Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 458 - Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders
NRS 458.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division.
2. "Civil protective custody" means a custodial placement of a person to protect the health or safety of the person. Civil protective custody does not have any criminal implication.
3. "Detoxification technician" means a person who is certified by the Division to provide screening for the safe withdrawal from alcohol and other drugs.
4. "Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
5. "Facility" means a physical structure used for the education, prevention and treatment, including mental and physical restoration, of persons with alcohol or other substance use disorders.
6. "Person with an alcohol or other substance use disorder" means a person whose consumption of alcohol or other drugs, or any combination thereof, interferes with or adversely affects the ability of the person to function socially or economically.
7. "Person with an alcohol use disorder" means any person who habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person endangers the health, safety or welfare of himself or herself or any other person or group of persons.
8. "Program for alcohol or other substance use disorders" means a project concerned with education, prevention and treatment directed toward achieving the mental and physical restoration of persons with an alcohol or other substance use disorder.
9. "Treatment provider" means a public or private agency, residential treatment center, facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders, voluntary organization which is certified by the Division or a practitioner licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 641, 641A, 641B or 641C of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 306; A 1963, 966; 1967, 1174; 1973, 1060, 1399; 1975, 228; 1977, 1223; 1993, 1628; 1997, 3076; 1999, 1266, 1874, 3065, 3066, 3077; 2001, 418, 440, 1909, 2519; 2003, 1168, 1454; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 56, 57; 2011, 2854; 2013, 3063; 2015, 745, 2278)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 458 - Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders

NRS 458.010 - Definitions.

NRS 458.025 - Operation of state plan; certification of detoxification technicians, facilities and programs. [Effective through June 30, 2026.] Operation of state plan; certification of detoxification technicians, facilities and programs. [Effective...

NRS 458.0255 - Expedited certificate by endorsement as detoxification technician: Requirements; procedure for issuance.

NRS 458.0256 - Expedited certificate by endorsement as detoxification technician for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on ap...

NRS 458.0258 - Certification of detoxification technician: Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining certificate; fee; posting of requirements for certificate and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report.

NRS 458.026 - Certification of detoxification technician: Statement by applicant concerning payment of child support; grounds for denial of certification; duty of Administrator. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal...

NRS 458.027 - Certification of detoxification technician: Suspension of certification for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certification. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C....

NRS 458.028 - Certification of detoxification technician: Application to include social security number. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspend...