433.003 - Declaration of legislative intent.
433.003 Declaration of legislative intent. The Legislature hereby declares that it is the intent of this title:
1. To eliminate the forfeiture of any civil and legal rights of any person and the imposition of any legal disability on any person, based on an allegation of mental illness or mental retardation or a related condition, by any method other than a separate judicial proceeding resulting in a determination of incompetency, wherein the civil and legal rights forfeited and the legal disabilities imposed are specifically stated; and
2. To charge the Division of Mental and Developmental Services, and the Division of Child and Family Services, of the Department with recognizing their duty to act in the best interests of their respective clients by placing them in the least restrictive environment.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1589; A 1993, 2715; 1999, 97, 2589)