Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 62C - Procedure Before Adjudication
NRS 62C.035 - Screening required for child detained in facility for detention of children; time and method for conducting screening.

1. Each child who is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer and detained in a local facility for the detention of children while awaiting a detention hearing pursuant to NRS 62C.040 or 62C.050 must be screened to determine whether the child:
(a) Is in need of mental health services; or
(b) Has an alcohol or other substance use disorder.
2. The facility in which the child is detained shall cause the screening required pursuant to subsection 1 to be conducted as soon as practicable after the child has been detained in the facility.
3. The method for conducting the screening required pursuant to subsection 1 must satisfy the requirements of NRS 62E.516.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1035; A 2017, 4387)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 62C - Procedure Before Adjudication

NRS 62C.010 - Grounds for taking child into custody; notification of parent or guardian of child and probation officer; release or further detention of child.

NRS 62C.013 - Disclosure of rights required before initiating custodial interrogation of child.

NRS 62C.015 - Treatment of child who engages in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution or who engages in certain unlawful acts in connection with commercial sexual exploitation; report of commercial sexual exploitation to agency which provides...

NRS 62C.020 - Conditions and limitations on releasing child who is detained for committing certain acts involving domestic violence, stalking, aggravated stalking, harassment or sexual assault.

NRS 62C.030 - Conditions and limitations on detaining child in certain facilities; temporary placement of child excluded from jurisdiction of juvenile court or certified for criminal proceedings as adult.

NRS 62C.035 - Screening required for child detained in facility for detention of children; time and method for conducting screening.

NRS 62C.040 - Detention hearing required for child alleged to be delinquent within certain period; written consent of juvenile court required for release after such hearing.