1.  For the purpose of facilitating the return of nonresident consumers to the state in which they have legal residence, the Administrator may enter into reciprocal agreements, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, with the proper boards, commissioners or officers of other states for the mutual exchange of consumers confined in, admitted or committed to an intellectual or developmental disability facility in one state whose legal residence is in the other, and may give written permission for the return and admission to a division facility of any resident of this State when such permission is conformable to the provisions of this chapter governing admissions to a division facility.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.515

  • Administrator: means the Administrator of the Division. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Developmental disability: means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy 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

  • Division: means the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
  • Division facility: means any unit or subunit operated by the Division for the care, treatment and training of consumers. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007

2.  The county clerk and board of county commissioners of each county, upon receiving notice from the Administrator that an application for the return of an alleged resident of this State has been received, shall promptly investigate and report to the Administrator their findings as to the legal residence of the consumer.

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