NRS
447.020 Cleanliness
of bedding; worn out and unfit bedding.
1. All bedding, bedclothes or bed covering,
including mattresses, quilts, blankets, sheets, pillows or comforters, used in
any hotel in this state must be kept clean and free from all filth or dirt.
2. No bedding, bedclothes or bed covering,
including mattresses, quilts, blankets, sheets, pillows or comforters, shall
be used which is worn out or unsanitary for use by human beings according to
the true intent and meaning of this chapter.
[2:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3338]
NRS
447.030 Extermination
of vermin. Any room in any hotel in this
state which is or shall be infested with vermin or bedbugs or similar things
shall be thoroughly fumigated, disinfected and renovated until such vermin or
bedbugs or other similar things are entirely exterminated.
[3:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3339]
NRS
447.040 Cleanliness
of rooms used for sleeping. Every room in
any hotel in this state used for sleeping purposes must be free from any and
every kind of dirt or filth of whatever nature, and the walls, floors, ceiling
and doors of every such room shall be kept free from dirt.
[4:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3340]
NRS
447.045 Hotel
required to be kept in sanitary condition.
1. Toilet rooms and bathrooms, including toilets,
bathing and lavatory facilities, in hotels shall be kept clean and sanitary.
2. All other rooms, corridors, stairways,
elevators, fire escapes, garages within hotels, lobbies and other portions or
appurtenances of hotels used by tenants shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition, free of fire hazards and free of hazards to life and limb.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 484)
NRS
447.050 Certain
areas of hotel prohibited from use as quarters for living or sleeping. It
is unlawful for any person to use, or to permit another person to use, any of
the following portions of a hotel for living or sleeping purposes:
1. Any kitchen, cellar, hallway, water closet,
bath, shower compartment, or slop-sink room.
2. Any other room or place which does not comply
with the provisions of this chapter, or in which, in the judgment of the
health authority, living or sleeping is dangerous or prejudicial to life or
health by reason of an overcrowded condition, a want of light, windows,
ventilation or drainage, dampness, or offensive or obnoxious odors or
poisonous gases in the room or place, or a lack of exits as required by the
Uniform Building Code in the form most recently adopted before January 1,
1985, by the International Conference of Building Officials.
[4a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3340a]—(NRS
A 1957, 484; 1969, 1022; 1985, 372)
NRS
447.060 Ventilation
of rooms. Every room in any hotel used for
sleeping purposes shall have devices, such as a window or transom, so
constructed as to allow for the proper and a sufficient amount of ventilation
in each such room, except that buildings more than one story in height,
constructed after July 1, 1957, shall have no transoms or ventilating openings
from guestrooms to public corridors.
[5:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3341]—(NRS A
1957, 484)
NRS
447.070 Windows
and outside doors to be equipped with screens. Windows
and outside doors shall be screened against flies and mosquitoes.
[5a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3341a]
NRS
447.080 Air
space, floor area and ceiling height of rooms. No
room for sleeping purposes shall have less than 500 cubic feet of air space
for each occupant. The floor area of each sleeping room must be at least 80
square feet and at least 7 feet in width. All rooms must have a ceiling height
of at least 8 feet.
[5b:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3341b]
NRS
447.090 Amount
of bedding required; furnishing clean sheets and pillow slips; size of sheets.
1. Every bed kept or used in any hotel in this
state for the accommodation of any person or guest must be provided with a
sufficient supply of clean bedding.
2. Clean sheets and pillow slips shall be supplied
for each bed in a hotel as often as the bed is assigned to a different person.
3. Sheets shall be at least 98 inches long and of
sufficient width to cover the mattress and spring completely.
[6:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3342]
NRS
447.100 Fumigation
of room after occupation by person having contagious or infectious disease. Whenever
any room in any hotel shall have been occupied by any person having a
contagious or infectious disease, the room shall be thoroughly fumigated under
the direction of the health authority, and all bedding therein thoroughly
disinfected before the room shall be occupied by any other person. In any
event, such room shall not be let to any person for at least 48 hours after
such fumigation or disinfection.
[7:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3343]—(NRS A
1969, 1022)
NRS
447.110 Facilities
for bathing.
1. In every hotel in existence prior to October 1,
1945, at least one bathtub or shower shall be installed in a separate
compartment on a public hallway or court for every 20, or fractional part of
20, guestrooms on the same floor as the hallway or court which are not
provided with private baths.
2. In every hotel built after October 1, 1945, at
least one bathtub or shower provided with hot and cold water shall be
installed in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court for every 10,
or fractional part of 10, guestrooms on the same floor as the hallway or court
which are not provided with private baths.
[7a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3343a]
NRS
447.120 Towels
to be furnished.
1. Every hotel within this state having a public
washstand or washbowl, where different persons gather to wash themselves, must
keep a sufficient supply of clean, individual towels for the use of such
persons within easy access of or to such persons and in plain sight and view.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as
excluding the use of crepe or paper towels, or the automatic roller towel.
[8:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2812; NCL § 3344]
NRS
447.130 Toilets
required in hotels or other establishments for transient lodging: Number;
facilities for washing hands.
1. In every hotel or any other type of transient
lodging establishment without private toilets there shall be at least one
toilet for each sex in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court and
such toilets shall be plainly indicated by signs. If the building is designed
to accommodate more than 15 persons on any floor or court, then toilets shall
be provided on each floor or court in the ratio of one for each 15 persons or
major fraction thereof, not provided with private toilets.
2. Adequate hand washing facilities, properly
supplied with soap and hot and cold water under pressure, shall be provided
convenient to the toilet facilities.
[8a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3344a]—(NRS
A 1957, 484)
NRS
447.135 Entrance
to corridor leading to toilet facility to be marked with sign that conforms to
requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act and includes features for use
by visually impaired persons; reporting of violations; duties of Attorney
General; enforcement.
1. Each owner, lessor, lessee or operator of a
public accommodation shall mark each entrance to a corridor in the public
accommodation which leads to a toilet facility with a sign which:
(a) Conforms to the requirements related to signage
contained in §§ 4.30 et seq. of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities set forth in Appendix A
of Part 36 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
(b) Uses symbols, raised letters and Braille to:
(1) Identify the toilet facility and the
gender of persons who may use the toilet facility; and
(2) If the toilet facility is for the
exclusive use of persons of one gender:
(I) Indicate that the toilet facility
is for the exclusive use of persons of that gender; and
(II) Provide direction to a toilet
facility that may be used by persons of the other gender.
2. A person may report a violation of subsection 1
to the Attorney General.
3. Upon receiving a report pursuant to subsection
2, the Attorney General shall notify the owner, lessor, lessee or operator of
the public accommodation of the alleged violation. Not later than 30 days
after receiving such a notification, the owner, lessor, lessee or operator of
the public accommodation shall:
(a) Present evidence to the Attorney General that
the public accommodation is in compliance with subsection 1; or
(b) Begin any action necessary to comply with the
requirements of subsection 1 and notify the Attorney General of the date on
which the public accommodation will be in compliance with those requirements.
4. If the owner, lessor, lessee or operator of the
public accommodation fails to comply with subsection 1, the Attorney General
shall take such action as is necessary to ensure compliance with subsection 1,
including, without limitation, commencing proceedings in a court of competent
jurisdiction, if appropriate.
5. As used in this section, “public accommodation”
has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 12181.
(Added to NRS by 2001,
706)
NRS
447.140 Ventilation
of room containing water closet, bathtub or shower.
1. In every hotel built after July 1, 1957, any
room in which a water closet, bathtub or shower is installed must be
ventilated to the outside air by means of a window of at least 3 square feet,
unless satisfactory mechanical ventilation is provided.
2. In hotels built prior to July 1, 1957, without
windows in the rooms containing water closets, bathtubs or showers, suitable
ventilation shall be provided as required by the health authority.
[8b:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3344b]—(NRS
A 1957, 484; 1969, 1022)
NRS
447.145 Systems
for heating and ventilating hotels or other establishments for transient
lodging.
1. In every hotel and any other type of transient
lodging establishment, the heating and ventilating systems must be
constructed, installed and operated so as to reduce to a minimum the
possibilities of fire, explosion, asphyxiation or gas poisoning.
2. Faultily constructed or installed heating and
ventilating systems in hotels and other types of transient lodging
establishments constructed before July 1, 1957, must be reconstructed,
repaired or replaced upon order of the health authority whenever the continued
operation of the faultily constructed or installed heating and ventilating
systems will result in detriment to the health and life of the occupants of
the building.
3. The health authority may adopt rules,
regulations and codes governing the construction, installation and operation
of heating and ventilating systems in hotels and other types of transient
lodging establishments.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 484; A 1969, 1023; 1997,
1616)
NRS
447.150 Exemption
from requirement for number of water closets, bathtubs or showers in certain
hotels.
1. The health authority may exempt any hotel built
prior to October 1, 1945, from having the number of water closets, bathtubs or
showers required by this chapter for the following reason: The exemption will
not result in detriment to the health of the occupants or to the sanitation of
the building.
2. The health authority has no authority under this
section to exempt any hotel or portion of a hotel built after October 1, 1945,
from having the number of water closets, bathtubs or showers required by this
chapter.
[8c:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3344c]—(NRS
A 1969, 1023)
NRS
447.160 Disposal
of sewage; disinfection of toilets.
1. Every hotel in this state must have proper
facilities for sewage disposal and must be kept free from effluvia arising
from any sewer, drain, toilet or other source within the control of the
proprietor, owner, manager, agent or other person in charge.
2. Any toilet in connection with any hotel must be
disinfected as often as may be necessary to keep it in a sanitary condition at
all times.
[9:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2812; NCL § 3345]—(NRS A
1993, 2640)
NRS
447.170 Supply
of water; plumbing. Every hotel shall be
provided with a safe, sanitary water supply and there shall be no cross
connection between the water system and the sewage collecting system. All
plumbing fixtures shall be constructed so there will be no possibility of back
siphonage from the plumbing fixtures into the water system.
[9a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3345a]
NRS
447.180 Disposal
of garbage and rubbish. Every hotel shall
have sanitary facilities for the storage and disposal of garbage, and no
garbage or rubbish shall be permitted to accumulate and be or become a
nuisance in a hotel or on the hotel premises.
[9b:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3345b]
NRS
447.185 Regulation
of construction or reconstruction of hotel or other establishment for
transient lodging. The reconstruction of
existing hotels, including all types of transient lodging establishments, and
the construction of new hotels, including all types of transient lodging
establishments, shall be in accord with pertinent state laws, rules and
regulations of the State Board of Health or local board of health, and the
latest editions of the Uniform Building Code and the Uniform Plumbing Code and
such other codes as the State Board of Health may designate.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 484; A 1969, 1023; 1971,
235)
NRS
447.190 Enforcement
of chapter by health authority; records. The
health authority is charged with the enforcement of this chapter. He shall
keep a record of hotels inspected, and the record or any part thereof may, in
the discretion of the health authority, be included in the biennial report to
the Director of the Department of Human Resources.
[11:136:1915; A 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3347]—(NRS A
1963, 958; 1967, 1172; 1969, 1023; 1973, 1406)
NRS
447.200 Access
for inspection of hotel. The health
authority shall have access at any time to any hotel in this state for the
purpose of making inspections and carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
[12:136:1915; A 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3348]—(NRS A
1969, 1023)
NRS
447.210 Criminal
penalty; each day of violation constitutes separate offense.
1. Every proprietor, owner, manager, lessee or
other person in charge of any hotel in this state who fails to comply with the
provisions of
NRS 447.003 to
447.200, inclusive, or any of the provisions of the regulations
hereby established whether through the acts of himself, his agent or employees
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Every day that any hotel is in violation of any
of the provisions of this chapter constitutes a separate offense.
[10:136:1915; A 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3346]—(NRS A
1967, 581; 2001,
707)
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