CHAPTER433. General Provisions  


DECLARATION OF INTENT FOR CHAPTERS 433 TO 433C, INCLUSIVE, OF NRS
NRS 433.003. Declaration of legislative intent.
DEFINITIONS FOR CHAPTERS 433 TO 433C, INCLUSIVE, OF NRS
NRS 433.005. Definitions.
NRS 433.014. “Administrative officer” defined.
NRS 433.024. “Administrator” defined.
NRS 433.047. “Commission” defined.
NRS 433.064. “Department” defined.
NRS 433.074. “Director of the Department” defined.
NRS 433.084. “Division” defined.
NRS 433.094. “Division facility” defined.
NRS 433.099. “Intellectual disability” defined.
NRS 433.134. “Medical director” defined.
NRS 433.144. “Mental health center” defined.
NRS 433.164. “Mental illness” defined.
NRS 433.174. “Mental retardation” defined.
NRS 433.184. “Mental retardation center” defined. [Repealed]
NRS 433.209. “Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health” defined.
NRS 433.211. “Persons with related conditions” defined.
NRS 433.214. “Training” defined. [Repealed]
NRS 433.224. “Treatment” defined.
NRS 433.227. “Treatment to competency” defined.
DIVISION OF PUBLIC AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Facilities of Division
NRS 433.233. Designation.
Personnel of Division
NRS 433.234. Administration of facilities of Division.
NRS 433.244. Administrator: Qualifications; classification.
NRS 433.254. Administrator: Powers and duties.
NRS 433.259. Administrator: Delegation of power, duty or function.
NRS 433.262. Medical director responsible to Chief Medical Officer.
NRS 433.264. Physicians: Employment; qualifications; compensation; duties.
NRS 433.265. Licensing or certification of certain employees of Division.
NRS 433.267. Limitation on time for certification of psychiatrist employed by Division.
NRS 433.269. Proficiency in English language required of certain employees.
NRS 433.279. Program for certification of mental health technicians.
Commission on Behavioral Health
NRS 433.314. Duties.
NRS 433.316. Powers.
NRS 433.317. Appointment of subcommittee on the mental health of children; duties; compensation to extent of available funding.
NRS 433.318. Appointment of subcommittee or advisory committee; member qualifications; duties; compensation to extent of available funding.
NRS 433.324. Regulations.
NRS 433.325. Inspection of facility.
NRS 433.327. Right of certain employees of Department to submit information or requests to Commission or appear before Commission.
Powers and Duties
NRS 433.331. Adoption of regulations concerning abuse and neglect of consumers.
NRS 433.3315. Adoption of regulations concerning consumers.
NRS 433.332. Division facility required to forward patient’s medical records upon transfer of patient from facility.
NRS 433.334. Contract with general hospital or other institution for care of consumers.
NRS 433.344. Contracts with persons professionally qualified in field of psychiatric mental health for care of persons.
NRS 433.354. Contracts for cooperation with governmental entities and others; effect of payments to Division for such cooperation; immunity from and limitations on liability not waived.
NRS 433.364. Involuntary court-ordered admission to private institution not precluded.
NRS 433.374. State not responsible for payment of costs of care and treatment at other facility; exceptions.
Finance
NRS 433.384. Legislative appropriations; payment of claims.
NRS 433.394. Acceptance by Department of money from other sources.
NRS 433.395. Acceptance by Administrator of donations, gifts and grants for disbursement to certain programs; contract for services for evaluation and recommendation of recipients for disbursements.
NRS 433.404. Schedule of fees for services rendered through programs supported by State; disposition of receipts; amount of fee for services of facility.
NRS 433.414. Fees of physicians and other professionally qualified employees of facility.
NRS 433.424. Mental health center revolving accounts.
CONSUMERS
Residence
NRS 433.431. Definitions.
NRS 433.434. Determination of residence.
NRS 433.444. Reciprocal agreement for returning consumers to legal residence; investigation and report concerning residence.
NRS 433.454. Expenses of returning consumer to legal residence.
Consumers’ Rights
NRS 433.456. Definitions.
NRS 433.458. “Administrative officer” defined.
NRS 433.461. “Facility” defined.
NRS 433.462. “Rights” defined.
NRS 433.464. Right to habeas corpus unimpaired.
NRS 433.471. Rights concerning admission and discharge of consumers.
NRS 433.472. Rights concerning involuntary commitment.
NRS 433.482. Personal rights.
NRS 433.484. Rights concerning care, treatment and training.
NRS 433.494. Individualized plan of services for consumer.
NRS 433.496. Basis for decisions, policies, procedures and practices regarding emergency admissions and involuntary court-ordered admissions.
NRS 433.504. Right to information; inspection and copying of records.
NRS 433.514. Medication: Responsibility of psychiatrist and physician; review of methods for administration and custody.
NRS 433.524. Labor by consumer: Conditions; compensation.
NRS 433.531. Rights concerning suspension or violation of rights.
NRS 433.533. Document reflecting receipt of list of rights and explanation of rights.
NRS 433.534. Denial of rights prohibited; exceptions; report; investigation and action by Commission; closure of meeting in certain circumstances.
NRS 433.536. Retaliation by officer, director or employee of facility prohibited.
Safekeeping of Consumer’s Money and Other Personal Property
NRS 433.538. Definitions.
NRS 433.539. Personal deposit funds for consumers.
NRS 433.541. Disposition of personal property of consumer upon death.
NRS 433.542. Disposition of unclaimed personal property of consumer worth more than $100.
NRS 433.543. Disposition of unclaimed personal property of minimal value.
Deaths and Burials
NRS 433.544. Notification of death of consumer; burial.
USE OF RESTRAINTS AND INTERVENTIONS
NRS 433.545. Definitions.
NRS 433.5453. “Aversive intervention” defined.
NRS 433.5456. “Chemical restraint” defined.
NRS 433.546. “Corporal punishment” defined.
NRS 433.5463. “Electric shock” defined.
NRS 433.5466. “Emergency” defined.
NRS 433.547. “Mechanical restraint” defined.
NRS 433.5473. “Person with a disability” defined.
NRS 433.5476. “Physical restraint” defined.
NRS 433.548. “Verbal and mental abuse” defined.
NRS 433.5483. Use of aversive intervention on consumer prohibited.
NRS 433.5486. Use of physical, mechanical or chemical restraint on consumer by facility authorized in certain circumstances.
NRS 433.549. Use of physical, mechanical or chemical restraint on consumer by person employed by facility prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 433.5493. Use of physical restraint on consumer; requirements; exceptions; report as denial of rights.
NRS 433.5496. Use of mechanical restraint on consumer other than consumer of forensic facility; requirements; exceptions; report as denial of rights.
NRS 433.5499. Use of mechanical restraint on consumer of forensic facility; requirements; exceptions; report as denial of rights.
NRS 433.5503. Use of chemical restraint on consumer; requirements; report as denial of rights.
NRS 433.5506. Facility required to develop program of education in positive behavioral interventions and supports; facility required to train certain members of staff to use physical, mechanical and chemical restraint.
NRS 433.551. Facility required to report violations to Division and to develop corrective plan; Division required to forward corrective plan to Director of Department; power of Department to withhold funding.
UNLAWFUL ACTS
NRS 433.554. Abuse of consumer; failure to report abuse; possession or use of intoxicating beverage or controlled substance; transaction with consumer; aiding escape of consumer; penalties.
NRS 433.564. Unlawful sale or transfer of intoxicating beverage on grounds of division facility.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
NRS 433.801. Return of prescription drug to dispensing pharmacy for reissuance or transfer of drug; reissuance or transfer of drug by dispensing pharmacy; regulations.