2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services
NRS 180.430 - Duties of designated Deputy Director.
One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for:
1. Overseeing the provision of indigent defense services in counties whose population is less than 100,000. Such oversight must include, without limitation:
(a) Oversight of the State Public Defender; and
(b) Determining whether attorneys meet the requirements established by the Board on Indigent Defense Services to be eligible to provide indigent defense services and maintaining a list of such attorneys.
2. Developing and providing continuing legal education programs for attorneys who provide indigent defense services.
3. Identifying and encouraging best practices for delivering the most effective indigent defense services.
4. Providing assistance to counties that must revise the manner in which indigent defense services are provided as a result of the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 180.320. Such assistance may include, without limitation, assistance developing a plan and estimating the cost to carry out the plan.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2885)
