160.161 - Regulations of Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal agency; powers of officer; jurisdiction of court. - Nevada Statutes

160.161  Regulations of Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal agency; powers of officer; jurisdiction of court.

      1.  Upon commitment, a person is subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency when admitted to any facility operated by any such agency within or without this state.

      2.  The chief officer of any facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs or institution operated by any other agency of the United States to which the person is so committed is, with respect to that person, vested with the same powers as the Director and the Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services with respect to retention of custody, transfer, parole or discharge.

      3.  The committing court shall retain jurisdiction:

      (a) To inquire, at any time, into the mental condition of persons so committed.

      (b) To determine the necessity for the continuance of the person’s restraint.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 660; A 1973, 92, 1218; 1995, 1081; 2001, 1116)