Immediately after receiving the petition, the clerk of the district court shall transmit the petition to the district judge, who shall:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.124

  • Administrative officer: means a person with overall executive and administrative responsibility for those state or nonstate intellectual and developmental disability centers designated by the Administrator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
  • Developmental disability: means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or any other neurological condition diagnosed by a qualified professional that:

    (a) Is manifested before the person affected attains the age of 22 years;

    (b) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

    (c) Results in substantial functional limitations, as measured by a qualified professional, in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:

    (1) Taking care of oneself;

    (2) Understanding and use of language;

    (3) Learning;

    (4) Mobility;

    (5) Self-direction; and

    (6) Capacity for independent living; and

    (d) Results in the person affected requiring a combination of individually planned and coordinated services, support or other assistance that is lifelong or has an extended duration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007

  • Intellectual and developmental disability center: means an organized program for providing appropriate services and treatment to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
  • Person: includes a child and any other consumer with an intellectual disability and a child or any other consumer with a developmental disability who has attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007

1.  Determine whether appropriate space and programs are available for the person at the intellectual and developmental disability center to which it is proposed that the person be admitted; and

2.  If appropriate space and programs are available, set a time and place for a hearing on the petition. The hearing must be held within 7 calendar days after the date when the petition was filed. The clerk of the court shall give notice of the hearing to the person who is the subject of the petition, the person’s attorney, if known, the petitioner and the administrative officer of the intellectual and developmental disability center to which it is proposed that the person be admitted.