1. The Director shall, in conjunction with the Division and with the approval of the Board, establish one or more programs of aftercare to provide continuing treatment to those offenders who successfully complete treatment in a therapeutic community.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 209.4231 to 209.4244, inclusive:

(a) An offender who successfully completes treatment in a therapeutic community must be assigned, to the extent practicable as determined by the Director or a person designated by the Director, to a program of aftercare upon completion of treatment in a therapeutic community.

(b) An offender shall participate, to the extent practicable as determined by the Director or a person designated by the Director, in a program of aftercare for a period of 1 year.

(c) If an offender is assigned to a program of aftercare and, before or during participation in such a program, the offender is released on parole:

(1) The offender shall continue to participate in a program of aftercare, to the extent practicable as determined by the Director or a person designated by the Director and by the State Board of Parole Commissioners; and

(2) That participation, if any, must be made a condition of parole pursuant to NRS 213.1235.

(d) If an offender is assigned to a program of aftercare and, before or during participation in such a program, the offender is assigned to serve a term of residential confinement pursuant to NRS 209.392, the offender shall continue to participate in a program of aftercare to the extent practicable as determined by the Director or a person designated by the Director.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 2653; A 2001, 434)