Nevada § 211.400 - Program for treatment of prisoners with substance use disorder using medication-assisted treatment: Establishment; eligibility; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases

§ 211.400. Program for treatment of prisoners with substance use disorder using medication-assisted treatment: Establishment; eligibility; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases

1. To the extent that money is available, a sheriff, chief of police or town marshal

who is responsible for a county, city or town jail or detention facility shall establish

a program to provide for the treatment of prisoners with a substance use disorder

using medication-assisted treatment. 2. The program established pursuant to subsection 1 must: (a) Provide each eligible prisoner who participates in the program with appropriate

medication-assisted treatment for the period in which the prisoner is incarcerated;

and (b) Require that all decisions regarding the type, dosage or duration of any medication

administered to an eligible prisoner as part of his or her medication-assisted treatment

be made by a treating physician and the eligible prisoner. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any prisoner who the sheriff, chief

of police or town marshal has determined has a substance use disorder for which a

medication-assisted treatment exists and who meets any reasonable conditions imposed

by the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal pursuant to subsection 4 is eligible

to participate in the program established pursuant to subsection 1 and must be offered

the opportunity to participate. If a prisoner received medication-assisted treatment immediately preceding his or

her incarceration, the prisoner is eligible to continue that medication-assisted treatment

as a participant in the program. Participation in the program must be voluntary. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the sheriff, chief of police or

town marshal may impose reasonable conditions for a prisoner to be eligible to participate

in the program established pursuant to subsection 1 and to continue his or her participation

in the program. The sheriff, chief of police or town marshal shall not deny a prisoner the ability

to participate in the program or terminate the participation of a prisoner in the

program on the basis that: (a) The results of a screening test administered to the prisoner upon the commencement

of his or her incarceration or upon the commencement of his or her participation in

the program indicated the presence of a controlled substance; or (b) The prisoner committed an infraction of the rules of the county, city or town

jail or detention facility before or during the participation of the prisoner in the

program. 5. A prisoner who participates in the program established pursuant to subsection 1

is not subject to discipline on the basis that the results of a screening test administered

to the prisoner during his or her participation in the program indicated the presence

of a controlled substance. 6. As used in this section, “ medication-assisted treatment ” means treatment for a substance use disorder using medication approved by the United

States Food and Drug Administration for that purpose.