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 or hospital under one of the various forms of admission prescribed by law, the parent or legal guardian of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability who is a minor or the spouse of a person with an intellectual […]
NRS 435.660 – Special agreement for support of consumer adjudicated incapacitated; advance payments.
1. The administrative officers of the respective division facilities may enter into special agreements secured by properly executed bonds with the relatives, guardians or friends of consumers who are adjudicated incapacitated for subsistence, care or other expenses of such consumers. Each agreement and bond must be to the State of Nevada and any action to […]
NRS 435.665 – Collection of fees by legal action and other methods.
1. If the consumer, his or her responsible relative pursuant to NRS 435.655, guardian or the estate neglects or refuses to pay the cost of treatment to the division facility rendering service pursuant to the fee schedule established under NRS 435.495, the State is entitled to recover by appropriate legal action all sums due, plus […]
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 a consumer admitted to a division facility by a person not on the staff of the facility, whether rendered while the consumer is in a hospital, an outpatient of a hospital or treated outside any hospital, must be paid by the consumer, the guardian or […]
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 with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities may return a prescription drug that is dispensed to a patient of the facility, but will not be used by that patient, to the dispensing pharmacy for the purpose of reissuing the drug to fill other prescriptions […]
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 transfer to a hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other facility of the United States Government any admitted consumer eligible for treatment therein. If the consumer in any manner objects to the transfer, the medical director of the facility shall enter the objection […]
NRS 435.710 – Transfer of nonresident to state of residence.
1. If any person involuntarily court-admitted to any division facility is found by the court not to be a resident of this State and to be a resident of another state, the person may be transferred to the state of his or her residence pursuant to NRS 435.515 if an appropriate institution of that state […]
NRS 435.605 – Document reflecting receipt of list of rights and explanation of rights.
Each facility shall, within a reasonable time after a consumer is admitted to the facility for evaluation, treatment or training, ask the consumer to sign a document that reflects that the consumer has received a list of the consumer’s rights and has had those rights explained to him or her. (Added to NRS by 2013, […]
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 must not be denied except to protect the consumer’s health and safety or to protect the health and safety of others, or both. Any denial of those rights in any facility must be entered in the consumer’s record of treatment, and notice of the denial […]
NRS 435.615 – Retaliation by officer, director or employee of facility prohibited.
An officer, director or employee of a facility shall not retaliate against any person for having: 1. Reported any violation of law; or 2. Provided information regarding a violation of law, by the facility or a staff member of the facility. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3026)