In carrying out the purposes of NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, the State Department is authorized and directed:

1. To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary.

2. To provide such methods of administration, appoint all necessary officers and other personnel and take such other action as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, the Federal Act and the regulations thereunder.

3. To procure in its discretion the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants, by contract, when such services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties.

4. To the extent that it considers desirable to effectuate the purposes of NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, to enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other departments, agencies and institutions, public or private.

5. To accept on behalf of the State and to deposit with the State Treasurer in appropriate accounts in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Gift Fund any grant, gift or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, and to expend the same for such purposes.

6. To do all other things on behalf of the State necessary or advisable to obtain the maximum benefits available under the Federal Act.

7. All claims must be approved by the Health Officer before they are paid.

[4:219:1949; 1943 NCL § 5285.04] — (NRS A 1965, 985; 1969, 945; 1981, 79)