older patient may request a hearing before the Attorney for the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with a Physical Disability, an Intellectual Disability or a Developmental Disability. If requested, the Attorney for the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with a Physical Disability, an Intellectual Disability or a Developmental Disability shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the facility, home, agency, pool or organization is liable for damages to the patient. If the Attorney for the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with a Physical Disability, an Intellectual Disability or a Developmental Disability determines that the facility, home, agency, pool or organization is liable for damages to the patient, the Attorney for the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with a Physical Disability, an Intellectual Disability or a Developmental Disability shall order the amount of the surety bond pursuant to NRS 449.065 , 449B.185 or 449B.570 , as applicable, or the substitute for the surety bond necessary to pay for the damages pursuant to NRS 449.067 , 449B.190 or 449B.575 , as applicable, to be released to the Division. The Division shall pay any such amount to the older patient or the estate of the older patient. 4. The Division shall create a separate account for money to be collected and distributed pursuant to this section. 5. As used in this section: (a) “Agency to provide nursing in the home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0015 ; (b) “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.015 ; (c) “Community health worker pool” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0028 ; (d) “Facility for intermediate care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0038 ; (e) “Facility for skilled nursing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0039 ; (f) “Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105 ; (g) “Intermediary service organization” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.500 ; (h) “Older patient” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.065 ; and (i) “Residential facility for groups” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-427A.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026