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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 444.0485. Areas leased by public body to provide public service: Requirements concerning inclusivity and accessibility of single-stall restroom to person of any gender identity or expression; void and unenforceable contracts; exception

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The owner or operator of an area that is leased by or on behalf of a public body and is used primarily to provide a service to the public and which provides a single-stall restroom to the public, or such a leased area that is part of a complex of leased areas that provides a single-stall restroom to the public within the common area of the complex, must make the single-stall restroom as inclusive and accessible as possible to a person of any gender identity or expression, including, without limitation, by allowing:

(a) A parent or guardian of a child to enter the single-stall restroom with the child;

(b) A person with a disability to enter the single-stall restroom with his or her caregiver, if applicable; and

(c) A person of any gender identity or expression to use the single-stall restroom as needed.

2. The owner or operator of the leased area that provides a single-stall restroom to the public:

(a) Shall not label the single-stall restroom with gendered signage; and

(b) May label the single-stall restroom as available for use by any person, including, without limitation, by posting a sign that reads “All-Gender Bathroom” or “All-Accessible Bathroom.”

3. The provisions of this section apply to such a leased area within a state park that provides a single-stall restroom to the public.

4. A contract for such a leased area that does not satisfy the requirements of this section which is entered into on or after October 1, 2021, is void and unenforceable.

5. The provisions of this section do not:

(a) Establish a private right of action against an owner or operator described in subsection 1; or

(b) Authorize the filing of a complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission,

for a violation of the provisions of this section.

6. As used in this section:

(a) “Caregiver” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.306.

(b) “Gendered signage” means any sign posted on a single-stall restroom that uses words or images of a person to denominate sex.

(c) “Single-stall restroom” means a restroom that:

(1) Is intended for individual use; and

(2) Contains:

(I) A single toilet or a single urinal; or

(II) A toilet and a urinal, neither of which is separated from the other by enclosure within a stall.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 444.0485. Areas leased by public body to provide public service: Requirements concerning inclusivity and accessibility of single-stall restroom to person of any gender identity or expression; void and unenforceable contracts; exception - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-40-public-health-and-safety/nv-rev-st-444-0485/

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