449.244 - Certain costs for examination or treatment of victims of sexual offenses to be charged to county.
449.244 Certain costs for examination or treatment of victims of sexual offenses to be charged to county.
1. Any costs incurred by a hospital for:
(a) The examination of the victim of a sexual offense, when the examination is performed for the purposes of gathering evidence for possible prosecution of the person who committed the offense; or
(b) Initial emergency medical care for the victim,
Ê must not be charged directly to the victim. The costs must be charged to the county in whose jurisdiction the offense was committed.
2. Whenever costs are incurred by a hospital for treatment which has been approved by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 217.310 for the victim of a sexual assault and any other person eligible for treatment, the costs of the treatment, not to exceed $1,000, must be charged to the county which authorized the treatment. Any remainder must be handled the same as other hospital costs.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1133; A 1979, 587; 1985, 2106)