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NRS 433A.0135 “Assisted outpatient treatment” defined. “Assisted outpatient treatment” means outpatient services provided pursuant to a court order to a person with a mental illness for the purpose of treating the mental illness, assisting the person to live and function in the c…

NRS 433A.0145 “Consumer” defined. “Consumer” means any person who, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, seeks and can benefit from care, treatment and training: 1. In a public or private mental health facility or other public or private facility offering mental health services; …

NRS 433A.015 “Division” defined. “Division” means: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department. 2. Regarding the provision of services for the mental health of children pursuant to chapter 433B of NRS, the Divisi…

NRS 433A.016 “Division facility” defined. “Division facility” means: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any unit or subunit operated by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department for the care, treatment and training of consumers. 2. Any unit or s…

NRS 433A.0163 “Emergency admission” defined. “Emergency admission” means the involuntary admission of a person who has been placed on a mental health crisis hold to a public or private mental health facility or hospital pursuant to NRS 433A.162. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3067)

NRS 433A.0167 “Involuntary court-ordered admission” defined. “Involuntary court-ordered admission” means the admission of a person in a mental health crisis to a public or private mental health facility ordered by a court pursuant to NRS 433A.200 to 433A.330, inclusive. (Added to…

NRS 433A.017 “Medical director” defined. “Medical director” means the medical officer in charge of any program of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2721; A 1999, 102; 2013, 3014)

NRS 433A.0172 “Mental health crisis hold” defined. “Mental health crisis hold” means the detention of a person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis for transport, assessment, evaluation, intervention and treatment pursuant to NRS 433A.160. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3067)

NRS 433A.0175 “Person in a mental health crisis” defined. 1. “Person in a mental health crisis” means any person: (a) Who has a mental illness; and (b) Whose capacity to exercise self-control, judgment and discretion in the conduct of the person’s affairs and social relations or …

NRS 433A.018 “Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health” defined. “Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health” means: 1. A psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine in this State; 2. A psychologist licensed to practi…

NRS 433A.0192 “Supporter” defined. “Supporter” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162C.090. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3067)

NRS 433A.0194 “Voluntary admission” defined. “Voluntary admission” means the admission of a person to a public or private mental health facility or a division facility pursuant to NRS 433A.140 as a voluntary consumer for the purposes of observation, diagnosis, care and treatment.…

NRS 433A.0195 Person deemed to present substantial likelihood of serious harm to himself or herself or others in certain circumstances. For the purposes of this chapter, a person shall be deemed to present a substantial likelihood of serious harm to himself or herself or others i…

NRS 433A.020 Administrative officer: Qualifications. The administrative officer of a facility of the Division must: 1. Be selected on the basis of training and demonstrated administrative qualities of leadership in any one of the fields of psychiatry, medicine, psychology, social…

NRS 433A.030 Administrative officer: Powers and duties. The administrative officers have the following powers and duties, subject to the administrative supervision of the Administrator: 1. To exercise general supervision of and establish regulations for the government of the faci…

NRS 433A.040 Administrative officer: Other employment prohibited; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, an administrative officer shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her position and shall have no other gainful employment or occupation, …

NRS 433A.080 Coordinator of medical programs: Qualifications and selection; powers and duties. 1. A coordinator of medical programs is the medical head of any division facility designated by the Administrator. The coordinator of medical programs: (a) Must be a psychiatrist licens…

NRS 433A.085 Forms for detainment, evaluation, admission, treatment and conditional release. All applications, certificates and other forms for the detainment, evaluation, admission, treatment and conditional release of any person in the State of Nevada under the provisions of th…

NRS 433A.090 Revolving Account for Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services. There is hereby created a Revolving Account for Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services in the sum of $7,500, which may be used for the payment of bills requiring immediate payment and for no ot…

NRS 433A.100 Gift accounts in Department of Human Services’ Gift Fund; sale or exchange of gifts of property. 1. A gift account in the Department of Human Services’ Gift Fund is hereby created for each division facility, and all gifts of money which the Division is authorized to …

NRS 433A.110 Canteen for facility of Division: Establishment and operation. 1. The administrative officer of a division mental health facility which provides treatment for inpatients may cause to be established a canteen operated for the benefit of consumers and employees of the …

NRS 433A.120 Types of admission. There are three types of admission to mental health facilities in the State of Nevada: 1. Voluntary admission; 2. Emergency admission; and 3. Involuntary court-ordered admission. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1602)

NRS 433A.140 Voluntary admission: Procedures for admission and release; effect of voluntary release. 1. Any person may apply to: (a) A public or private mental health facility in the State of Nevada for admission to the facility; or (b) A division facility to receive care, treatm…

NRS 433A.145 Restrictions on change of status from voluntary consumer to emergency admission. 1. If a person in a mental health crisis is admitted to a public or private mental health facility or hospital as a voluntary consumer, the facility or hospital shall not change the stat…

NRS 433A.150 Detention for assessment, evaluation, intervention and treatment; limitation on time. 1. A person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis who is placed on a mental health crisis hold pursuant to NRS 433A.160 may, subject to the provisions of subsection 2, be…

NRS 433A.155 Petition for order to place person on mental health crisis hold; issuance and delivery of order. 1. A person listed in subsection 2 may petition a district court for an order requiring any peace officer to place a person alleged to be in a mental health crisis on a m…

NRS 433A.160 Procedure for placement on mental health crisis hold; regulations concerning accredited agent of Division. 1. An officer authorized to make arrests in the State of Nevada or a physician, physician assistant, psychologist, marriage and family therapist, clinical profe…

NRS 433A.161 Confiscation of firearm of person on mental health crisis hold; return of confiscated firearm upon release from treatment. 1. An officer authorized to make arrests in the State of Nevada may immediately confiscate any firearm found to be on the person or in the immed…

NRS 433A.162 Procedure for emergency admission of person placed on mental health crisis hold; limitation on period of emergency admission. 1. A public or private mental health facility or hospital may admit a person who has been placed on a mental health crisis hold under an emer…

NRS 433A.165 Examination required before emergency admission of person to facility; treatment of certain medical conditions required before emergency admission to facility; payment of costs; exceptions; regulations. 1. Before a person alleged to be a person in a mental health cri…

NRS 433A.170 Certificate of certain providers of health care required for emergency admission. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the administrative officer of a facility operated by the Division or of any other public or private mental health facility or hospital shal…

NRS 433A.185 Notice of mental health crisis hold for person who is under 18 years of age; maintenance of documentation of notice. As soon as practicable but not more than 8 hours after an unemancipated person who is under 18 years of age is placed on a mental health crisis hold, …

NRS 433A.190 Notice of emergency admission for person who is at least 18 years of age. 1. The administrative officer of a public or private mental health facility or hospital shall ensure that, within 24 hours of the emergency admission of a person alleged to be a person in a men…

NRS 433A.195 Procedure for release from mental health crisis hold. 1. A licensed physician on the medical staff of a facility operated by the Division or of any other public or private mental health facility or hospital may release a person from a mental health crisis hold upon c…

NRS 433A.197 Requirements for and limitations on forms, applications and certificates. 1. A form or certificate authorized under subsection 1 of NRS 433A.160 or NRS 433A.170 or 433A.195 must not be accepted or considered if made by a psychologist, physician, physician assistant, …

NRS 433A.200 Filing of petition; certificate or statement concerning alleged mental health crisis; statement of parent consenting to treatment of minor. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.6075 and 432B.60814, a proceeding for an involuntary court-ordered admission of any…

NRS 433A.210 Requirements of petition that is filed after mental health crisis hold. In addition to the requirements of NRS 433A.200, a petition filed pursuant to that section with the clerk of the district court to commence proceedings for involuntary court-ordered admission of …

NRS 433A.215 Application for writ of habeas corpus before initial hearing. If an application for a writ of habeas corpus is made by, or on behalf of, a person in a mental health crisis or who is alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis before the initial hearing on a peti…

NRS 433A.220 Hearing on petition; notice; discharge of person before hearing; notification of court of transfer of subject of petition; additional procedure where subject on conditional release. 1. Immediately after the clerk of the district court receives any petition filed purs…

NRS 433A.230 Bond of petitioner. The court in its discretion may require any petitioner under NRS 433A.200, except any officer authorized to make arrests in the State of Nevada, to file an undertaking with surety to be approved by the court in the amount the court deems proper, c…

NRS 433A.240 Examination of person alleged to be person in mental health crisis; protective custody pending hearing. 1. After the filing of a petition to commence proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered admission of a person pursuant to NRS 433A.200 and 433A.210, the court …

NRS 433A.250 Evaluation team: Establishment; composition; fees. 1. The Administrator shall establish such evaluation teams as are necessary to aid the courts under NRS 433A.240 and 433A.310. 2. Each team must be composed of a psychiatrist and other persons professionally qualifie…

NRS 433A.260 Transfer of case to county where persons to conduct examination are available; expense of proceedings paid by county of residence of person to be admitted. 1. If a petition is filed pursuant to NRS 433A.200 with the clerk of the district court in a county where the e…

NRS 433A.270 Right to counsel; compensation of counsel; recess; duties of district attorney. 1. The person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis or any relative or friend on the person’s behalf is entitled to retain counsel to represent the person in any proceeding bef…

NRS 433A.280 Testimony. In proceedings for involuntary court-ordered admission, the court shall hear and consider all relevant testimony, including, but not limited to, the testimony of examining personnel who participated in the evaluation of the person alleged to be a person in…

NRS 433A.290 Right of person alleged to be in mental health crisis to be present and testify. In proceedings for an involuntary court-ordered admission, the person with respect to whom the proceedings are held shall be present and may, at the discretion of the court, testify. (Ad…