449.244 - Certain costs for examination or treatment of victims of sexual offenses to be charged to county. - Nevada Statutes

449.244  Certain costs for examination or treatment of victims of sexual offenses to be charged to county.

      1.  Any costs incurred by a hospital for:

      (a) The examination of the victim of a sexual offense, when the examination is performed for the purposes of gathering evidence for possible prosecution of the person who committed the offense; or

      (b) Initial emergency medical care for the victim,

Ê must not be charged directly to the victim. The costs must be charged to the county in whose jurisdiction the offense was committed.

      2.  Whenever costs are incurred by a hospital for treatment which has been approved by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 217.310 for the victim of a sexual assault and any other person eligible for treatment, the costs of the treatment, not to exceed $1,000, must be charged to the county which authorized the treatment. Any remainder must be handled the same as other hospital costs.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1133; A 1979, 587; 1985, 2106)