Assignment of probationers; limitations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a district court grants probation to a person convicted of a felony or continues probation after the person’s return to the court for violation of a condition of probation, the court may require as a condition of granting or continuing probation that the convicted person live for a period of time specified by the court under the supervision of the Division in a residential center established pursuant to NRS 176A.720. 2. The court may not assign a convicted person to a residential center under subsection 1: (a) If the convicted person has served a prior prison term in any state or federal penal institution. (b) Unless, in cases where probation is being granted rather than continued, the assignment is recommended by the Division. (Added to NRS by 1983, 321; A 1993, 1516)