Title 39

NRS 435.570 Rights concerning care, treatment and training. Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to a facility has the following rights concerning care, treatment and training, a list of which must be prominently posted in all facilities providing those se…

NRS 435.575 Individualized plan of services for consumer. 1. An individualized written plan of intellectual disability services or developmental disability services must be developed, as applicable, for each consumer of each facility. The plan must: (a) Provide for the least rest…

NRS 435.580 Basis for decisions, policies, procedures and practices regarding emergency admissions and involuntary court-ordered admissions. 1. Each facility shall make all of its decisions, policies, procedures and practices regarding emergency admissions or involuntary court-or…

NRS 435.585 Right to information; inspection and copying of records. 1. A consumer or the consumer’s legal guardian must be: (a) Permitted to inspect the consumer’s records; and (b) Informed of the consumer’s clinical status and progress at reasonable intervals of no longer than …

NRS 435.590 Medication: Responsibility of psychiatrist and physician; review of methods for administration and custody. 1. The attending psychiatrist or physician is responsible for all medication given or administered to a consumer. 2. Each administrative officer shall establish…

NRS 435.595 Labor by consumer: Conditions; compensation. 1. A consumer may perform labor which contributes to the operation and maintenance of the facility for which the facility would otherwise employ someone only if: (a) The consumer voluntarily agrees to perform the labor; (b)…

NRS 435.600 Rights concerning suspension or violation of rights. Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to a facility has the following rights concerning the suspension or violation of his or her rights, a list of which must be prominently posted in all faci…

NRS 435.605 Document reflecting receipt of list of rights and explanation of rights. Each facility shall, within a reasonable time after a consumer is admitted to the facility for evaluation, treatment or training, ask the consumer to sign a document that reflects that the consum…

NRS 435.610 Denial of rights prohibited; exceptions; report; investigation and action by Commission on Behavioral Health; closure of meeting in certain circumstances. 1. The rights of a consumer enumerated in this chapter must not be denied except to protect the consumer’s health…

NRS 435.615 Retaliation by officer, director or employee of facility prohibited. An officer, director or employee of a facility shall not retaliate against any person for having: 1. Reported any violation of law; or 2. Provided information regarding a violation of law, Ê by the f…

NRS 435.620 Personal deposit funds for consumers. 1. There may be maintained as a trust fund at each division facility a consumers’ personal deposit fund. 2. Money coming into the possession of the administrative officer of a division facility which belongs to a consumer must be …

NRS 435.625 Disposition of personal property of consumer upon death. Whenever any person admitted to a division facility dies, the administrative officer shall send written notice to the decedent’s legally appointed representative, listing the personal property remaining in the c…

NRS 435.630 Disposition of unclaimed personal property of consumer worth more than $100. If a person admitted to a division facility is discharged or leaves and the person fails to recover personal property worth more than $100 in the custody of the administrative officer of the …

NRS 435.635 Disposition of unclaimed personal property of minimal value. If, upon the death or release of a person admitted to a division facility, the value of unclaimed personal property in the possession of the administrative officer of the facility is so minimal that it canno…

NRS 435.640 Notification of death of consumer; burial. 1. Upon the death of a consumer, any known relatives or friends of the consumer shall be notified immediately of the fact of death. 2. The Administrator or the Administrator’s designee shall cause a decent burial to be provid…

NRS 435.645 Abuse of consumer; failure to report abuse; possession or use of intoxicating beverage or controlled substance; transaction with consumer; aiding escape of consumer; penalties. 1. An employee of a public or private facility offering services for persons with intellect…

NRS 435.650 Unlawful sale or transfer of intoxicating beverage on grounds of division facility. 1. Any person who, on the grounds of a division facility, sells, barters, exchanges or in any manner disposes of any spirituous or malt liquor or beverage to any person lawfully confin…

NRS 435.655 Liability of certain relatives and estate of person admitted to facility for payment of costs; recovery by legal action. 1. When a person is admitted to a division facility or hospital under one of the various forms of admission prescribed by law, the parent or legal …

NRS 435.660 Special agreement for support of consumer adjudicated incapacitated; advance payments. 1. The administrative officers of the respective division facilities may enter into special agreements secured by properly executed bonds with the relatives, guardians or friends of…

NRS 435.665 Collection of fees by legal action and other methods. 1. If the consumer, his or her responsible relative pursuant to NRS 435.655, guardian or the estate neglects or refuses to pay the cost of treatment to the division facility rendering service pursuant to the fee sc…

NRS 435.670 Payment of costs of medical services rendered by person not on staff of facility of Division. The expense of diagnostic, medical and surgical services furnished to a consumer admitted to a division facility by a person not on the staff of the facility, whether rendere…

NRS 435.700 Return of prescription drug to dispensing pharmacy for reissuance or transfer of drug; reissuance or transfer of drug by dispensing pharmacy; regulations. 1. A public or private facility offering services for persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with deve…

NRS 435.705 Transfer to hospital of Department of Veterans Affairs or other facility; duties of medical director and Commission on Behavioral Health upon objection of consumer. The medical director of a division facility may order the transfer to a hospital of the Department of V…

NRS 435.710 Transfer of nonresident to state of residence. 1. If any person involuntarily court-admitted to any division facility is found by the court not to be a resident of this State and to be a resident of another state, the person may be transferred to the state of his or h…

NRS 435.750 Definitions. As used in NRS 435.750 to 435.820, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 435.755 to 435.775, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1677)

NRS 435.755 “Guardian” defined. “Guardian” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 159.017. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1677)

NRS 435.760 “Living community for persons with disabilities” or “living community” defined. “Living community for persons with disabilities” or “living community” means: 1. A provider-operated residential supported living arrangement; and 2. Any other housing arrangement that pro…

NRS 435.765 “Provider-operated residential supported living arrangement” defined. “Provider-operated residential supported living arrangement” means a residential setting that is owned, operated or otherwise controlled by a provider of supported living arrangement services. (Adde…

NRS 435.770 “Representative” defined. “Representative” means a person who is authorized to serve as the representative of a resident pursuant to NRS 435.780. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1678)

NRS 435.775 “Resident” defined. “Resident” means a person who resides in a living community for persons with disabilities. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1678)

NRS 435.780 Requirements for representative of resident. A person may serve as the representative of a resident, including, without limitation, a resident who is the roommate of a resident who wishes to submit or has submitted a request pursuant to NRS 435.785, for the purposes o…

NRS 435.785 Request for installation and use: Contents; form; approval; living community to attempt to accommodate resident if roommate refuses consent; withdrawal. 1. A resident or the representative of a resident may request the installation and use of an electronic communicati…

NRS 435.790 Responsibilities of resident; requirements for device. 1. If a living community approves a request to install and use an electronic communication device in the bedroom of a resident pursuant to NRS 435.785, the resident or the representative of the resident is solely …

NRS 435.795 Prohibitions; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person, other than the resident or the representative of the resident who has requested the installation and use of an electronic communication device pursuant to NRS 435.785, shall not inten…

NRS 435.800 Penalties. 1. A natural person who violates subsection 1 of NRS 435.795: (a) For a first offense, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. (b) For a second and any subsequent offense: (1) Is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violatio…

NRS 435.805 Living community to post notice where device is in use; employee prohibited from refusing to perform duties because of device. 1. A living community shall post a notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance to the bedroom of a resident which contains an electronic co…

NRS 435.810 Regulations; inapplicability where device installed by law enforcement agency. 1. The Administrator may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 435.750 to 435.820, inclusive. 2. The provisions of NRS 435.750 to 435.815, inclusive, do not apply i…

NRS 435.815 Posting or sharing of images or sounds from device prohibited; actions of living community. 1. A resident of a living community or any other person who has authority to view or listen to the images or sounds which are displayed, broadcast or recorded by the electronic…

NRS 435.820 Prohibitions on restricting installation or use of device in home of recipient of supported living arrangement services. 1. A provider of supported living arrangement services that provides such services in the home of a person receiving such services shall not enter …