Nevada § 433A.195 Procedure for release from mental health crisis hold

Nevada Statutes

§ 433A.195 — Procedure for release from mental health crisis hold

Nevada § 433A.195

Title 39MENTAL HEALTH

Ch. 433AAdmission

Mental Health Crisis Hold and Emergency Admission

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 433A.195 (2026).

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1.A licensed physician on the medical staff of a facility operated by the Division or of any other public or private mental health facility or hospital may release a person from a mental health crisis hold upon completion of a certificate which meets the requirements of NRS 433A.197 signed by a licensed physician on the medical staff of the facility or hospital, a physician assistant under the supervision of a psychiatrist, psychologist, a clinical social worker who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the Board of Examiners for Social Workers pursuant to NRS 641B.160 or an advanced practice registered nurse who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.120 stating that he or she has personally observed an

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1. A licensed physician on the medical staff of a facility operated by the Division or of any other public or private mental health facility or hospital may release a person from a mental health crisis hold upon completion of a certificate which meets the requirements of NRS 433A.197 signed by a licensed physician on the medical staff of the facility or hospital, a physician assistant under the supervision of a psychiatrist, psychologist, a clinical social worker who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the Board of Examiners for Social Workers pursuant to NRS 641B.160 or an advanced practice registered nurse who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.120 stating that he or she has personally observed and examined the person and that he or she has concluded that the person is not a person in a mental health crisis.
2. A psychologist, a physician, a physician assistant under the supervision of a psychiatrist, a clinical social worker who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the Board of Examiners for Social Workers pursuant to NRS 641B.160 or an advanced practice registered nurse who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.120 on the medical staff of a facility operated by the Division or of any other public or private mental health facility or hospital who has personally assessed an unemancipated person who is less than 18 years of age after the person was placed on a mental health crisis hold may release the person from the hold if the parent or guardian of the person agrees to treatment or accepts physical custody of the person.