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2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433A - Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Programs of Community-Based or Outpatient Services; Hospitalization
NRS 433A.195 - Procedure for release.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 433A.195 (2021)
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A licensed physician on the medical staff of a facility operated by the Division or of any other public or private mental health facility or hospital may release a person admitted pursuant to NRS 433A.160 upon completion of a certificate which meets the requirements of NRS 433A.197 signed by a licensed physician on the medical staff of the facility or hospital, a physician assistant under the supervision of a psychiatrist, psychologist, a clinical social worker who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the Board of Examiners for Social Workers pursuant to NRS 641B.160 or an advanced practice registered nurse who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.120 stating that he or she has personally observed and examined the person and that he or she has concluded that the person is not a person in a mental health crisis.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 332; A 2015, 2992; 2019, 355)

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