Persons convicted of certain offenses required to be certified as not representing high risk to reoffend before court suspends sentence or grants probation; immunity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.110
in effect1. The court shall not grant probation to or suspend the sentence of a person convicted of an offense listed in subsection 3 unless:
(a) If a psychosexual evaluation of the person is required pursuant to NRS 176.139 , the person who conducts the psychosexual evaluation certifies in the report prepared pursuant to NRS 176.139 that the person convicted of the offense does not represent a high risk to reoffend based upon a currently accepted standard of assessment; or
(b) If a psychosexual evaluation of the person is not required pursuant to NRS 176.139 , a psychologist licensed to practice in this State who is trained to conduct psychosexual evaluations or a psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine in this State who is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., and is trained to conduct psychosexual evaluations certifies in a written report to the court that the person convicted of the offense does not represent a high risk to reoffend based upon a currently accepted standard of assessment.
2. This section does not create a right in any person to be certified or to continue to be certified. No person may bring a cause of action against the State, its political subdivisions, or the agencies, boards, commissions, departments, officers or employees of the State or its political subdivisions for not certifying a person pursuant to this section or for refusing to consider a person for certification pursuant to this section.
3. The provisions of this section apply to a person convicted of any of the following offenses:
(a) Attempted sexual assault of a person who is 16 years of age or older pursuant to NRS 200.366 .
(b) Statutory sexual seduction pursuant to NRS 200.368 .
(c) Battery with intent to commit sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.400 .
(d) Abuse or neglect of a child pursuant to NRS 200.508 .
(e) An offense involving child sexual abuse material pursuant to NRS 200.710 to 200.730 , inclusive.
(f) Fertility fraud pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 200.975 .
(g) Incest pursuant to NRS 201.180 .
(h) Open or gross lewdness pursuant to NRS 201.210 .
(i) Indecent or obscene exposure pursuant to NRS 201.220 .
(j) Soliciting a child for prostitution pursuant to NRS 201.354 .
(k) Sexual penetration of a dead human body pursuant to NRS 201.450 .
(l) Sexual conduct between certain employees of a school or volunteers at a school and a pupil pursuant to NRS 201.540 .
(m) Sexual conduct between certain employees of a college or university and a student pursuant to NRS 201.550 .
(n) Luring a child or a person with mental illness pursuant to NRS 201.560 , if punished as a felony.
(o) A violation of NRS 207.180 .
(p) An attempt to commit an offense listed in paragraphs (b) to (o), inclusive.
(q) Coercion or attempted coercion that is determined to be sexually motivated pursuant to NRS 207.193 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-176A.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026