Nevada Revised Statutes 281.800 – Duty of employer of police officer, firefighter or correctional officer to make available information and counseling relating to mental health issues
1. The employer of a police officer, firefighter or correctional officer shall make available to the police officer, firefighter or correctional officer:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 281.800
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
(a) During the course of employment, information relating to the awareness, prevention, mitigation and treatment of mental health issues, including, without limitation, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and acute stress.
(b) Within 3 months after the retirement of the police officer, firefighter or correctional officer, not more than 2 hours of counseling with a mental health professional to discuss the symptoms, prevention, mitigation and treatment of mental health issues, including, without limitation, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and acute stress.
2. As used in this section:
(a) ’Correctional officer’ means a person employed by a public employer who is filling a full-time position and whose primary responsibilities are:
(1) The supervision, custody, security, discipline, safety and transportation of a person convicted of a crime under the laws of this State and sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison or detention in a correctional facility of the State or its political subdivisions;
(2) The security and safety of the staff of a state prison or correctional facility of the State or its political subdivisions; and
(3) The security and safety of a state prison or correctional facility of the State or its political subdivisions.
(b) ’Firefighter’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.042.
(c) ’Police officer’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.061.
(d) ’Public employer’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.