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Nevada Revised Statutes
Title 39 - MENTAL HEALTHChapter 433A - ADMISSION TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY-BASED OR OUTPATIENT SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATIONADMISSION TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY-BASED OR OUTPATIENT SERVICES
INVOLUNTARY COURT-ORDERED ADMISSION
Section 433A.215 - Application for writ of habeas corpus before initial hearing

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 433A.215

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Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 433A.215 - Application for writ of habeas corpus before initial hearing

If an application for a writ of habeas corpus is made by, or on behalf of, a person in a mental health crisis or who is alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis before the initial hearing on a petition for the involuntary court-ordered admission of the person to a mental health facility, the court must conduct a hearing on the application as soon as practicable.

NRS 433A.215

Added to NRS by 2017, 1644; A 2021, 3087
Amended by 2021, Ch. 481,§38, eff. 10/1/2021.
Added by 2017, Ch. 309,§1, eff. 7/1/2017.