442.180 - Program of services: Administration; purposes. - Nevada Statutes

442.180  Program of services: Administration; purposes.

      1.  The Department is hereby designated as the agency of this State to administer a program of service for children who have special health care needs or who are suffering from conditions which lead to a handicap, and to supervise the administration of those services included in the program which are not administered directly by it.

      2.  The purpose of the program is to develop, extend and improve services for locating such children, and for providing for medical, surgical, corrective and other services and care, and providing facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization and aftercare.

      [1:119:1937; 1931 NCL § 5316.01]—(NRS A 1963, 949; 1991, 282)