1. by any method other than a separate judicial proceeding resulting in a

1. determination of incompetency, wherein the civil and legal rights forfeited

1. and the legal disabilities imposed are specifically stated; and

1. 2. To charge the division of mental health and developmental services,

1. and the division of child and family services, of the department with

1. recognizing their duty to act in the best interests of their respective clients

1. providing those experiences that will enable the individual to:

1. 1. Develop his physical, intellectual, social and emotional capacities to

1. the fullest extent;

1. 2. Live in an environment that is conducive to personal dignity; and

1. 3. Continue development of those skills, habits and attitudes essential

(a) Desert regional center;

(b) Sierra regional center; and

1. (c) Rural regional center.

3. Division facilities established after July 1, 1981, must be named by

1. responsibility for:

1. (a) Administering or carrying out specific therapeutic procedures,

1. techniques or treatments, excluding medical interventions, to enable clients

1. to make optimal use of their therapeutic regime, their social and personal

1. resources, and their residential care; or

(b) The application of interpersonal and technical skills in the

observation and recognition of symptoms and reactions of clients, for the

accurate recording of such symptoms and reactions, and for carrying out

treatments authorized by members of the interdisciplinary team that

1. and property.

1. 5. Take appropriate steps to increase the availability of and to enhance

1. the quality of the care and treatment of the mentally ill and mentally

1. agencies, hospitals and clinics.

1. 6. Promote programs for the treatment of the mentally ill and mentally

1. promote the development of facilities for training persons to provide

1. provided.

1. 8. Establish and maintain an appropriate program which provides

1. information to the general public concerning mental illness and mental

1. public in the decisions concerning the policy on mental illness and mental

1. and prevention of that illness.

1. 10. Establish programs to prevent or postpone the commitment of

1. residents of this state to facilities for the treatment of the mentally ill and

1. facilities, and their referral to private facilities;

1. (b) To ensure continuity in the care and treatment provided to mentally

1. this state; and

1. (c) Necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the facilities of

1. the division.

1. 2. The commission may adopt regulations to promote programs

1. with the provisions of this Title and any regulations adopted pursuant to

1. received pursuant to this section to programs that provide services to

1. established must approximate the cost of providing the service, but if a

1. client is unable to pay in full the fee established pursuant to this section, the

1. developed for each client of each facility. The plan must provide for the

1. least restrictive treatment procedure that may reasonably be expected to

1. benefit the client.

1. 2. The plan must be kept current and must be modified when indicated.

1. The plan must be thoroughly reviewed at least once every 3 months.

1. 3. The person in charge of implementing the plan of services must be

1. private residence which will house a small number of persons in a homelike

1. atmosphere.

1. 3. "Parent" means the parent of a child. The term does not include the

1. parent of a person who has attained the age of 18 years.

1. respective counties.

1. 2. For that purpose they are empowered to make all necessary contracts

1. and agreements to carry out the provisions of NRS 435.010 to 435.040,

1. inclusive. Any such contract or agreement may be made with any

1. responsible person or facility in or without the State of Nevada.

1. 3. The provisions of NRS 435.010 to 435.040, inclusive, supplement

1. the services which other political subdivisions or agencies of the state are

1. required by law to provide, and do not supersede or relieve the

1. inclusive:

1. 1. Who are unable to pay for their support and care;

1. 2. Whose parents, relatives or guardians are unable to pay for their

1. support and care; and

1. 3. If division facilities are to be utilized, whom the division recognizes

1. the proper county an application under oath stating:

1. (a) That the child meets the criteria set forth in NRS 435.020; and

1. (b) That the child requires services not otherwise required by law to be

1. provided to him by any other county, political subdivision or agency of this

1. or any other state.

1. 2. If the board of county commissioners is satisfied that the statements

1. made in the application are true, the board shall issue a certificate to that

1. effect.

1. 3. The board of county commissioners shall make necessary

1. pursuant to contract or agreement as designated in NRS 435.010 at the

1. expense of the county.

1. 4. A certificate of the board of county commissioners, when produced,

1. shall be the authority of any responsible person or facility in or without the

1. State of Nevada under contract with the board of county commissioners to

1. designated in NRS 435.010 may receive the resident from the

1. commissioners.

1. 2. The county of the child’s residence immediately preceding

1. transportation to the responsible person or facility and of the subsequent

1. care.

1. 3. If the child is a dependent child committed to the northern Nevada

1. children’s home or the southern Nevada children’s home under the

1. the parent or parents, and to recover by appropriate legal action if

1. 2. Subject to the provisions of subsection 3, when the associate

1. administrator for mental retardation determines that it is in the best interest

1. of the person, he may discharge, or place on convalescent leave, any

1. operated by the division.

1. in a facility operated by the division if:

1. and treatment;

1. (b) Space is available which is designed and equipped to provide

1. (d) There is written evidence that no less restrictive alternative is

1. available in his community.

1. be accepted at a division facility for emergency evaluation when the

1. evaluation is requested by a court. A person must not be retained pursuant

1. to this subsection for more than 10 working days.

1. is necessary because of the death or sudden disability of the parent or

1. guardian of the person. The person must not be retained pursuant to this

1. subsection for more than 45 days. Before the expiration of the 45-day

1. period the division shall report to the court its recommendations for

1. placement or treatment of the person. If less restrictive alternatives are not

1. available, the person may be admitted to the facility using the procedures

1. for voluntary or involuntary admission, as appropriate.

1. 4. A child may be received, cared for and examined at a division

1. facility for the mentally retarded for not more than 10 working days without

1. admission, if the examination is ordered by a court having jurisdiction of

1. the minor in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection

1. 1 of NRS 62.211 and subsection 1 of NRS 432B.560. At the end of the 10

1. days, the administrator or his designee shall report the result of the

1. examination to the court and shall detain the child until the further order of

1. services not available within the division. All expenses incurred under this

1. be paid by his parents or guardian to the extent of their reasonable financial

1. county from which a certificate was issued pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS

1. 435.030; and

1. by the parents or guardian to the extent of their reasonable financial ability

1. as determined by the administrator, and for the remainder, if any, the

1. division to another care facility operated by the division, the parent, parents

1. person.

1. 2. If no such order was entered by the committing court, the division

1. guardian to contribute.

1. 3. Any order for contribution entered under the provisions of

1. same effect as an order for contribution entered under the provisions of

1. enter into an agreement with the division providing for the contribution of

1. determined by the division to be reasonable. In determining the amount, the

1. division shall give consideration to the ability of the parent, parents or

1. guardian to make such a contribution, and may excuse the making of any

1. contribution.

1. 2. If the parent, parents or guardian fail or refuse to perform under the

1. terms of the agreement, the division is entitled to recover from the parent,

1. parents or guardian, by appropriate legal action, all sums due together with

1. interest.

1. 3. If the division determines that the parent, parents or guardian do not

1. have the ability to contribute an amount sufficient to pay for the care,

1. (a) Voluntary admission.

1. (b) Involuntary admission.

1. made on a form approved by the division and the attorney general. The

1. clerk of each district court in the state shall make the forms available to any

1. voluntary client. His parent or guardian or another responsible person may

1. submit the application on his behalf.

1. 2. If the person or a responsible party on behalf of the person objects to

1. voluntary admission, the procedure for involuntary admission may be

1. himself or others, his parent or guardian or another responsible person may

1. initiate proceedings for his involuntary admission to a mental retardation

1. center by petitioning the district court of the county where the person

1. resides. The petition must be accompanied by a certificate signed by a

1. physician or licensed psychologist experienced in the diagnosis of mental

1. within the preceding 30 days and has concluded that the person is mentally

1. he is a clear and present danger to himself or others and is in need of

1. physician or licensed psychologist promptly to examine the person who is

1. the subject of the petition or request an evaluation from the mental

1. to retain counsel to represent him in any proceeding before the district

1. court relating to his involuntary admission to a mental retardation center.

1. shall advise the person and his guardian, or closest living relative if such a

1. relative can be located, of the person’s right to have counsel.

1. 3. If the person fails or refuses to secure counsel, the court shall

1. appoint counsel to represent him. If the person is indigent, the counsel

1. appointed may be the public defender.

1. 4. Any counsel appointed by the court is entitled to fair and reasonable

1. compensation for his services. The compensation must be charged against

1. the property of the person for whom he was appointed. If the person is

1. indigent, the compensation must be charged against the county in which the

1. and is in need of institutional training and treatment;

1. (b) That appropriate space and programs are available at the mental

1. retardation center to which it is proposed that the person be admitted; and

1. (c) That there is no less restrictive alternative to admission to a mental

1. retardation center which would be consistent with the best interests of the

1. person,

1. the court shall by written order certify that the person is eligible for

1. involuntary admission to a mental retardation center.

1. 2. A certificate of eligibility for involuntary admission expires 12

1. months after the date of issuance if the client has not been discharged

1. earlier by the procedure provided in NRS 435.129. At the end of the 12-

1. month period, the administrative officer of the mental retardation center

1. programs to receive high quality care and training in an effort to help them

1. 435.130 to 435.320, inclusive, a center must:

1. 1. File an application with the division for a certificate of qualification,

1. which must include:

1. (a) The name and address of the center.

1. (b) The names, addresses and qualifications of the administrative

1. personnel of the center.

1. (c) An outline of the educational, occupational and therapeutic program

1. to be offered.

1. (d) The number of persons enrolled or expected.

1. (e) An affidavit that the center is nonsectarian and a nonprofit

1. (g) A complete and detailed proposed financial statement for the

1. operations for the coming year.

1. (h) Any other information which the division may require.

1. 2. Each year after the original application is made under subsection 1,

1. file an application for renewal of the certificate of qualification, which must

1. contain:

1. (a) The information required by subsection 1.

1. (b) The total number of members of the staff, persons enrolled, and days

1. of care and training that the center provided during the previous year.

1. (c) The number enrolled and days of care and training that the center

1. provided during the previous year to those enrolled who qualify for aid

1. under the terms of NRS 435.130 to 435.320, inclusive, and the standards

1. established by the division.

1. (d) A financial statement clearly showing all income received by the

1. center during the previous year and the sources thereof.

1. (e) Any other information that the division may require.

1. 3. Be inspected by a member or authorized agent of the division to

1. his full civil and legal rights by any method other than a separate judicial

1. proceeding resulting in a determination of incompetency wherein the civil

1. and legal rights forfeited and the legal disabilities imposed are specifically

1. in NRS 433.482 and 433.484.

1. 2. The administrator shall designate a person or persons to be

1. responsible for establishment of regulations relating to denial of rights of

1. person designated shall file the regulations with the administrator.

1. 3. Clients’ rights specified in NRS 433.482 and 433.484 may be denied

1. only for cause. Any denial of such rights must be entered in the client’s

1. administrator’s designee or designees as provided in subsection 2. Failure

1. to report denial of rights by an employee may be grounds for dismissal.

1. 4. Upon receipt of notice of a denial of rights as provided in subsection

1. 3, the administrator’s designee or designees shall cause a full report to be

1. prepared which sets forth in detail the factual circumstances surrounding

1. the commission.

1. 5. The commission has such powers and duties with respect to reports

1. parent or relative is eligible to receive assistance on a monthly basis from

1. the division for each such person who lives and is cared for in the home if

1. the division finds that:

1. diagnosed as having profound or severe mental retardation or, if he is under

1. 6 years of age, has developmental delays that require support that is

1. equivalent to the support required by a person with profound or severe

1. receiving adequate care; and

1. parent or other relative with whom he lives is not reasonably able to pay for

1. his care and support.

1. appropriation for each fiscal year.

1. 2. The division shall adopt regulations:

1. (a) Which establish a procedure of application for assistance;

1. (b) For determining the eligibility of an applicant pursuant to subsection

1. 1; and

1. (c) For determining the amount of assistance to be provided to an

1. eligible applicant.

1. 3. The decision of the division regarding eligibility for assistance or the

1. establish a canteen operated for the benefit of clients and employees of the

1. facility. The administrative officer shall keep a record of transactions in the

1. operation of the canteen.

1. 2. Each canteen must be self-supporting. No money provided by the

1. state may be used for its operation.

1. 3. The respective administrative officers shall deposit the money used

1. for the operation of the canteen in one or more banks of reputable standing,

1. except that an appropriate sum may be maintained as petty cash at each

1. through locally controlled community mental health programs.

2. To promote the improvement and, if necessary, the expansion of

already existing services which help to conserve the mental health of the

people of Nevada. It is the intent of this chapter that services to individuals

1. governing body, make recommendation regarding the appointment of a

1. county director.

3. After adoption of a program, continue to act in an advisory capacity

1. provided for in this Title.

1. 3. Recommend to the governing body, after consultation with the

1. county board, the providing of services, establishment of facilities,

1. contracting for services or facilities and other matters necessary or

1. desirable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

1. 4. Submit an annual report to the governing body reporting all

1. activities of the program, including a financial accounting of expenditures

1. and a forecast of anticipated needs for the ensuing year.

5. Carry on such studies as may be appropriate for the discharge of his

duties, including the control and prevention of psychiatric disorders and the

1. (a) Mental illness;

1. (d) Alcoholism; and

1. (e) Drug abuse.

1. 2. A service is any of the following:

1. (a) Diagnostic service;

1. (b) Emergency service;

1. (c) Inpatient service;

1. (d) Outpatient or partial hospitalization service;

1. (e) Residential, sheltered or protective care service;

1. (f) Habilitation or rehabilitation service;

1. (g) Prevention, consultation, collaboration, education or information

1. service; and

1. appropriation for purposes of reimbursement as provided by NRS 436.230

1. follows:

1. (a) The state shall pay to each county a sum equal to 90 percent of the

1. total proposed expenditures as reflected by the plan of proposed

1. expenditures submitted pursuant to NRS 436.250 if the county has

1. complied with the provisions of paragraph (b).

1. of a county must submit evidence to the administrator that 10 percent of the

1. total proposed expenditures have been raised and budgeted by the county

1. for the establishment or maintenance of a county program.

2. All state and federal moneys appropriated or authorized for the

disbursed through the division in accordance with the provisions of this