Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433A - Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Assisted Outpatient Treatment; Hospitalization
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 status of the person to an emergency admission unless:
(a) A person described in NRS 433A.160 places the person on a mental health crisis hold; and
(b) The requirements prescribed by NRS 433A.162 have been met.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person whose status is changed pursuant to subsection 1 must not be detained in excess of 72 hours, including weekends and holidays, after the person is placed on a mental health crisis hold pursuant to NRS 433A.160 unless, before the close of the business day on which the 72 hours expires, a written petition for an involuntary court-ordered admission to a mental health facility is filed with the clerk of the district court pursuant to NRS 433A.200, including, without limitation, the documents required pursuant to NRS 433A.210.
3. If the period specified in subsection 2 expires on a day on which the office of the clerk of the district court is not open, the written petition must be filed on or before the close of the business day next following the expiration of that period.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3492; A 2009, 333; 2011, 427; 2015, 2990; 2019, 350; 2021, 3079)

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