Nevada Revised Statutes 435.127 – Involuntary admission: Evidence; rights of person
In proceedings for involuntary admission of a person to an intellectual and developmental disability center:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.127
- Developmental disability: means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or any other neurological condition diagnosed by a qualified professional that:
(a) Is manifested before the person affected attains the age of 22 years;
(b) Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(c) Results in substantial functional limitations, as measured by a qualified professional, in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(1) Taking care of oneself;
(2) Understanding and use of language;
(3) Learning;
(4) Mobility;
(5) Self-direction; and
(6) Capacity for independent living; and
(d) Results in the person affected requiring a combination of individually planned and coordinated services, support or other assistance that is lifelong or has an extended duration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes a child and any other consumer with an intellectual disability and a child or any other consumer with a developmental disability who has attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
1. The court shall hear and consider all relevant evidence, including the certificate, signed by a physician or licensed psychologist, which accompanied the petition and the testimony of persons who conducted examinations or evaluations ordered by the court after the petition was filed.
2. The person must be present and has the right to testify, unless the physician or licensed psychologist who signed the certificate, or who examined the person as ordered by the court, is present and testifies that the person is so severely disabled that he or she is unable to be present.
3. The person may obtain independent evaluation and expert opinion at his or her own expense, and may summon other witnesses.