Nevada Revised Statutes 433.806 – Required considerations before placing person with mental illness or person with developmental disability
1. Any person or entity, including, without limitation, the Division, that determines the placement of a person with a mental illness or a person with a developmental disability in a mental health facility, medical facility, facility for the dependent or any other placement shall, when making such a determination, consider whether the mental health facility, medical facility, facility for the dependent or other placement is capable of:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 433.806
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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) Adequately addressing the needs of the person for care and services, including, without limitation, the administration of medication; and
(b) Ensuring the safety of the person in the event of a fire or other emergency.
2. As used in this section:
(a) ’Facility for the dependent’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0045.
(b) ’Medical facility’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151.