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NRS 217.005 - Dissemination of information describing benefits available pursuant to this chapter. - The Department of Administration may prepare and disseminate information describing...
NRS 217.007 - Right of victim to receive proceeds from material based upon or related to crime; limitation on liability. - 1. A victim may commence any action specified in NRS...
NRS 217.010 - Policy of State. - It is the policy of this State to provide assistance...
NRS 217.020 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 217.010 to 217.270, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 217.025 - "Appeals officer" defined. - "Appeals officer" means an appeals officer of the Department. (Added...
NRS 217.033 - "Compensation officer" defined. - "Compensation officer" means a compensation officer appointed pursuant to NRS...
NRS 217.035 - "Crime" defined. - "Crime" means: 1. An act or omission committed within this...
NRS 217.038 - "Department" defined. - "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services. (Added...
NRS 217.040 - "Dependents" defined. - "Dependents" means the relatives of a deceased or injured victim...
NRS 217.042 - "Director" defined. - "Director" means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS...
NRS 217.045 - "Hearing officer" defined. - "Hearing officer" means a hearing officer of the Department. (Added...
NRS 217.050 - "Personal injury" defined. - "Personal injury" means: 1. Actual bodily harm or threat of...
NRS 217.060 - "Relative" defined. - "Relative" of any person includes: 1. A spouse, parent, grandparent...
NRS 217.065 - "Resident" defined. - "Resident" means a person who, during the 6 weeks preceding...
NRS 217.070 - "Victim" defined. - 1. "Victim" means a person who suffers direct or threatened...
NRS 217.090 - Compensation officers: Appointment; duties; instruction. - 1. The Director shall appoint one or more compensation officers....
NRS 217.094 - State Plan for Services for Victims of Crime; forms for compensation for victims of crimes to be available to obtain and submit on the Internet; survey to determine effectiveness of methods for providing compensation to victims of crime... - The Department: 1. Shall develop a State Plan for Services...
NRS 217.096 - Designation of statewide center for assistance to victims: Duties; location; acceptance of gifts, grants, donations, bequests and money. - 1. In collaboration with persons and entities that advocate for...
NRS 217.098 - Designation of human trafficking specialist; directory of services for victims of human trafficking; statewide plan; State of Nevada Human Trafficking Coalition; review of plan. - 1. The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family...
NRS 217.100 - Application for compensation; limitation on time for submitting application; order for payment; medical reports. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, any person...
NRS 217.102 - Circumstances under which victim of crime may apply for compensation. - 1. A resident who is a victim of a crime...
NRS 217.105 - Confidentiality of information. - Any information which a compensation officer obtains in the investigation...
NRS 217.110 - Review of application; appeal of denial by compensation officer; investigation of claim; availability and confidentiality of reports concerning crime committed by minor; decisions. - 1. Upon receipt of an application for compensation, the compensation...
NRS 217.112 - Hearing before hearing officer: Request by applicant; failure to request hearing excused under certain circumstances; notice of change of address. - 1. An applicant who is subject to the provisions of...
NRS 217.113 - Hearing before hearing officer: Procedure; subpoenas; evidence; records; decision. - 1. If an applicant appeals a determination of the compensation...
NRS 217.115 - Waiver of times specified. - The limitations of time in NRS 217.110 and 217.113 may...
NRS 217.117 - Appeal of decision of hearing officer or appeals officer; powers and duties of appeals officer. - 1. The applicant or the Director may, within 15 days...
NRS 217.120 - Proof of conviction conclusive evidence of commission of offense. - If any person has been convicted of any offense with...
NRS 217.130 - State Plan for Services for Victims of Crime to include certain rules and regulations; process for adopting and revising rules and regulations; time for objecting to rule or regulation. - 1. The State Plan for Services for Victims of Crime...
NRS 217.140 - Attorney’s fees. - 1. The hearing officer may, as part of any order...
NRS 217.150 - Standards for compensation. - The Director shall, so far as practicable, formulate standards for...
NRS 217.160 - Persons who may be awarded compensation. - 1. The compensation officer may order the payment of compensation:...
NRS 217.170 - Suspension of proceedings. - Upon application made by an appropriate prosecuting authority, the compensation...
NRS 217.180 - Order for compensation: Considerations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in determining...
NRS 217.200 - Payment of compensation for expenses and losses; certificate for meritorious citizen’s service. - 1. The compensation officer may order the payment of compensation...
NRS 217.210 - Limitations on time for making order for payment of compensation; exceptions. - [Replaced in revision by NRS 217.100.]
NRS 217.220 - Award of compensation prohibited under certain circumstances; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 217.240 - Recovery by applicant: Subrogation; duty of notice and payment. - An applicant who accepts an award does so under the...
NRS 217.245 - Acceptance of payment from Department for certain services provided to victim constitutes payment in full. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, if a person who provides...
NRS 217.250 - Reports. - The Department shall prepare and transmit biennially to the Legislature...
NRS 217.260 - Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime. - 1. Money for payment of compensation as ordered by the...
NRS 217.270 - Unlawful acts; penalty. - Any person who knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain, or...
NRS 217.280 - "Victim of sexual assault" defined. - As used in NRS 217.280 to 217.350, inclusive, "victim of...
NRS 217.290 - County to provide for counseling and medical treatment of victims. - The board of county commissioners of each county shall provide...
NRS 217.300 - Payment of cost of initial medical care of victim; payment of costs incurred by hospital for forensic medical examination of victim. - 1. The county in whose jurisdiction a sexual assault is...
NRS 217.310 - Application for medical and psychological treatment of victim and spouse; companionship during counseling; prerequisite to approval; certain costs of treatment for victim of sexual assault or other eligible person to be charged to count... - 1. If any victim of sexual assault requires medical treatment...
NRS 217.320 - Availability of medical and psychological treatment; limitation of cost. - 1. Upon approval by the board of county commissioners as...
NRS 217.330 - Certification by person providing counseling or psychological treatment required. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall require the psychologist,...
NRS 217.340 - Limitations on time for treatment. - No order for treatment pursuant to NRS 217.310 and 217.320...
NRS 217.350 - Regulations prescribing procedures. - In the performance of its functions under NRS 217.280 to...
NRS 217.400 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 217.400 to 217.475, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 217.410 - Allocation of money to organizations specifically created to assist victims of sexual assault. - Repealed. (See chapter 500, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...
NRS 217.420 - Grants from Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence: Eligibility. - To be eligible for a grant from the Account for...
NRS 217.440 - Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence: Creation; administration; application for grant. - 1. An Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic or...
NRS 217.445 - Expenditure of grant must be approved by Division. - No organization in a county whose population is less than...
NRS 217.450 - Procedure for award of grants; formula. - 1. The Commission on Behavioral Health shall advise the Administrator...
NRS 217.460 - Reports from recipients of grants to Administrator of Division. - Each organization which has received a grant for assistance to...
NRS 217.462 - Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking: Eligibility; application to Division; penalty for providing false information. - 1. An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on...
NRS 217.464 - Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking: Designation of fictitious address; forwarding of mail; treatment by governmental entity or provider of utility service; disclosure of confidential address b... - 1. If the Division approves an application, the Division shall:...
NRS 217.466 - Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking: Form for participant to register to vote or change address of registration. - If a participant indicates to the Division that the participant...
NRS 217.468 - Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking: Cancellation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 217.471 - Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking: Adoption of procedures by Division. - The Division shall adopt procedures to carry out the provisions...
NRS 217.475 - Team to review death of victim of domestic violence. - 1. A court or an agency of a local government...
NRS 217.480 - County to provide for counseling of victims and certain relatives upon request. - 1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall...
NRS 217.500 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 217.500 to 217.540, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 217.510 - "Contingency Account" defined. - "Contingency Account" means the Contingency Account for Victims of Human...
NRS 217.520 - "Victim of human trafficking" defined. - "Victim of human trafficking" means a person who is a...
NRS 217.530 - Creation; administration; use; limitations. - 1. The Contingency Account for Victims of Human Trafficking is...
NRS 217.540 - Procedure for applying for allocation from Contingency Account; Director authorized to place conditions on acceptance of allocation; use of allocated money. - 1. A nonprofit organization or any agency or political subdivision...
NRS 217.550 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 217.550 to 217.590, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 217.555 - "Certification" defined. - "Certification" means the certification of a Form I-918, Supplement B,...
NRS 217.560 - "Certifying agency" defined. - "Certifying agency" means: 1. A state or local law enforcement...
NRS 217.565 - "Certifying official" defined. - "Certifying official" means: 1. The head of a certifying agency;...
NRS 217.570 - "Criminal activity" defined. - "Criminal activity" means an offense for which the elements are...
NRS 217.575 - "Petitioner" defined. - "Petitioner" means a person who requests a certification. (Added to...
NRS 217.580 - Considerations for determination whether to provide certification to petitioner; content of certification. - 1. Upon the request of a petitioner for a certification,...
NRS 217.585 - Time for processing of request for certification. - A certifying agency shall process a request for a certification...
NRS 217.590 - Prohibited actions by certifying agency; certifying agency to develop protocol to assist certain petitioners; report to Legislature regarding certifications. - 1. A certifying agency shall not: (a) Disclose the immigration...