2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433A - Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Assisted Outpatient Treatment; Hospitalization
NRS 433A.336 - Hearing on petition or motion; notice.

1. Immediately after the clerk of the district court receives a petition filed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 433A.335 or NRS 433A.345, the clerk shall transmit the petition to the appropriate district judge, who shall set a time, date and place for its hearing. Immediately after a motion is made pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 433A.335, the district judge shall set a time, date and place for its hearing. The date must be:

(a) Within 30 judicial days after the date on which the petition is received by the clerk or the motion is made, as applicable; or

(b) If the person who is the subject of the petition or motion is hospitalized at the time of the petition or motion, before that person is to be discharged and within a sufficient time to arrange for a continuous transition from inpatient treatment to assisted outpatient treatment.

2. If the Chief Judge, if any, of the district court has assigned a district court judge or hearing master to preside over hearings pursuant to this section, that judge or hearing master must preside over the hearing.

3. The court shall give notice of the petition or motion and of the time, date and place of any proceedings thereon to the person who is the subject of the petition or motion, his or her attorney, if known, the person’s legal guardian, the petitioner, if applicable, the district attorney of the county in which the court has its principal office, the local office of an agency or organization that receives money from the Federal Government pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 10801 et seq. to protect and advocate the rights of persons with a mental illness and the administrative office of any public or private mental health facility or hospital in which the subject of the petition or motion is detained.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 3070)