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NV Rev Stat § 209.246 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.246 - Deductions from individual account of offender.

The Director shall, with the approval of the Board, establish by regulation criteria for a reasonable deduction from money credited to the account of an offender to:  1. Repay the cost of:  (a) State property willfully damaged, destroyed or lost by the offender during his or her incarceration.  (b) Medical examination, diagnosis or treatment for injuries:  (1) Inflicted by the offender upon himself or herself or other offenders; or  (2) Which occur during voluntary recreational activities.  (c) Searching for and apprehending the offender when he or she escapes or attempts to escape.  (d) Quelling any riot or other disturbance in which the offender is unlawfully involved.  (e) Providing a funeral for an offender.  (f) Providing an offender with clothing, transportation and money upon his or her release from prison pursuant to NRS 209.511.  (g) Transportation of an offender pursuant to a court order in cases other than a criminal prosecution, a proceeding for postconviction relief involving the offender or a proceeding in which the offender has challenged the conditions of his or her confinement.  (h) Monetary sanctions imposed under the code of penal discipline adopted by the Department.  2. Defray, as determined by the Director, a portion of the costs paid by the Department for medical care for the offender, including, but not limited to:  (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, expenses for medical or dental care, prosthetic devices and pharmaceutical items; and  (b) Expenses for prescribed medicine and supplies.  3. Repay the costs incurred by the Department on behalf of the offender for:  (a) Postage for personal items and items related to litigation;  (b) Photocopying of personal documents and legal documents, for which the offender must be charged a reasonable fee not to exceed the actual costs incurred by the Department;  (c) Legal supplies;  (d) Telephone calls charged to the Department;  (e) Charges relating to checks returned for insufficient funds and checks for which an order to stop payment has been made;  (f) Items related to the offender’s work, including, but not limited to, clothing, shoes, boots, tools, a driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, a work card issued by a law enforcement agency and a health card; and  (g) The replacement of an identification card or prepaid ticket for bus transportation issued to the offender by the Department.  4. Repay any cost to the State of Nevada or any agency or political subdivision thereof that is incurred in defending the State against an action filed by an offender in federal court alleging a violation of his or her civil rights which is determined by the court to be frivolous.  All money collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the appropriate account in the State General Fund for reimbursement of the related expenditure.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 40; A 1983, 297; 1987, 2238; 1993, 852; 1995, 364; 1997, 3180; 2001, 2582)
NV Rev Stat § 209.2475 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.2475 - Deductions from individual account of offender: Limitations; disposition of remaining money upon release of offender; reduction or elimination; transmittal.

  1. The Director shall not make any deduction from the individual account of an offender in the Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund if the balance in the account is below the minimum balance designated by the Director pursuant to this subsection. The Director shall designate the minimum balance of an account of an offender required before such other deductions or withdrawals from the account may be made by the Director or the offender.  2. Upon the release of an offender, any money from any source remaining in an account of the offender may be used to reimburse the Department for any expenses related to his or her release, including, but not limited to, any expenses incurred by the Department pursuant to NRS 209.511 or for transportation of the offender.  3. The Director may reduce or eliminate a deduction authorized pursuant to NRS 209.247 or 209.463 to the extent necessary to comply with a restriction imposed by federal law on deductions from wages of an offender or from the account of an offender.  4. The Director may, if appropriate, transmit a deduction made pursuant to NRS 209.247 or 209.463 directly to the person, entity or fund for whom the deduction was made.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3176)
NV Rev Stat § 209.248 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.248 - Account for disbursements to offenders: Establishment; use; reimbursement.

  1. The Department shall establish in any insured bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank doing business in this state an account for disbursements to offenders. The balance in the account must not exceed $600,000. Money in the account may be expended only for the payment of transactions involving offenders’ trust funds.  2. Payments made from the account for disbursements to offenders must be promptly reimbursed from money in the appropriate fund on deposit with the State Treasurer.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1162; A 1999, 1459; 2001 Special Session, 194)
NV Rev Stat § 209.251 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.251 - Books and papers kept by Board or Director: Inspection; delivery to successors.

All books and papers kept by or under the direction of the Secretary of the Board or the Director shall:  1. At all times, on all legal days, be open to the inspection of the members of the Board, all other state officers, members of the Legislature, and the sheriffs of the several counties of this state.  2. At the expiration of their term of office, be delivered to their successors.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 848)
NV Rev Stat § 209.254 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.254 - Department to provide list of persons eligible for parole.

At least 40 days before any scheduled action of the State Board of Parole Commissioners, the Department shall provide to the Executive Secretary of the Board a list of each person who is eligible for parole. The list must include, for each offender:  1. The name of the offender;  2. The crime for which the offender was convicted;  3. The county in which the offender was sentenced;  4. The date of his or her sentence;  5. The length of his or her sentence, including the minimum term or the minimum aggregate term, as applicable, and the maximum term or the maximum aggregate term, as applicable, of imprisonment or the definite term of imprisonment, if one is imposed;  6. The amount of time the offender actually served in the state prison;  7. The amount of credit for time previously served by the offender in a county jail; and  8. The amount of credit allowed to reduce the sentence of the offender pursuant to this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 136)
NV Rev Stat § 209.261 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.261 - Transportation of offender to appropriate institution or facility.

  1. Upon notification by the county clerk of any county in this State that a person is being held under sentence of imprisonment in the state prison, the Director shall immediately provide for the transportation of the offender from the place of confinement to an appropriate institution or facility of the Department.  2. The expense of such transportation is a charge against the Department and must be paid upon approval by the Board as other claims against the State are paid.  3. The reasonable expenses of maintaining every person sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison, after 5 days’ notice to the Director, is a charge against the Department.  4. The officer in charge of transporting an offender is entitled to receive allowances for transportation and subsistence at the rates provided for state employees.  5. In all cases where an appeal is sustained by the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, further transportation of the offender is at the expense of the county in which the offender was convicted and at the same rate as provided in subsection 4.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 848; A 1983, 721; 1985, 394; 2013, 1766)
NV Rev Stat § 209.273 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.273 - Unnecessary expense not allowed; offenders transported collectively.

The officer in charge shall transport at the same time all persons awaiting transportation, and the Board shall not allow any extra expense incurred by the making of unnecessary trips in transporting separately persons who might be transferred at the same time.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849)
NV Rev Stat § 209.274 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.274 - Transportation of offender to appear before court.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, when an offender is required or requested to appear before a court in this state, the Department shall transport the offender to and from court on the day scheduled for his or her appearance.  2. If notice is not provided within the time set forth in NRS 50.215, the Department shall transport the offender to court on the date scheduled for his or her appearance if it is possible to transport the offender in the usual manner for the transportation of offenders by the Department. If it is not possible for the Department to transport the offender in the usual manner:  (a) The Department shall make the offender available on the date scheduled for his or her appearance to provide testimony by telephone or by video, if so requested by the court.  (b) The Department shall provide for special transportation of the offender to and from the court, if the court so orders. If the court orders special transportation, it shall order the county in which the court is located to reimburse the Department for any cost incurred for the special transportation.  (c) The court may order the county sheriff to transport the offender to and from the court at the expense of the county.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2591; A 2001 Special Session, 194)
NV Rev Stat § 209.2745 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.2745 - Payment for transportation of offender to appear as witness in action for small claims.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an offender has filed an action for small claims pursuant to chapter 73 of NRS and the offender requests to appear as a witness in the action, the offender shall pay the Department in advance for the costs the Department estimates will be incurred in providing transportation for the offender to appear in court.  2. Within 30 days after providing transportation for an offender to appear in court pursuant to subsection 1, the Department shall:  (a) Reimburse the offender for any amount paid by the offender that exceeds the actual cost incurred by the Department in providing transportation for the offender; or  (b) Charge the offender for any cost incurred by the Department in providing transportation for the offender that exceeds the amount paid by the defendant pursuant to subsection 1.  3. The provisions of this section do not apply to indigent offenders.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 68)
NV Rev Stat § 209.276 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.276 - Reimbursement for transportation of witness in action by offender concerning civil rights.

If an offender has filed an action in federal court alleging a violation of his or her civil rights and the offender requests that any other offender appear as a witness in the action, the offender who filed the action shall reimburse the Department for any cost that is incurred in providing special transportation for any other offender to appear in court.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3174)
NV Rev Stat § 209.281 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.281 - Temporary interstate transportation.

An officer of the Department may transport an offender temporarily to or through any state which adjoins the State of Nevada if:  1. The offender will perform general labor in connection with forestry projects and will be directly returned to the State of Nevada after completion of the general labor; or  2. Some part of Nevada is threatened by fire or other natural disaster and the threat emanates from an adjoining state.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849)
NV Rev Stat § 209.291 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.291 - Transfer of offenders: Within Department; to other governmental agencies; between United States and foreign country.

  1. The Director may transfer an offender:  (a) From one institution or facility to another within the Department; or  (b) To other governmental agencies,  in accordance with classification evaluations and the requirements of treatment, training, security and custody of the offender.  2. The prison sentence of an offender continues uninterrupted while the offender is at the correctional facility to which the offender has been transferred.  3. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Director may, with the consent of the Governor, approve a transfer as provided in the treaty upon the application of the offender to the Director.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1979, 727; 1983, 721)
NV Rev Stat § 209.293 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.293 - Transfer of offender to correctional institution of another state.

The Director may transfer to a correctional institution of another state any offender who is sentenced in that state to serve a term of imprisonment which is concurrent with and at least as long as the term which the offender would otherwise serve in Nevada.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 473)
NV Rev Stat § 209.301 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.301 - Transfer of minors to state facility for detention of children.

  1. The Department may transfer a person who is a minor and who is confined in an institution or facility of the Department to a state facility for the detention of children if the superintendent of the facility consents to the transfer.  2. As used in this section, "state facility for the detention of children" means the Nevada Youth Training Center, the Caliente Youth Center or any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1983, 722; 1989, 1956; 2003, 1126)
NV Rev Stat § 209.311 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.311 - Transfer of persons detained in local facility to institution or facility of Department for safekeeping.

  1. At the request of a county sheriff or the chief of police of a city, the Director may authorize the transfer of a person detained in a local facility to an institution or facility of the Department for safekeeping. The Director shall determine whether the person is to be transported by the staff of the Department or by the staff of the county sheriff or the chief of police who requested the transfer.  2. The Director shall determine the cost of the custody and care of a person transferred pursuant to subsection 1 which may be borne by the local government affected.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1983, 722; 2013, 187)
NV Rev Stat § 209.321 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.321 - Transfer of offender for psychiatric observation or treatment.

The Director may arrange for the transfer of an offender to other appropriate governmental agencies for psychiatric observation, evaluation or stabilization pursuant to an agreement with the agency for such transfers. When the head of the facility to which the offender has been transferred determines that the offender has recovered from the condition which caused the transfer, the Director shall provide for the return of the offender to the Department.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849)
NV Rev Stat § 209.331 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.331 - Medical evaluation or treatment of offender outside institution or facility.

An offender may be taken outside an institution or facility under appropriate precautions to prevent the offender’s escape, when necessary for medical evaluation or treatment, as determined by the Director or the Director’s designee. All decisions regarding the medical evaluation or treatment of an offender, including, but not limited to, whether the offender needs to see a provider of health care outside of the prison, whether to change providers of health care and whether an offender will receive a course of treatment, are within the discretion of the Director or the Director’s designee.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1983, 722; 1997, 3181)
NV Rev Stat § 209.341 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.341 - Director to establish system of initial classification and evaluation for offenders; assignment of offender to appropriate institution or facility of Department. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

The Director shall:  1. Establish, with the approval of the Board, a system of initial classification and evaluation for offenders who are sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison; and  2. Assign every person who is sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison to an appropriate institution or facility of the Department. The assignment must be based on an evaluation of the offender’s records, particular needs and requirements for custody.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1979, 1125; 1983, 722; 1987, 2238; 1997, 906)
NV Rev Stat § 209.341 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.341 - Director to establish system of initial classification and evaluation for offenders; assignment of offender to appropriate institution or facility of Department; administration of risk and needs assessment; validation study. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

  1. The Director shall:  (a) Establish, with the approval of the Board, a system of initial classification and evaluation for offenders who are sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison.  (b) Assign every person who is sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison to an appropriate institution or facility of the Department. The assignment must be based on an evaluation of the offender’s records, particular needs and requirements for custody.  (c) Administer a risk and needs assessment to each offender for the purpose of guiding institutional programming and placement. The Department may consider the responsivity factors of an offender when making decisions concerning such programming and placement.  2. Any risk and needs assessment used by the Department pursuant to this section must undergo a validation study not less than once every 3 years. The Department shall establish quality assurance procedures to ensure proper and consistent scoring of any risk and needs assessment used pursuant to this section.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Responsivity factors" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 213.107.  (b) "Risk and needs assessment" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 213.107.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1979, 1125; 1983, 722; 1987, 2238; 1997, 906; 2019, 4445, effective July 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 209.351 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.351 - Director to establish system of ongoing classification and evaluation for offenders and to maintain records.

The Director shall:  1. Establish a system of ongoing classification and evaluation to ensure the individualized custody, care and training of offenders under the Department’s jurisdiction.  2. Keep, or cause to be kept, records for each offender containing:  (a) The offender’s name, age, date of birth, race, sex, height, weight, complexion, color of eyes and hair, peculiarities of build or features.  (b) The offender’s place of birth (state, county or city, or country, province or city).  (c) The offender’s occupation and whether the offender can read and write.  (d) The offender’s record of conviction, including the date of sentence, name of the judge passing sentence, county from which sentenced, crime charged, date of incarceration, term of imprisonment and expiration date of minimum and maximum terms of imprisonment.  (e) The medical records of the offender, including, but not limited to, medical records produced by the Department and medical records produced by a provider of health care outside the prison.  (f) Such other desirable or pertinent information as may be necessary.  3. Maintain a comprehensive record of the behavior of each offender reflecting his or her accomplishments and progress as well as charges of infractions of regulations, punishments imposed and medical services rendered.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 849; A 1987, 2239; 1997, 3182)
NV Rev Stat § 209.3515 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.3515 - Director may request or provide medical or mental health records of certain offenders.

  1. The Director, through the Medical Director, may request from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services access to any records in its possession which contain information that may assist in evaluating, caring for and providing treatment to an offender who previously was committed to the custody of or ordered to report to the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee pursuant to NRS 178.425 or 178.460.  2. Unless otherwise ordered by a court, upon a request for access to records of an offender pursuant to subsection 1, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide access to any such records, including, without limitation, relevant medical and mental health records, for the limited purpose of allowing the Director or the Medical Director to evaluate, care for and provide treatment to the offender.  3. The Director, through the Medical Director, may provide to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or to other community medical or mental health care providers, relevant medical and mental health records of an offender serving a term of imprisonment under the custody of the Department of Corrections, for the purposes of planning the discharge of the offender and assuring the continuity of evaluation, care and treatment of the offender in the community after release from incarceration.  4. No oral or written consent of the offender is required to obtain access to records from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Corrections pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 1256; A 2017, 356)
NV Rev Stat § 209.3517 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 209 - Department of Corrections|NRS 209.3517 - Director may apply for determination of eligibility for Medicaid on behalf of offender.

The Director of the Department or his or her designee may, after informing an offender, apply for a determination of eligibility for Medicaid on behalf of the offender.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3184)