NRS426.550. Administrator as head of Bureau; powers and duties of Bureau.

      1.  The Bureau must be headed by the Administrator.

      2.  The Bureau shall:

      (a) Assist persons who are blind in achieving physical and psychological orientation, inform persons who are blind of available services, stimulate and assist persons who are blind in achieving social and economic independence, and do all things which will ameliorate the condition of persons who are blind.

      (b) Provide intensive programs of case finding, education, training, job findings and placement, physical restoration, and such other services and equipment as may assist in rendering persons who are blind more self-supporting and socially independent.

      3.  The Bureau may:

      (a) Provide for treatment or operations to prevent blindness or restore vision to applicants for or recipients of services to persons who are blind who request and make written application for such treatment or operation; and

      (b) Pay for all necessary expenses incurred in connection with the diagnosis and treatment provided under paragraph (a). Necessary expenses must include the costs of guide service, maintenance while the patient is away from his or her home, transportation to the eye physician or hospital and return to his or her home, and the cost of nursing home care when such care is necessary.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 782; A 1959, 148; 1963, 318, 1183; 1965, 771; 1967, 1162; 1973, 1388; 1975, 1008; 2005, 114, 627)