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NRS 435.005 - Applicability of chapter. - Unless specifically excluded by law, the provisions of this chapter...
NRS 435.006 - Person’s legal rights; application of various provisions of chapter 433 of NRS and all of chapter 433A of NRS to persons with intellectual disabilities. - 1. Nothing in this chapter purports to deprive any person...
NRS 435.007 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
NRS 435.009 - Policy concerning persons with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. - It is the policy of this State that persons with...
NRS 435.010 - County commissioners to make provision for support, education and care of children. - 1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties...
NRS 435.020 - Children entitled to provision of support, education, care and transportation by county commissioners. - All children with intellectual disabilities and children with developmental disabilities...
NRS 435.030 - Application for services; certificate of county commissioners; transportation of child. - 1. A parent, relative, guardian or nearest friend of any...
NRS 435.060 - Operation of facilities by Division. - The Division may operate a residential facility for groups to...
NRS 435.070 - Administration of facilities; regulations. - The Division is responsible for the administration of all residential...
NRS 435.077 - Regulations for transfer of persons from one facility to another; discharge or leave; notice to committing court. - 1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the transfer of...
NRS 435.081 - Admission of persons to division facility; examination or evaluation of persons without admission; discharge of persons voluntarily admitted. - 1. The Administrator or the Administrator’s designee may receive a...
NRS 435.085 - Transfer of person from division facility to hospital; payment of expenses. - The administrative officer of a division facility may authorize the...
NRS 435.090 - Responsibility of estate, parent or guardian for support of child committed to division facility; recovery by legal action. - 1. When any child with an intellectual disability or any...
NRS 435.100 - Continuation or initiation of contributions for support upon transfer of person from one division facility to another. - 1. When any person with an intellectual disability or any...
NRS 435.110 - Agreement for contributions of support between Division and parents or guardian of child admitted to division facility upon request; recovery by legal action; payments from estate of child. - 1. When any child with an intellectual disability or any...
NRS 435.115 - Schedule of fees for services. - The Administrator shall establish a fee schedule, subject to the...
NRS 435.120 - Disposition of money collected by Division. - Any money collected by the Division under NRS 435.060 to...
NRS 435.121 - Types of admission; forms for admission. - 1. There are two types of admissions of persons with...
NRS 435.122 - Voluntary admission. - 1. Any person with an intellectual disability or any person...
NRS 435.123 - Involuntary admission: Petition to district court; certificate of professional who examined person stating conclusions. - Whenever a person is alleged to be a person with...
NRS 435.124 - Involuntary admission: Hearing on petition; notice. - Immediately after receiving the petition, the clerk of the district...
NRS 435.125 - Involuntary admission: Examination or evaluation of person. - 1. After the petition is filed, the court may cause...
NRS 435.126 - Involuntary admission: Right to counsel; appointment of counsel; compensation of appointed counsel. - 1. The person alleged to be a person with an...
NRS 435.127 - Involuntary admission: Evidence; rights of person. - In proceedings for involuntary admission of a person to an...
NRS 435.128 - Involuntary admission: Findings and order; expiration and renewal of certificate of eligibility for involuntary admission. - 1. Upon completion of the proceedings for involuntary admission of...
NRS 435.129 - Discharge of consumer; notice to consumer, consumer’s representative and court. - 1. If the administrative officer of an intellectual and developmental...
NRS 435.130 - Declaration of legislative intent. - The intent of the Legislature in the enactment of NRS...
NRS 435.140 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 435.130 to 435.310, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 435.172 - "Certificate" defined. - "Certificate" means a certificate which authorizes a natural person or...
NRS 435.176 - "Jobs and day training services" defined. - "Jobs and day training services" means individualized services for day...
NRS 435.179 - "Nonprofit organization" defined. - "Nonprofit organization" means a partnership, firm, corporation or association that...
NRS 435.220 - Regulations; agreements with public and private agencies for provision of services; preference to agency that provides certain training and experience. - 1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations governing jobs and day...
NRS 435.225 - Certificate required to provide services; application for issuance or renewal of certificate to include provision regarding preference for employment. - 1. A partnership, firm, corporation or association, including, without limitation,...
NRS 435.227 - Conditions of certification. - Before being issued a certificate by the Division pursuant to...
NRS 435.229 - Application for renewal of certificate to include information relating to state business license; renewal of certificate prohibited in certain circumstances. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...
NRS 435.235 - Division authorized to conduct investigations; employment of personnel. - The Division may: 1. Upon receipt of an application for...
NRS 435.241 - Division authorized to bring action to enjoin provision of services. - 1. The Division may bring an action in the name...
NRS 435.245 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate; grounds for denial of certificate; duties of Division. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proce... - 1. A natural person who applies for the issuance or...
NRS 435.247 - Application for issuance of certificate: Social security number required. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricti... - The application of a natural person who applies for the...
NRS 435.249 - Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to e... - 1. If the Division receives a copy of a court...
NRS 435.270 - Gifts and grants of money: Use; deposit. - 1. All gifts or grants of money which the Division...
NRS 435.305 - Conditions under which provider of services may enter into arrangement to provide for employment of person under 25 years of age for less than state minimum wage; regulations concerning documentation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a provider...
NRS 435.310 - Contract between provider of services and county and school officials and public and private agencies; prohibition against certain contracts. - A provider of jobs and day training services certified pursuant...
NRS 435.3305 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 435.3305 to 435.339, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 435.331 - "Certificate" defined. - "Certificate" means a certificate to provide supported living arrangement services...
NRS 435.3315 - "Supported living arrangement services" defined. - "Supported living arrangement services" means flexible, individualized services provided in...
NRS 435.332 - Certificate required to provide services; holder authorized to provide services to certain persons. - 1. No partnership, firm, corporation, association, state or local government...
NRS 435.333 - Regulations; agreements with public and private agencies for provision of services. - 1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations governing supported living arrangement...
NRS 435.3335 - Application for renewal of certificate to include information relating to state business license; renewal of certificate prohibited in certain circumstances. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...
NRS 435.334 - Fees for certificate. - 1. The Division may, by regulation, prescribe a fee for:...
NRS 435.335 - Division authorized to conduct investigations; employment of personnel. - The Division may: 1. Upon receipt of an application for...
NRS 435.336 - Division authorized to bring action to enjoin provision of services. - 1. The Division may bring an action in the name...
NRS 435.337 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate; grounds for denial of certificate; duties of Division. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proce... - 1. A natural person who applies for the issuance or...
NRS 435.338 - Application for issuance of certificate: Social security number required. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricti... - The application of a natural person who applies for the...
NRS 435.339 - Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to e... - 1. If the Division receives a copy of a court...
NRS 435.3395 - Petition for review of criminal history to determine if person is disqualified from obtaining certificate; Division to develop and implement process for submitting petition; requirements; fees; quarterly reports. - 1. The Division shall develop and implement a process by...
NRS 435.340 - Legal capacity of person with an intellectual disability or person with a developmental disability unimpaired unless adjudicated incapacitated. - Neither voluntary admission nor judicial commitment nor any other procedure...
NRS 435.350 - Rights of person admitted to division facility. - 1. Each person with an intellectual disability and each person...
NRS 435.360 - Responsibility for costs of care and treatment of person 18 years of age or older. - 1. The relatives of a consumer with an intellectual disability...
NRS 435.365 - Assistance to parent or other relative caring for certain persons with intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities or young child with certain developmental delays: Eligibility; regulations; waiting list; final administrativ... - 1. To the extent that money is available for that...
NRS 435.370 - Programs for residential placement and foster care by families. - The Division may make such rules and regulations and enter...
NRS 435.375 - Cooperative agreement with Rehabilitation Division to provide long-term support; regulations. - 1. The Division shall enter into a cooperative agreement with...
NRS 435.380 - Intellectual and Developmental Disability Gift Account. - 1. All gifts or grants of money which the Division...
NRS 435.390 - Canteen for division facility: Establishment and operation. - 1. The administrative officer of any division facility where persons...
NRS 435.400 - Designation. - 1. The division facilities providing services for persons with intellectual...
NRS 435.410 - Administration of facilities of Division. - The provisions of this chapter pertaining to division facilities must...
NRS 435.411 - Administrative officer: Qualifications. - The administrative officer of a facility of the Division must:...
NRS 435.412 - Administrative officer: Powers and duties. - The administrative officers have the following powers and duties, subject...
NRS 435.413 - Administrative officer: Other employment prohibited; exceptions. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, an administrative officer...
NRS 435.415 - Licensing or certification of certain employees of Division. - Any person employed by the Division as a psychiatrist, psychologist,...
NRS 435.420 - Proficiency in English language required of certain employees. - The Administrator shall not employ any psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker...
NRS 435.425 - Program for certification of intellectual and developmental disability technicians. - 1. The Division shall carry out a vocational and educational...
NRS 435.430 - Adoption of regulations concerning care and treatment by public and private facilities and to promote programs. - 1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations: (a) For the care...
NRS 435.435 - Adoption of regulations concerning abuse and neglect of consumers. - The Administrator shall adopt regulations to: 1. Provide for a...
NRS 435.440 - Adoption of regulations concerning consumers. - The Division may adopt regulations: 1. To define the term...
NRS 435.442 - Training and education concerning sexual abuse. - The Division shall ensure that each facility to which a...
NRS 435.445 - Inspection of facility. - The Division or its designated agent may inspect any division...
NRS 435.450 - Division facility required to forward patient’s medical records upon transfer of patient from facility. - 1. If a patient in a division facility is transferred...
NRS 435.455 - Contracts with hospital or other institution for care of persons. - The Division may, by contract with hospitals or other institutions...
NRS 435.460 - Contract with persons professionally qualified in field of psychiatric mental health for care of persons. - The Division may contract with appropriate persons professionally qualified in...
NRS 435.465 - Contracts for cooperation with governmental agencies and others. - For the purposes of this chapter, the Department through the...
NRS 435.470 - Involuntary court-ordered admission to private institution not precluded. - Nothing in this chapter precludes the involuntary court-ordered admission of...
NRS 435.475 - State not responsible for payment of costs of care and treatment at other facility; exceptions. - The State is not responsible for payment of the costs...
NRS 435.480 - Legislative appropriations; payment of claims. - Money to carry out the provisions of this chapter must...
NRS 435.485 - Acceptance by Department of money from other sources. - For the purposes of this chapter, the Department may accept:...
NRS 435.490 - Acceptance by Administrator of donations, gifts and grants for disbursement to certain programs; contract for services for evaluation and recommendation of recipients for disbursements. - 1. Upon approval of the Director of the Department, the...
NRS 435.495 - Schedule of fees for services rendered through programs supported by State; disposition of receipts; amount of fee for services of facility. - 1. The Division shall establish a fee schedule for services...
NRS 435.500 - Fees of physicians and other professionally qualified employees of facility. - 1. Physicians and other professional staff employed within any division...
NRS 435.505 - Intellectual and developmental disability center revolving accounts. - An intellectual and developmental disability center revolving account up to...
NRS 435.510 - Determination of residence. - For the purposes of this chapter, the residence of a...
NRS 435.515 - Reciprocal agreement for returning consumers to legal residence; investigation and report concerning residence. - 1. For the purpose of facilitating the return of nonresident...
NRS 435.520 - Expenses of returning consumer to legal residence. - 1. All expenses incurred for the purpose of returning a...
NRS 435.525 - Compliance with reciprocal agreements; acceptance for admission to division facility. - The Administrator shall: 1. Comply with any agreements made by...
NRS 435.530 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 435.530 to 435.615, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 435.535 - "Administrative officer" defined. - "Administrative officer" means a person with overall executive and administrative...
NRS 435.540 - "Facility" defined. - "Facility" means any: 1. Unit or subunit operated by the...
NRS 435.545 - "Rights" defined. - "Rights" includes, without limitation, all rights provided to a consumer...
NRS 435.550 - Right to habeas corpus unimpaired. - This chapter does not limit the right of any person...
NRS 435.555 - Rights concerning admission and discharge of consumers. - 1. Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to...
NRS 435.560 - Rights concerning involuntary commitment. - 1. Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to...
NRS 435.565 - Personal rights. - Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to a...
NRS 435.570 - Rights concerning care, treatment and training. - Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to a...
NRS 435.575 - Individualized plan of services for consumer. - 1. An individualized written plan of intellectual disability services or...
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,...
NRS 435.585 - Right to information; inspection and copying of records. - 1. A consumer or the consumer’s legal guardian must be:...
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...
NRS 435.595 - Labor by consumer: Conditions; compensation. - 1. A consumer may perform labor which contributes to the...
NRS 435.600 - Rights concerning suspension or violation of rights. - Each consumer admitted for evaluation, treatment or training to a...
NRS 435.605 - Document reflecting receipt of list of rights and explanation of rights. - Each facility shall, within a reasonable time after a consumer...
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...
NRS 435.615 - Retaliation by officer, director or employee of facility prohibited. - An officer, director or employee of a facility shall not...
NRS 435.620 - Personal deposit funds for consumers. - 1. There may be maintained as a trust fund at...
NRS 435.625 - Disposition of personal property of consumer upon death. - Whenever any person admitted to a division facility dies, the...
NRS 435.630 - Disposition of unclaimed personal property of consumer worth more than $100. - If a person admitted to a division facility is discharged...
NRS 435.635 - Disposition of unclaimed personal property of minimal value. - If, upon the death or release of a person admitted...
NRS 435.640 - Notification of death of consumer; burial. - 1. Upon the death of a consumer, any known relatives...
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...
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...
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...
NRS 435.660 - Special agreement for support of consumer adjudicated incapacitated; advance payments. - 1. The administrative officers of the respective division facilities may...
NRS 435.665 - Collection of fees by legal action and other methods. - 1. If the consumer, his or her responsible relative pursuant...
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...
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...
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...
NRS 435.710 - Transfer of nonresident to state of residence. - 1. If any person involuntarily court-admitted to any division facility...