1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations: (a) For the care and treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities by all state agencies and facilities, and their referral to private facilities; (b) To ensure continuity in the care and treatment provided to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities in […]
The Administrator shall adopt regulations to: 1. Provide for a more detailed definition of abuse of a consumer of the Division, consistent with the general definition given in NRS 435.645; 2. Provide for a more detailed definition of neglect of a consumer of the Division, consistent with the general definition given in NRS 435.645; and […]
The Division may adopt regulations: 1. To define the term “consumer” for the purposes of this chapter. 2. To specify the circumstances under which a consumer is eligible to receive services from the Division pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, care, treatment and training. Regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection must specify […]
The Division shall ensure that each facility to which a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability is able to be admitted pursuant to this chapter provides: 1. Training to each employee of the facility regarding the protocol that must be followed if the employee becomes aware of any sexual […]
The Division or its designated agent may inspect any division facility providing services for persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities to determine if the facility is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3017; A 2017, 2826)
1. If a patient in a division facility is transferred to another division facility or to a medical facility, a facility for the dependent or a physician licensed to practice medicine, the division facility shall forward a copy of the medical records of the patient, on or before the date the patient is transferred, to […]
The Division may, by contract with hospitals or other institutions having adequate facilities in the State of Nevada, provide for inpatient care of persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3017; A 2017, 2826; 2019, 2646)
The Division may contract with appropriate persons professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health to provide inpatient and outpatient care for persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities when it appears that they can be treated best in that manner. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3017; A 2017, 2826)
For the purposes of this chapter, the Department through the Division may cooperate, financially or otherwise, and execute contracts or agreements with the Federal Government, any federal department or agency, any other state department or agency, a county, a city, a public district or any political subdivision of this state, a public or private corporation, […]
Nothing in this chapter precludes the involuntary court-ordered admission of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability to a private institution where such admission is authorized by law. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3018; A 2017, 2826)
The State is not responsible for payment of the costs of care and treatment of persons admitted to a facility not operated by the Division except where, before admission, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee authorizes the expenditure of state money for such purpose. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3018)
