Nevada Revised Statutes 463.790 – Resort hotel required to maintain plan; contents; annual review; confidentiality
1. Each resort hotel shall adopt and maintain an emergency response plan. Each new or revised plan must be filed within 3 days after adoption or revision with each local fire department and local law enforcement agency whose jurisdiction includes the area in which the resort hotel is located and with the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 463.790
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
2. The emergency response plan required by subsection 1 must include:
(a) A drawing or map of the layout of all areas within the building or buildings and grounds that constitute a part of the resort hotel and its support systems and a brief description of the purpose or use for each area;
(b) A drawing or description of the internal and external access routes;
(c) The location and inventory of emergency response equipment and resources;
(d) The location of any unusually hazardous substances;
(e) The name and telephone number of:
(1) The emergency response coordinator for the resort hotel; and
(2) The person responsible for ensuring that the resort hotel is in compliance with this section;
(f) The location of one or more site emergency response command posts;
(g) A description of any special equipment needed to respond to an emergency at the resort hotel;
(h) An evacuation plan;
(i) A description of any public health or safety hazards present on the site; and
(j) Any other information requested by a local fire department or local law enforcement agency whose jurisdiction includes the area in which the resort hotel is located or by the Division of Emergency Management.
3. Each resort hotel shall review its emergency response plan at least once each year and, as soon as practicable after the review is completed but not later than November 1 of each year, file with each local fire department and local law enforcement agency whose jurisdiction includes the area in which the resort hotel is located and with the Division of Emergency Management:
(a) Any revised emergency response plan resulting from the review; or
(b) A written certification that the most recent emergency response plan filed pursuant to this subsection or subsection 1 is the current emergency response plan for the resort hotel.
4. A plan filed pursuant to the requirements of this section, including any revisions adopted thereto, is confidential and must be securely maintained by the department, agency and Division with whom it is filed. An officer, employee or other person to whom the plan is entrusted by the department, agency or Division shall not disclose the contents of such a plan except:
(a) Upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(b) As is reasonably necessary in the case of an emergency involving public health or safety.
5. If the Board maintains a list of resort hotels, the Board shall provide a copy of the list to the Division of Emergency Management, upon request, for purposes of this section.
6. As used in this section, the term ‘local law enforcement agency’ means:
(a) The sheriff’s office of a county;
(b) A metropolitan police department; or
(c) A police department of an incorporated city.