Nevada Revised Statutes 435.129 – Discharge of consumer; notice to consumer, consumer’s representative and court
1. If the administrative officer of an intellectual and developmental disability center finds that a consumer is no longer in need of the services offered at the center, the administrative officer shall discharge that consumer.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.129
- 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
- Administrator: means the Administrator of the Division. 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
- 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
2. A written notice of the discharge must be given to the consumer and the consumer’s representatives at least 10 days before the discharge.
3. If the consumer was admitted involuntarily, the Administrator shall, at least 10 days before the discharge, notify the district court which issued the certificate of eligibility for the person‘s admission.