Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 449 - Medical and Other Related Facilities
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 449.0044 - "Immediate and serious threat" and "immediate jeopardy" defined

"Immediate and serious threat" or "immediate jeopardy" means a situation in which corrective action within 48 hours is necessary because the failure by a facility to comply with a requirement for licensure, certification or participation in Medicare or Medicaid has caused, or if uncorrected is likely to cause, serious injury or harm, or even death, to a recipient.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-1-91

NRS 449.0302