Placement of offender under clinical supervision of treatment provider; payment of charges for treatment; liability of provider limited.

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1. When a program of treatment is ordered pursuant to NRS 484C.340 or paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400, the court shall place the offender under the clinical supervision of a treatment provider for treatment in accordance with the report submitted to the court pursuant to NRS 484C.340 or subsection 3, 4, 5 or 6 of NRS 484C.350, as appropriate. The court shall:

(a) Order the offender to be placed under the supervision of a treatment provider, then release the offender for supervised aftercare in the community; or

(b) Release the offender for treatment in the community,

for the period of supervision ordered by the court.

2. The court shall:

(a) Require the treatment provider to submit monthly progress reports on the treatment of an offender pursuant to this section; and

(b) Order the offender, to the extent of his or her financial resources, to pay any charges for treatment pursuant to this section. If the offender does not have the financial resources to pay all those charges, the court shall, to the extent possible, arrange for the offender to obtain the treatment from a treatment provider that receives a sufficient amount of federal or state money to offset the remainder of the charges.

3. A treatment provider is not liable for any damages to person or property caused by a person who:

(a) Drives, operates or is in actual physical control of a vehicle or a vessel under power or sail while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance; or

(b) Engages in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130, 484C.430, subsection 2 of NRS 488.400, NRS 488.410, 488.420 or 488.425 or a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct,

after the treatment provider has certified that the offender has successfully completed a program of treatment ordered pursuant to NRS 484C.340 or paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2891; A 1995, 421; 1997, 135; 1999, 3421; 2001, 1887, 2394; 2003, 106; 2005, 34, 144; 2007, 1063, 2799; 2015, 759) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 484.37945)


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