1. The Division:

(a) Shall formulate and operate a comprehensive state plan for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders which must include:

(1) A survey of the need for prevention and treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders, including a survey of the treatment providers needed to provide services and a plan for the development and distribution of services and programs throughout this State.

(2) A plan for programs to educate the public in the problems of alcohol and other substance use disorders.

(3) A survey of the need for persons who have professional training in fields of health and other persons involved in the prevention of alcohol or other substance use disorders and in the treatment and recovery of persons with alcohol or other substance use disorders, and a plan to provide the necessary treatment.

In developing and revising the state plan, the Division shall consider, without limitation, the amount of money available from the Federal Government for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders and the conditions attached to the acceptance of that money, and the limitations of legislative appropriations for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders.

(b) Shall coordinate the efforts to carry out the state plan and coordinate all state and federal financial support of programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders in this State.

(c) Must be consulted in the planning of projects and advised of all applications for grants from within this State which are concerned with programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders, and shall review the applications and advise the applicants concerning the applications.

(d) Shall certify or deny certification of detoxification technicians or any facilities or programs on the basis of the standards established by the Board pursuant to this section, and publish a list of certified detoxification technicians, facilities and programs. Any detoxification technicians, facilities or programs which are not certified are ineligible to receive state and federal money for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders.

(e) Upon request from a facility which is self-supported, may certify the facility, its programs and detoxification technicians and add them to the list described in paragraph (d).

2. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations. The regulations:

(a) Must prescribe the requirements for continuing education for persons certified as detoxification technicians which must include, without limitation, a requirement that such a person receive at least 1 hour of instruction on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness for each year of the term of the person’s certification; and

(b) May prescribe the fees for the certification of detoxification technicians, facilities or programs. A fee prescribed pursuant to this paragraph must be calculated to produce the revenue estimated to cover the costs related to the certifications, but in no case may a fee for a certificate exceed the actual cost to the Division of issuing the certificate.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1397; A 1975, 228; 1981, 1901; 1987, 526; 1999, 1267, 1875, 3066; 2001, 419, 441, 1910, 2519; 2003, 1168; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 57, 58; 2015, 305, 746, 2278, 2288)