1. The Director shall, in conjunction with the Division and with the approval of the Board, establish a program to evaluate an offender in the custody of the Department to determine whether the offender has a substance use disorder and whether the offender may benefit from participation in a therapeutic community.
2. An evaluation of an offender must be conducted pursuant to subsection 1 if the offender is eligible to be assigned to a therapeutic community.
3. After an evaluation is conducted pursuant to subsection 1, the Director or a person designated by the Director shall determine whether the offender has a substance use disorder and whether the offender may benefit from participation in a therapeutic community.
4. If a determination is made that the offender has a substance use disorder and that the offender may benefit from participation in a therapeutic community, the Director or a person designated by the Director shall determine whether to assign the offender to participate in a therapeutic community. In determining whether to assign an offender to participate in a therapeutic community, the Director or a person designated by the Director shall:
(a) Consider the severity of the problem of the substance use disorder of the offender and the availability of space in each therapeutic community; and
(b) Give preference, to the extent practicable, to those offenders who appear to be most capable of successfully participating in and completing treatment in a therapeutic community.
5. To be eligible to be assigned to participate in a therapeutic community, an offender must be within 2 years of the date on which the offender is reasonably expected to be released, as determined by the Director.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2653; A 1999, 1162; 2001, 434, 1265)
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