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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 178.3985: “Mental disorder” defined.

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  1. TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
  2. CHAPTER 178 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
  3. INQUIRY INTO COMPETENCE OF DEFENDANT AND PROCEDURE FOLLOWING FINDING OF INCOMPETENCE

“Mental disorder” means a mental illness that results from a psychiatric or neurological disorder that so substantially impairs the mental or emotional functioning of the person as to make care or treatment necessary or advisable for the welfare of the person or for the safety of the person or property of another and includes, without limitation, intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities.

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