One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for:
1. Overseeing the provision of indigent defense services in counties whose population is less than 100,000. Such oversight must include, without limitation:
- (a) Oversight of the State Public Defender; and
- (b) Determining whether attorneys meet the requirements established by the Board on Indigent Defense Services to be eligible to provide indigent defense services and maintaining a list of such attorneys.
- 2. Developing and providing continuing legal education programs for attorneys who provide indigent defense services.
- 3. Identifying and encouraging best practices for delivering the most effective indigent defense services.
- 4. Providing assistance to counties that must revise the manner in which indigent defense services are provided as a result of the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 180.320. Such assistance may include, without limitation, assistance developing a plan and estimating the cost to carry out the plan.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2885)