Ineligibility for program: Exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a defendant is not eligible for assignment to a program of treatment established pursuant to NRS 176A.280 if: (a) The offense committed by the defendant was a category A felony or a sexual offense as defined in NRS 179D.097 that is punishable as a category B felony; or (b) The defendant was discharged or released from the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof or the National Guard under dishonorable conditions. 2. A defendant described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 may be assigned to a program of treatment established pursuant to NRS 176A.280 if a justice court, municipal court or district court, as applicable, determines that extraordinary circumstances exist which warrant the assignment of the defendant to the program. (Added to NRS by 2017, 3019; A 2019, 2445, 4396)