1. If the county in which a justice court is situated has a department of alternative sentencing, the chief of that department shall administer a program of supervision for persons whose sentences have been suspended pursuant to NRS 4.373 or who are sentenced to a term of residential confinement pursuant to NRS 4.3762.
2. If the county in which the justice court is situated does not have a department of alternative sentencing and:
(a) Any city located within the county in which the justice court is situated has a department of alternative sentencing:
(1) The chief of the department of alternative sentencing of such a city may administer the program of supervision; or
(2) If the chief of the department of alternative sentencing of such a city does not wish to administer the program of supervision, the justice court may contract with a qualified person to administer the program of supervision.
(b) No city located within the county in which the justice court is situated has a department of alternative sentencing, the justice court may contract with a qualified person to administer the program of supervision.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2231; A 1995, 873; 2009, 2258)