Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 127.135 Denial, suspension or revocation of license: Written notice; hearing. (NRS 127.230, 127.270) 1. If the Division intends to deny, suspend or revoke a license to operate a child-placing agency, it shall provide to the agency or applicant for the license, together with t…

NAC 127.138 Audit of records of agency to determine compliance with certain provisions; actions upon determination of noncompliance. (NRS 127.230) 1. The Division will audit the records of a child-placing agency to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter, chapter…

NAC 127.140 Employees, volunteers and independent contractors: Reports of criminal history; restrictions on provision of services to children. (NRS 127.230) 1. An applicant for an initial license as a child-placing agency must submit to the Division, for the director of adoption …

NAC 127.145 Board of directors or trustees: Composition; terms; compensation. (NRS 127.230) The board of directors or trustees of a child-placing agency must consist of not less than 11 members who: 1. Are representative of the geographic area where the agency operates. 2. Have t…

NAC 127.150 Board of directors or trustees: Duties. (NRS 127.230) The board of directors or trustees of a child-placing agency shall: 1. Appoint a director of adoption to administer the agency’s program of services relating to adoption. 2. With the assistance of the director of a…

NAC 127.155 Supervisor of agency’s cases: Required position; qualifications; director may act as supervisor if qualified. (NRS 127.230) 1. A child-placing agency shall have a supervisor of its cases relating to adoption who: (a) Has graduated from an accredited college or univers…

NAC 127.160 Qualifications of employee or volunteer who provides services relating to adoption. (NRS 127.230) 1. An employee or volunteer of a child-placing agency who provides any services relating to adoption must hold a current license issued by the Board of Examiners for Soci…

NAC 127.165 Qualifications of member of staff who handles individual cases relating to adoption. (NRS 127.230) A member of the staff of a child-placing agency who handles individual cases relating to adoption must: 1. Have graduated from an accredited college or university. 2. Ha…

NAC 127.170 Employment of secretarial and clerical staff. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency shall employ such secretarial and clerical staff as necessary to keep its records, reports and correspondences adequately current, complete and available. (Added to NAC by Div. of Child…

NAC 127.175 Consulting services. (NRS 127.230) 1. A child-placing agency shall: (a) Maintain written agreements for the receipt of medical, psychological, psychiatric and legal services from consultants. Such an agreement may provide for the payment of a salary or fee to a consul…

NAC 127.180 Personnel manual. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency shall maintain a written manual of its policies and practices regarding personnel. At a minimum, the manual must contain a description of the: 1. Duties of each position within the agency involving the provision o…

NAC 127.183 Discrimination prohibited. (NRS 127.230) Except as otherwise provided in this section and if the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 622 apply to an adoption, a child-placing agency shall not deny or delay: 1. An application of a person to become an adoptive or foster parent; o…

NAC 127.185 Finances: Plan for management; maintenance of fiscal records; budget; reserve; annual audit. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency shall: 1. Devise and carry out a plan for the management of its financial affairs which ensures that it has sufficient funding to support …

NAC 127.190 Standards for setting fees. (NRS 127.230) 1. Any fees charged by a child-placing agency for the placement or arranging for the placement of a child for adoption must be imposed pursuant to a sliding schedule of fees established by the agency that: (a) Sets forth a min…

NAC 127.195 Facilities: Maintenance; required contents. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency shall maintain facilities for its services relating to adoption that are clean, comfortable, and in a location accessible to its clients and staff. The facilities must include: 1. A waiti…

NAC 127.200 Maintenance of documentation; confidentiality. (NRS 127.230) 1. A child-placing agency shall maintain documentation of all information collected on and services provided to children for whom the agency is responsible, biological parents, adoptive parents, prospective …

NAC 127.205 Maintenance of statistical information; submission of written reports to Division. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency shall: 1. Maintain statistical information regarding services requested by, rendered to and refused to children, biological parents, adoptive parent…

NAC 127.210 Types of adoptions offered; counseling following completion of adoption. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency: 1. Shall offer traditional adoptions in which: (a) The adoptive parents are selected by the agency; (b) No personally identifying information regarding the a…

NAC 127.215 Parental choice of type of adoption. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency shall: 1. Allow biological parents and prospective adoptive parents to choose, from among the types of adoption the agency provides, the types of adoption in which they are willing to participat…

NAC 127.220 Information provided by agency to public, biological parents, adoptive parents and adopted persons. (NRS 127.230) A child-placing agency: 1. Shall inform the general public of the types of adoptions it provides. 2. Shall inform the biological parents, adoptive parents…

NAC 127.225 Initial interview of biological parents. (NRS 127.230) During its initial interview of biological parents, a child-placing agency shall attempt to: 1. Elicit information regarding the overall situation of the parents and, if appropriate, offer to provide necessary ser…

NAC 127.230 Contacts with biological parents subsequent to initial interview. (NRS 127.230) 1. During its contacts with biological parents subsequent to its initial interview, a child-placing agency shall attempt to: (a) Obtain information regarding the background of the biologic…

NAC 127.232 Duties of agency regarding biological parent considering consenting to specific adoption. (NRS 127.230) If a biological parent is considering consenting to a specific adoption, the child-placing agency shall: 1. Provide information regarding counseling, the State Regi…

NAC 127.235 Study of prospective adoptive home: Application and general requirements. (NRS 127.230, 127.2805) 1. A person who wishes to have his or her home studied by a child-placing agency for the purpose of adoption must: (a) Make a written application on a form provided by th…

NAC 127.236 Study of prospective adoptive home: Provision of information to prepare prospective adoptive parent. (NRS 127.230, 127.2805) A child-placing agency shall assist each prospective adoptive parent to prepare to become an adoptive parent by providing him or her with infor…

NAC 127.237 Study of prospective adoptive home: Release of copy of study. (NRS 127.230, 127.2805) A child-placing agency may release a copy of a study of a prospective adoptive home which it conducted to another agency which is licensed or approved to place children for adoption,…

NAC 127.238 Study of prospective adoptive home: Annual update; removal of name based on update. (NRS 127.230, 127.2805) 1. A child-placing agency shall annually update the study of the prospective adoptive home of an applicant approved for the placement of a child until: (a) A ch…

NAC 127.239 Criteria for selection of adoptive home. (NRS 127.230, 127.2817) 1. A child-placing agency shall select an adoptive home for a child in the custody of that agency based on the ability of the members of that home to meet the needs of that child. 2. Except as otherwise …

NAC 127.240 Approval of prospective adoptive parents; denial of application to adopt; applicants convicted of crime. (NRS 127.230, 127.2817) 1. To be approved as a prospective adoptive parent, the applicant must demonstrate the capacity to be a parent and to meet the needs of an …

NAC 127.245 Prospective adopted child who is American Indian. (NRS 127.052) 1. If a child-placing agency has reason to believe that a child under consideration for adoption is an Indian child, the agency shall consult and comply with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare A…

NAC 127.250 Termination of parental rights of biological father. (NRS 127.230) If, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 128.150, it is necessary to conduct a proceeding to terminate the parental rights of the biological father of a child awaiting adoption, a child-placing agency sha…

NAC 127.253 Provision of services to prepare child for adoption before placement in adoptive home. (NRS 127.230) 1. A child-placing agency shall provide services which are appropriate, based on the age of the child, to prepare a child for adoption, including, without limitation, …

NAC 127.255 Provision of certain information regarding child to adoptive family; compliance with NRS 127.330. (NRS 127.152, 127.230) If a child-placing agency decides to place a child in an adoptive home, the agency shall: 1. Before the child is placed in the home, provide the ad…

NAC 127.256 Duties of agency and prospective adoptive parents after placement of child in adoptive home. (NRS 127.230) 1. A child-placing agency shall: (a) Make at least one supervisory visit to the adoptive home of a child with special needs: (1) Per week during the month follow…

NAC 127.257 Legal-risk placement of child. (NRS 127.230) 1. If the parental rights of the parents of a child in the custody of a child-placing agency have not been relinquished or terminated, the child-placing agency may consider a legal-risk placement if: (a) The child-placing a…

NAC 127.260 Relinquishment of child for adoption. (NRS 127.230) 1. Before a child-placing agency accepts from biological parents a relinquishment of a child for adoption, the agency shall comply with the requirements of NAC 127.245 and, if the agency determines that the child is …

NAC 127.265 Written agreement; temporary foster care. (NRS 127.230) 1. Before a child-placing agency accepts a child for placement in foster care, the agency shall enter into a written agreement with the persons having legal custody of the child. The agreement must include: (a) A…

NAC 127.270 Responsibilities and duties of agency. (NRS 127.230) 1. If a child-placing agency decides to place a child in a foster home, the agency shall: (a) Select a foster home that is: (1) Licensed pursuant to chapter 424 of NRS; and (2) Appropriate for the child, based upon …

NAC 127.305 Consulting services. (NRS 127.230) 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall: (a) Maintain written agreements for the receipt of medical, psychological, psychiatric and legal services from consultants. Such an agreement may provide for the payment of a …

NAC 127.311 Discrimination prohibited. (NRS 127.230) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agency which provides child welfare services shall not deny or delay: 1. An application of a person to become an adoptive or foster parent; or 2. The placement of a child, Ê base…

NAC 127.315 Standards for setting fees. (NRS 127.230, 127.275) 1. Any fees charged by an agency which provides child welfare services for the placement or for arranging the placement of a child for adoption must be imposed pursuant to a sliding schedule of fees established pursua…

NAC 127.321 Waiver or reduction of fees for adoption services. (NRS 127.230, 127.275) 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall not charge a fee for adoption services which it provides if: (a) The child to be adopted is a child with special needs; (b) The child to …

NAC 127.325 Maintenance of documentation; confidentiality. (NRS 127.230) 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall maintain documentation of all information collected on and services provided to children for whom the agency is responsible, biological parents, adopt…

NAC 127.331 Submission of reports to Division. (NRS 127.230) 1. Unless the Division informs an agency which provides child welfare services that the Division is able to retrieve such information from a different source, an agency shall submit quarterly reports to the Division, on…

NAC 127.336 Audit of records of agency to determine compliance with certain provisions; actions upon determination of noncompliance. (NRS 127.230) 1. The Division will audit the records of an agency which provides child welfare services to determine compliance with the provisions…

NAC 127.351 Availability of application process for adoption of child. (NRS 127.230) The application process for the adoption of a child through an agency which provides child welfare services must be available to all persons regardless of age, color, race, gender, sexual orienta…

NAC 127.355 List of inquiries for adoption of child with no special needs. (NRS 127.230) 1. A person who wishes to adopt a child with no special needs who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services may contact the agency and request to be placed on the l…