Section 432B.6076 - [Multiple versions; as amended by 2023, Ch.397 ,§55] Findings and order; alternative courses of treatment1. A child who is the subject of a petition submitted pursuant to NRS 432B.6075 may, after conferring with his or her attorney, submit to the court written consent, or provide oral consent in the record of the court, to continue the emergency admission. Upon receiving such consent, the court may order the continuation of the emergency admission if it finds that continuing the emergency admission is in the best interests of the child.2. A court that receives a petition submitted pursuant to NRS 432B.6075 to continue the emergency admission of a child alleged to be a child with an emotional disturbance to a facility shall conduct a hearing on the petition, unless otherwise ordered by the court.3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, a court may order the continuation of the emergency admission of a child with respect to whom a petition was filed pursuant to NRS 432B.6075 to a facility only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the child
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(a) Is a child with an emotional disturbance; and(b) Is a person in a mental health crisis, as defined in NRS 433A.0175, and presents a substantial likelihood of serious harm to himself or herself or others, as determined pursuant to NRS 433A.0195, if discharged to a less restrictive appropriate environment.4. The court shall issue a written order on a petition submitted pursuant to NRS 432B.6075. If the court: (a) Orders the continuation of the emergency admission, the order must include specific findings concerning each factor prescribed by subsection 3.(b) Does not order the continuation of the emergency admission, the court must enter its findings to that effect and order the discharge of the child from the facility.Added to NRS by 2005, 1318; A 2009, 411Amended by 2023, Ch. 397,§55, eff. 10/1/2023, app. to any child in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services ho has been admitted to a facility and whose status is that of an emergency consumer on or after 10/1/2023, regardless of the date on which he or she was admitted.Amended by 2023, Ch. 408,§8.5, eff. 7/1/2023.Added to NRS by 2005, 1318; A 2009, 411This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.