435.121 - Types of admission; forms for admission. - Nevada Statutes

435.121  Types of admission; forms for admission.

      1.  There are two types of admissions of persons with mental retardation or persons with related conditions to a mental retardation center:

      (a) Voluntary admission.

      (b) Involuntary admission.

      2.  An application for admission of a person with mental retardation or a person with a related condition to a mental retardation center must be made on a form approved by the Division and the Attorney General. The clerk of each district court in the State shall make the forms available to any person upon request.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 1577; A 1999, 2599)