NRS 435.077 - Regulations for transfer of persons from one facility to another; discharge or leave; notice to committing court.

NV Rev Stat § 435.077 (2019) (N/A)
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1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the transfer of persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities from one facility to another facility operated by the Division.

2. Subject to the provisions of subsection 3, when the Administrator or his or her designee determines that it is in the best interest of the person, the Administrator or his or her designee may discharge, or place on convalescent leave, any person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability in a facility operated by the Division.

3. When a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability is committed to a division facility by court order, the committing court must be given 10 days’ notice before the discharge of that person.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1489; A 1975, 1619; 1981, 895; 1999, 2596; 2013, 671; 2017, 2815)