Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence
CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Requirements of Treatment Programs
Section 228.170 - Method and standards of treatment
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 228.170
Current through December 31, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure that:
1. The program:
(a) Is based on evidence-based
practices;
(b) Requires that the
written plan of treatment of an offender be based on an assessment of the
offender by a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment; and
(c) Holds an offender accountable for
accepting responsibility for his or her violence and for changing his or her
violent behavior, including, without limitation, developing concern and empathy
for a person who is a victim of domestic violence.
2. A provider of treatment:
(a) Evaluates individually each offender for
whom he or she will provide treatment upon the admission of the offender to the
program;
(b) Develops a written
plan of treatment for the offender that includes, without limitation:
(1) Treatment relating to a history of
domestic violence, child abuse, sexual abuse or the use of alcohol or other
substance use disorder of the offender, including, without limitation,
individual counseling, group counseling or a combination of individual and
group counseling at a frequency determined by the provider of treatment in
accordance with the requirements of any court order issued pursuant to
subsection 6 of NRS
200.485, if applicable, and treatment
relating to the evaluation of the offender by the provider of treatment;
and
(2) A mechanism for measuring
the progress of the offender in the program, including, without limitation, his
or her attendance and participation in counseling sessions, completion of
assignments, and behavior and attitudinal changes;
(c) Develops, in consultation with the
offender, a written plan of control for the offender to deter the offender from
engaging in violent behavior or behavior that is harmful to himself or herself
or other persons;
(d) Periodically
assesses the needs and progress of the offender throughout the participation of
the offender in the program and adjusts the written plan of treatment in
accordance with the needs of the offender, as determined by the provider of
treatment;
(e) Reports evidence of
child abuse or neglect to an agency which provides child welfare services or to
a law enforcement agency; and
(f)
Reports evidence of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of
an older person or vulnerable person to an entity described in
NRS
200.5093.
3. A provider of treatment prepares a written report of the results of the evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection 2 that includes, without limitation:
(a) A profile
of information relating to the violent behavior of the offender that includes,
without limitation, descriptions of the violent behavior obtained from a victim
of domestic violence by the offender, an agency of criminal justice or another
provider of treatment, if applicable;
(b) Observations regarding the mental status
of the offender, if the provider of treatment determines that it is appropriate
to include those observations in the evaluation;
(c) An assessment of the degree to which the
offender is likely to harm himself or herself or other persons;
(d) The medical and psychological history of
the offender, if the provider of treatment determines that it is appropriate to
include that information in the evaluation;
(e) A description of any misuse of drugs or
alcohol by the offender and the effect that the misuse had on the offender and
his or her family; and
(f) The
social and cultural history of the offender as it relates to domestic
violence.
4. Upon the admission of an offender to the program, the program requires a written agreement that sets forth the responsibilities of the offender and the provider of treatment and includes the provisions set forth in NAC 228.175. The agreement must be signed by:
(a) The offender in the presence of
a provider of treatment; and
(b)
The provider of treatment who witnessed the signature pursuant to paragraph
(a).
Added to NAC by Com. on Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000; A by R001-08, 8-26-2008; A by R159-17AP, eff. 8/30/2018; A by R071-20A, eff. 7/28/2021
NRS 439.258
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