Nevada Statutes
§ 432B.400 — Temporary detention of child by physician or person in charge of hospital or similar institution
Nevada § 432B.400
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Bluebook
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 432B.400 (2026).
Text
A physician treating a child or a person in charge of a hospital or similar institution may hold a child for no more than 24 hours if there is reasonable cause to believe that the child has been abused or neglected or has been affected by a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or prenatal substance use disorder or has withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal substance exposure and that the child is in danger of further harm if released. The physician or other person shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency or an agency which provides child welfare services that the physician or other person is holding the child.
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Legislative History
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1378 ; A 2001 Special Session, 47 ; 2005, 2038 ; 2017, 1388 )
Nearby Sections
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§ 432B.010
Definitions§ 432B.020
“Abuse or neglect of a child” defined§ 432B.035
“Central Registry” defined§ 432B.042
“Child protective services” defined§ 432B.044
“Child welfare services” defined§ 432B.050
“Court” defined§ 432B.0655
“Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder” defined§ 432B.0657
“Fictive kin” defined§ 432B.066
“Gender identity or expression” defined§ 432B.067
“Indian child” defined§ 432B.068
“Indian Child Welfare Act” definedCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Nevada § 432B.400, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nv/432B.400.