2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 458 Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs
NRS 458.010 Definitions. [Effective on the date the regulation adopted by the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors for the certification of a person as a detoxification technician pursuant to NRS 641C.500 becomes effective, unless a later date is otherwise specified in the regulation.]

NRS 458.010 Definitions. [Effective until the date the regulation adopted by the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors for the certification of a person as a detoxification technician pursuant to NRS 641C.500 becomes effective, unless a later date is otherwise specified in the regulation.] As used in NRS 458.010 to 458.350, inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division.

2. "Alcohol and drug abuse program" means a project concerned with education, prevention and treatment directed toward achieving the mental and physical restoration of alcohol and drug abusers.

3. "Alcohol and drug abuser" means a person whose consumption of alcohol or other drugs, or any combination thereof, interferes with or adversely affects the ability of the person to function socially or economically.

4. "Alcoholic" means any person who habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person endangers the health, safety or welfare of himself or herself or any other person or group of persons.

5. "Civil protective custody" means a custodial placement of a person to protect the health or safety of the person. Civil protective custody does not have any criminal implication.

6. "Detoxification technician" means a person who is certified by the Division to provide screening for the safe withdrawal from alcohol and other drugs.

7. "Division" means the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.

8. "Facility" means a physical structure used for the education, prevention and treatment, including mental and physical restoration, of alcohol and drug abusers.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 306; A 1963, 966; 1967, 1174; 1973, 1060, 1399; 1975, 228; 1977, 1223; 1993, 1628; 1997, 3076; 1999, 1266, 1874, 3065, 3066, 3077; 2001, 418, 440, 1909, 2519; 2003, 1454; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 56)

NRS 458.010 Definitions. [Effective on the date the regulation adopted by the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors for the certification of a person as a detoxification technician pursuant to NRS 641C.500 becomes effective, unless a later date is otherwise specified in the regulation.] As used in NRS 458.010 to 458.350, inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division.

2. "Alcohol and drug abuse program" means a project concerned with education, prevention and treatment directed toward achieving the mental and physical restoration of alcohol and drug abusers.

3. "Alcohol and drug abuser" means a person whose consumption of alcohol or other drugs, or any combination thereof, interferes with or adversely affects the ability of the person to function socially or economically.

4. "Alcoholic" means any person who habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person endangers the health, safety or welfare of himself or herself or any other person or group of persons.

5. "Civil protective custody" means a custodial placement of a person to protect the health or safety of the person. Civil protective custody does not have any criminal implication.

6. "Division" means the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.

7. "Facility" means a physical structure used for the education, prevention and treatment, including mental and physical restoration, of alcohol and drug abusers.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 306; A 1963, 966; 1967, 1174; 1973, 1060, 1399; 1975, 228; 1977, 1223; 1993, 1628; 1997, 3076; 1999, 1266, 1874, 3065, 3066, 3077; 2001, 418, 440, 1909, 2519; 2003, 1168, 1454; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 56, 57, effective on the date the regulation adopted by the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors for the certification of a person as a detoxification technician pursuant to NRS 641C.500 becomes effective, unless a later date is otherwise specified in the regulation)

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PROGRAMS



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