NRS 200.5091 – Policy of State.

It is the policy of this State to provide for the cooperation of law enforcement officials, courts of competent jurisdiction and all appropriate state agencies providing human services in identifying the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of older persons and vulnerable persons through the complete reporting of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of […]

NRS 200.5092 – Definitions.

As used in NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Abandonment” means: (a) Desertion of an older person or a vulnerable person in an unsafe manner by a caretaker or other person with a legal duty of care; or (b) Withdrawal of necessary assistance owed to an older person or a […]

NRS 200.50925 – “Reasonable cause to believe” and “as soon as reasonably practicable” defined.

For the purposes of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, a person: 1. Has “reasonable cause to believe” if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, […]

NRS 200.5093 – Report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person; voluntary and mandatory reports; investigation; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person; voluntary and mandatory reports; investigation; penalty. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

1. Any person who is described in subsection 4 and who, in a professional or occupational capacity, knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an older person or vulnerable person has been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned shall: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, report the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or […]

NRS 200.5094 – Reports: Manner of making; contents.

1. A person may make a report pursuant to NRS 200.5093 by telephone or, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, by any other means of oral, written or electronic communication that a reasonable person would believe, under […]

NRS 200.5095 – Reports and records confidential; permissible or required disclosure; penalty. [Effective until the date on which the Nevada Certification Board, or its successor organization, ceases certifying peer recovery support specialists or peer recovery support specialist supervisors.] Reports and records confidential; permissible or required disclosure; penalty. [Effective on the date on which the Nevada Certification Board, or its successor organization, ceases certifying peer recovery support specialists or peer recovery support specialist supervisors.]

1. Reports made pursuant to NRS 200.5093 and 200.5094, and records and investigations relating to those reports, are confidential. 2. A person, law enforcement agency or public or private agency, institution or facility who willfully releases data or information concerning the reports and investigation of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older persons […]

NRS 200.50955 – Law enforcement agency: Required to act promptly in obtaining certain warrants.

A law enforcement agency shall promptly seek to obtain a warrant for the arrest of any person the agency has probable cause to believe is criminally responsible for the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1348; A 2005, 1112; 2015, 811)

NRS 200.5096 – Immunity from civil or criminal liability for reporting, investigating or submitting information; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, immunity from civil or criminal liability extends to every person who, pursuant to NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, in good faith: (a) Participates in the making of a report; (b) Causes or conducts an investigation of alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person […]

NRS 200.5097 – Admissibility of evidence.

In any proceeding resulting from a report made or action taken pursuant to NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, or in any other proceeding, the report or its contents or any other fact related thereto or to the condition of the older person or vulnerable person who is the subject of the report may not be […]

NRS 200.5098 – Duties of Aging and Disability Services Division of Department of Health and Human Services regarding older persons or vulnerable persons; organization and operation of teams for provision of assistance.

1. The Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services shall: (a) Identify and record demographic information on the older person or vulnerable person who is alleged to have been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned and the person who is alleged to be responsible for such abuse, neglect, exploitation, […]

NRS 200.50981 – Sheriff to designate point of contact for Aging and Disability Services Division of Department of Health and Human Services.

1. The sheriff of each county shall designate one employee as a point of contact for the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services. 2. Upon the request of the Aging and Disability Services Division, the employee designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall offer consultation and advice to the […]

NRS 200.50982 – Disclosure of information concerning reports and investigations to other agencies or legal representative of older person or vulnerable person; disclosure of information concerning suspect in investigation of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person.

1. The provisions of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, do not prohibit: (a) An agency which is investigating a report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment, or which provides protective services, from disclosing data or information concerning the reports and investigations of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or […]

NRS 200.50984 – Inspection of records pertaining to older person or vulnerable person on whose behalf investigation is conducted.

1. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the local office of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services and a county’s office for protective services, if one exists in the county where a violation is alleged to have occurred, may for the purpose of investigating an alleged […]

NRS 200.50986 – Petition for removal of guardian of older person or vulnerable person.

The local office of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services or the county’s office for protective services may petition a court in accordance with NRS 159.185, 159.1853 or 159.1905 for the removal of the guardian of an older person or vulnerable person, or the termination or modification […]

NRS 200.5099 – Penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, any person who abuses an older person or a vulnerable person is guilty: (a) For the first offense, of either of the following, as determined by the court: (1) A category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130; or (2) A gross misdemeanor […]

NRS 200.50995 – Penalties for conspiracy.

1. A person who conspires with another to commit abuse, exploitation or isolation of an older person or a vulnerable person as prohibited by NRS 200.5099 shall be punished: (a) For the first offense, for a gross misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of […]