2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 433A - Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Assisted Outpatient Treatment; Hospitalization › NRS 433A.390 - Release without further order of court at end of period specified; unconditional early release; notice to court and legal guardian.

1. When a consumer, involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility or required to receive assisted outpatient treatment by court order, is released at the end of the period specified pursuant to NRS 433A.310 or 433A.343, as applicable, written notice must be given to the court that issued the order not later than 3 judicial days after the release of the consumer. The consumer may be released without requiring further orders of the court. If the consumer has a legal guardian, the facility or the person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health responsible for providing the assisted outpatient treatment shall notify the guardian in the manner prescribed by subsection 6 at least 3 days before discharging the consumer from the facility or treatment or, if the consumer will be released in less than 3 days, as soon as practicable.
2. The legal guardian of a consumer involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility, if applicable, has discretion to determine where the consumer will be released pursuant to subsection 1, taking into consideration any discharge plan proposed by the facility assessment team. If the legal guardian does not inform the facility as to where the consumer will be released within 3 days after the date of notification, the facility must discharge the consumer according to its proposed discharge plan.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.608 and 432B.60818, a consumer who is involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility may be unconditionally released before the period specified in NRS 433A.310 when the physician primarily responsible for treating the patient, a psychiatrist or an advanced practice registered nurse who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to NRS 632.120 determines that the consumer is no longer a person in a mental health crisis. If the consumer has a legal guardian, the facility shall notify the guardian in the manner prescribed by subsection 6 at least 3 days before discharging the consumer from the facility or, if the consumer will be released in less than 3 days, as soon as practicable. The legal guardian, if applicable, has discretion to determine where the consumer will be released, taking into consideration any discharge plan proposed by the facility assessment team. If the legal guardian does not inform the facility as to where the consumer will be released within 3 days after the date of notification, the facility shall discharge the consumer according to its proposed discharge plan.
4. A consumer who is required to receive assisted outpatient treatment may be unconditionally released before the period specified in NRS 433A.343 when the person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health responsible for providing the assisted outpatient treatment for the consumer determines that:
(a) The consumer no longer requires assisted outpatient treatment to prevent further disability or deterioration that would result in the person becoming a person in a mental health crisis;
(b) The consumer is willing and likely to voluntarily participate in outpatient treatment that enables the person to live safely in the community without the supervision of the court; or
(c) After the order for assisted outpatient treatment has been effective for at least 30 days, the assisted outpatient treatment is not meeting the needs of the consumer.
5. If a consumer who will be released from assisted outpatient treatment pursuant to subsection 4 has a legal guardian, the person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health responsible for providing the assisted outpatient treatment to the consumer shall notify the guardian in the manner prescribed by subsection 6 at least 3 days before discharging the consumer from the treatment or, if the consumer will be released in less than 3 days, as soon as practicable.
6. Notification of a guardian pursuant to subsection 1, 3 or 5 must be provided:
(a) In person or by telephone; or
(b) If the mental health facility or the person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health, as applicable, is not able to contact the guardian in person or by telephone, by facsimile, electronic mail or certified mail.
7. A mental health facility or a person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health responsible for providing treatment to a consumer shall provide written notice to the court that issued the order not later than 3 judicial days after unconditionally releasing a consumer pursuant to subsection 3 or 4.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1607; A 1983, 508; 1989, 1762; 1997, 3496; 1999, 868; 2009, 1668; 2011, 429; 2013, 3495; 2019, 364; 2021, 3096; 2023, 2351)