2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 439 Administration of Public Health
NRS 439.527 Creation; appointment and qualifications of members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; terms of members; vacancies; compensation of members; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; meetings; quorum.

NRS 439.527 Creation; appointment and qualifications of members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; terms of members; vacancies; compensation of members; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; meetings; quorum.

1. There is hereby created the Committee on Co-Occurring Disorders. The Committee consists of:

(a) The Administrator of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department, who is an ex officio member of the Committee; and

(b) Fourteen members appointed by the Governor.

2. The Governor shall appoint to the Committee:

(a) One member who is a psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine in this State and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology;

(b) One member who is a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS who is certified as an addictionologist by the American Society of Addiction Medicine;

(c) One member who is a psychologist licensed to practice in this State;

(d) One member who is licensed as a marriage and family therapist in this State;

(e) One member who is licensed as a clinical social worker in this State;

(f) One member who is a district judge in this State;

(g) One member who is a representative of the Nevada System of Higher Education;

(h) One member who is a representative of a state or local criminal justice agency;

(i) One member who is a representative of a hospital or mental health facility in this State;

(j) One member who is a member of the Nevada Mental Health Planning Advisory Council;

(k) One member who is a representative of a program relating to mental health and the treatment of the abuse of alcohol or drugs in this State;

(l) One member who is a policy analyst in the field of mental health, substance abuse or criminal justice;

(m) One member who is a representative of persons who have used services relating to mental health, substance abuse or criminal justice in this State; and

(n) One member who is an immediate family member of a person who has used services relating to mental health, substance abuse or criminal justice in this State.

3. The members of the Committee shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair by a majority vote. After the initial election, the Chair and Vice Chair shall hold office for a term of 1 year beginning on October 1 of each year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the Chair, the members of the Committee shall elect a Chair from among its members for the remainder of the unexpired term.

4. After the initial terms, each member of the Committee who is appointed serves for a term of 4 years. A member may be reappointed.

5. A vacancy on the Committee must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

6. Each member of the Committee:

(a) Serves without compensation; and

(b) While engaged in the business of the Committee, is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

7. Each member of the Committee who is an officer or employee of the State or a local government must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of his or her regular compensation to prepare for and attend meetings of the Committee and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Committee in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or local government shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Committee to make up the time the member is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member, and shall not require the member to take annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence.

8. The members of the Committee shall meet at least quarterly and at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the members of the Committee.

9. Eight members of the Committee constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Committee members present is sufficient for any action of the Committee.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 23rd Special Session, 3)