NRS441A.620. Hearing on petition; notice; release of person before hearing.

      1.  Immediately after receiving any petition filed pursuant to NRS 441A.600 or 441A.610, the clerk of the district court shall transmit the petition to the appropriate district judge, who shall set a time, date and place for its hearing. The date must be within 5 judicial days after the date on which the petition is received by the clerk.

      2.  The court shall give notice of the petition and of the time, date and place of any proceedings thereon to the subject of the petition, his or her attorney, if known, the petitioner and the administrative office of any public or private medical facility in which the subject of the petition is detained.

      3.  The provisions of this section do not preclude a health authority from ordering the release from isolation or quarantine of a person before the time set pursuant to this section for the hearing concerning the person, if appropriate.

      4.  After the filing of a petition pursuant to NRS 441A.600 or 441A.610 and before any court-ordered involuntary isolation or quarantine, a health authority shall file notice with the court of any order of the health authority issued after the petition was filed to release the person from emergency isolation or quarantine, upon which the court may dismiss the petition without prejudice.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2202)