444.650 - Regulations to control use of residential individual system.
444.650 Regulations to control use of residential individual system.
1. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations to control the use of a residential individual system for disposal of sewage in this State. Those regulations are effective except in health districts in which a district board of health has adopted regulations to control the use of a residential individual system for disposal of sewage in that district.
2. A board which adopts such regulations shall consider and take into account the geological, hydrological and topographical characteristics of the area within its jurisdiction.
3. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must not conflict with the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions.
4. As used in this section, “residential individual system for disposal of sewage” means an individual system for disposal of sewage from a parcel of land, including all structures thereon, that is zoned for single-family residential use.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1183; A 1983, 328; 2005, 550)