433.496 - Basis for decisions, policies, procedures and practices regarding emergency admissions and involuntary court-ordered admissions.

433.496  Basis for decisions, policies, procedures and practices regarding emergency admissions and involuntary court-ordered admissions.

      1.  Each facility shall make all of its decisions, policies, procedures and practices regarding emergency admissions or involuntary court-ordered admissions based upon clinical efficiency rather than cost containment.

      2.  This section does not preclude a public facility from making decisions, policies, procedures and practices within the limits of the money made available to the facility.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 3491)