1. It is the policy of this State that every regulation of an agency be made easily accessible to the public and expressed in clear and concise language. To assist in carrying out this policy:

(a) The Attorney General must develop guidelines for drafting regulations; and

(b) Every permanent regulation must be incorporated, excluding any forms used by the agency, any publication adopted by reference, the title, any signature and other formal parts, in the Nevada Administrative Code, and every emergency or temporary regulation must be distributed in the same manner as the Nevada Administrative Code.

2. It is the policy of this State that:

(a) Persons with physical, mental or cognitive disabilities are to be referred to in the Nevada Administrative Code using language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that refers to the person before referring to the person’s disability; and

(b) Terms related to persons affected by addictive disorders are referred to in Nevada Revised Statutes using language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that refers to the person before referring to his or her disorder,

in the same manner as provided in NRS 220.125 for Nevada Revised Statutes.

3. The Legislative Counsel shall:

(a) Include each permanent regulation in the Nevada Administrative Code; and

(b) Distribute in the same manner as the Nevada Administrative Code each emergency or temporary regulation,

that is required to be adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and which is adopted by an entity other than an agency.

4. The Legislative Commission may authorize inclusion in the Nevada Administrative Code of the regulations of an agency otherwise exempted from the requirements of this chapter.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1381; A 1997, 186, 1391; 2001, 1422; 2007, 907; 2019, 1944)