Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE39 MENTAL HEALTH |
CHAPTER433A. Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Programs of Community-Based or Outpatient Services; Hospitalization |
HOSPITALIZATION |
NRS433A.350. Information to be furnished to consumer upon admission to facility or program.
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1. Upon admission to any public or private mental health facility or to a program of community-based or outpatient services, each consumer and the consumer’s spouse and legal guardian, if any, must receive a written statement outlining in simple, nontechnical language all procedures for release provided by this chapter, setting out all rights accorded to such a consumer by this chapter and chapters 433 and 433B of NRS and, if the consumer has no legal guardian, describing procedures provided by law for adjudication of incompetency and appointment of a guardian for the consumer.
2. Written information regarding the services provided by and means of contacting the local office of an agency or organization that receives money from the Federal Government pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 10801 et seq., to protect and advocate the rights of persons with mental illnesses must be posted in each public and private mental health facility and in each location in which a program of community-based or outpatient services is provided and must be provided to each consumer upon admission.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1610; A 1993, 2115, 2722; 1995, 676; 2011, 427; 2013, 3494)