Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts
NRS 450.470 - Room for examination of persons alleged to be in mental health crisis; room for custodial supervision of persons in mental health crisis and dangerous persons.

1. If the county hospital is located at the county seat, the board of hospital trustees shall, at all times, provide a suitable room that may be used for the examination of persons who are alleged to be persons in a mental health crisis and who are to be brought before the judge of the district court for proceedings to determine the issue of involuntary court-ordered admission as provided in chapter 433A of NRS. This section does not prohibit or limit the examination of persons alleged to be persons in a mental health crisis at a private hospital as provided in chapter 433A of NRS.
2. The board of trustees of such a county hospital, in cooperation with the local law enforcement agencies, may provide a suitable room that may be used for the custodial supervision of persons who are alleged to:
(a) Be persons in a mental health crisis; or
(b) Be dangerous to themselves or others.
[13:169:1929; NCL § 2237]—(NRS A 1967, 1679; 1975, 1634; 1993, 834; 2021, 3112)

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