Section 180.Sec. 44 - NEW1. Each county whose population is less than 100,000 shall include in its plan a requirement for time reporting by attorneys who provide indigent defense services. Such a report must be submitted on an annual basis and provide: (a) The total number of hours an attorney spent providing indigent defense services in each case;(b) The total number of hours that investigators worked on each case;(c) The total number of hours that staff worked on each case;(d) The total number of hours that expert witnesses worked on each case; and(e) The total number of hours an attorney spent on any private workload.2. A plan must require that time entries be: (a) Kept as close to contemporaneous as reasonably practicable to ensure the accuracy of time reporting and the ability of the Department to generate quarterly reports; and(b) Recorded in increments of one-tenth of an hour.3. As used in this section, "staff" means a paralegal, as that term is defined in the bylaws of the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Nevada, or a similar employee.4. In each county whose population is 100,000 or more, time records must be kept only during the periods in which weighted caseload studies are conducted pursuant to section 42 of this regulation.Nev. Admin. Code § 180.Sec. 44
Added to NAC by R042-20A, eff. 10/25/2021