1. A law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing endangered older person may activate the System to disseminate a notice on behalf of the missing endangered older person if the law enforcement agency has:
(a) Confirmed that the whereabouts of the missing endangered older person are unknown;
(b) Confirmed either that the missing endangered older person:
(1) Has been diagnosed with a medical or mental health condition that places the missing endangered older person in danger of serious physical harm or death; or
(2) Is missing under suspicious or unexplained circumstances that place the person in danger of serious physical harm or death; and
(c) Received sufficient descriptive information about the missing endangered older person or other pertinent information to warrant dissemination of the information.
2. Before activation of the System on behalf of a missing endangered older person, the law enforcement agency shall determine whether the dissemination of information will encompass:
(a) A particular neighborhood, city, county, region or state; or
(b) More than one neighborhood, city, county, region or state.
3. A law enforcement agency is not required to obtain the prior consent of the Department before activating the System, but the Department may review an activation of the System after the activation is complete.
4. A law enforcement agency that activates the System shall notify the Department and all participating members of the System upon cancellation of the activation and shall report the final disposition of the search for the missing endangered older person to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 830)