Legal capacity of person admitted to facility or assisted outpatient treatment unimpaired unless adjudicated incapacitated.

NRS 433A.460, under ADMISSION TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES OR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; HOSPITALIZATION.

NRS 433A.460

NRS 433A.460 Legal capacity of person admitted to facility or assisted outpatient treatment unimpaired unless adjudicated incapacitated. No person admitted to a public or private mental health facility or who receives assisted outpatient treatment pursuant to this chapter shall, by reason of such admission or treatment, be denied the right to dispose of property, marry, execute instruments, make purchases, enter into contractual relationships, vote and hold a driver’s license, unless such person has been specifically adjudicated incapacitated by a court of competent jurisdiction and has not been restored to legal capacity. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1610; A 2013, 3496; 2021, 3099)