NRS 442.009 - Examination of infants: Priority in contracting with laboratory. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

NV Rev Stat § 442.009 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Division shall contract with a laboratory to provide the services of a laboratory when required pursuant to NRS 442.008 in the following order of priority:

(a) The State Public Health Laboratory;

(b) Any other qualified laboratory located within this State; or

2. The Division shall not contract with a laboratory in a lower category of priority unless the Division determines that:

(a) A laboratory in a higher category of priority is not capable of performing all the tests required to determine the presence of certain preventable or inheritable disorders in an infant pursuant to NRS 442.008; or

(b) The cost to the Division to contract with a laboratory in a higher category of priority is not financially reasonable or exceeds the amount of money available for that purpose.

3. For the purpose of determining the category of priority of a laboratory only, the Division is not required to comply with any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for awarding a contract.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 460; A 2013, 3048; 2019, 2161; R 2019, 813, effective January 1, 2020)

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