Evaluations, counseling, therapy and rehabilitative or educational programs for certain offenses involving cruelty to animals; powers and duties of court.

1. As a condition of probation, the court may order a defendant who is convicted of a violation of chapter 574 of NRS that is punishable as a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor to: (a) Submit to a psychiatric evaluation; and (b) Participate in any counseling, therapy, rehabilitative program or educational program recommended in the evaluation. 2. The court shall order a defendant, to the extent of the defendant’s financial ability, to pay the cost for an evaluation and any counseling, therapy, rehabilitative program or educational program ordered pursuant to this section. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2891; A 2025, 2727)