Order applies to testing for individuals concerned with exposure and/or infection The standing order attached to this email (issued by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Department of Health Services) authorizes any medical provider/trained personnel at a medically supervised COVID-19 testing unit in the State of Nevada to collect and send a SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test for any individual in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes 652.210 with the conditions of this order. This standing order is issued pursuant to the Governor’s Declaration of State of Emergency on March 12, 2020, pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 414, which directs state agencies to “save lives, protect property, and protect the health and safety of persons in this state. The results of such tests shall constitute protected health information and may be disclosed, only as authorized by law. All test results shall be shared in accordance with the State’s mandated laboratory reporting laws, as noted in the attached orders.
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