Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 424.490 Maintenance of home and vehicles; transportation of foster children; prior approval required to take child out of state or on trip or vacation. (NRS 424.020) 1. The foster home shall maintain the home and vehicles in safe operating condition. 2. The foster home shall …

NAC 424.495 Communication and visitation with family of origin and others. (NRS 424.020) 1. A foster home shall cooperate with the agency placing a foster child in the home to help the child maintain meaningful ties with his or her family of origin, including correspondence betwe…

NAC 424.500 Care and treatment of children: General requirements. (NRS 424.020) 1. A foster home shall: (a) Provide a safe, stable and nurturing environment. (b) Encourage a child’s autonomy, respect a child’s privacy and consider a child’s preferences or choices when providing c…

NAC 424.502 Child and family team: Assignment; members; meetings. (NRS 424.020) 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall assign a child and family team for each child placed in a foster home. The agency which provides child welfare services is responsible for sche…

NAC 424.505 Supervision of foster children. (NRS 424.020) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 424.628 for a specialized foster home, a foster home shall ensure that foster children are supervised in the following manner: 1. Minors shall not supervise foster children unless approv…

NAC 424.510 Emergency shelter care: Employment of parent outside home. (NRS 424.020) The requirements for appropriate supervision of children and the foster parent’s ability to meet the children’s needs must be met if the shelter home parent or both parents are employed outside t…

NAC 424.515 Discipline of children: Aims. (NRS 424.020) The aims of discipline are threefold: 1. To help the child accept his or her responsibility to others; 2. To help the child realize that others also have responsibilities and privileges; and 3. To help the child accept the f…

NAC 424.520 Discipline of children: General requirements. (NRS 424.020) 1. Discipline, to be effective, must be fair, reasonable, consistent and related to the offense. 2. Discipline must be handled with kindness and understanding and administered in such a way as to help the chi…

NAC 424.525 Discipline of children: Recommended behavior management techniques. (NRS 424.020) The following are recommended behavior management techniques: 1. Picking up a child who is out of control and removing him or her from the setting. This is appropriate only to younger ch…

NAC 424.530 Discipline of children: Restrictions. (NRS 424.020) 1. The following are examples of unacceptable disciplinary techniques. The list is not exclusive. Foster parents shall discuss disciplinary techniques with the child’s caseworker before they are used. The foster pare…

NAC 424.535 Assignment of chores and other work to children. (NRS 424.020) 1. Children must be encouraged to participate in the daily chores or work activities. 2. Tasks and work assignments must be appropriate to the child’s age, health and ability. 3. Excessive work assignments…

NAC 424.540 Provision of food and water to children. (NRS 424.020) 1. Three healthy meals and appropriate snacks must be provided daily in the quantity and quality necessary to meet the child’s dietary, nutritional and caloric needs. 2. Consideration must be given to the child’s …

NAC 424.545 Housekeeping and sanitation; supplies for first aid. (NRS 424.020) 1. The home shall have reasonable housekeeping standards, although primary emphasis will be upon homemaking. 2. Sheets, pillowcases and towels must be laundered at least weekly and more often if necess…

NAC 424.550 Physical and mental health of foster parents and members of household. (NRS 424.020) Each foster parent must be in sufficiently good physical and mental health, and be physically and emotionally capable, to provide the necessary care to children. A foster parent or ot…

NAC 424.555 Provision of health care to children. (NRS 424.020) 1. Group foster homes shall adopt a written policy on the services for health care and treatment, and shall follow the policy. 2. The foster parents or direct care staff shall closely observe children for signs of il…

NAC 424.560 Medications. (NRS 424.020, 424.0383) 1. The foster parents or direct care staff shall supervise or administer all prescription and nonprescription medication taken by a foster child and immediately document the medication in the record maintained pursuant to subsectio…

NAC 424.565 Provision of care for mental, behavioral and emotional health of children. (NRS 424.020) 1. A foster home, in cooperation with the agency placing a child in the home, shall arrange for any needed services for the care or treatment of the mental, behavioral and emotion…

NAC 424.570 Education of children. (NRS 424.019, 424.020) 1. The foster home shall ensure that each child attends school as required by law and shall provide or cooperate with persons responsible for the educational planning for each child. Each child must be afforded the opportu…

NAC 424.573 Participation by children in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural and social activities. (NRS 424.020) 1. A foster parent or designated member of the staff of a foster home may allow a foster child to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural and social ac…

NAC 424.575 Moral and religious training of children. (NRS 424.020) The foster home shall provide for the moral training of children in care. Children shall be permitted to participate in religious activities and to attend a church of their faith or that of their parents when pos…

NAC 424.580 Training in personal health; personal hygiene and grooming. (NRS 424.020) 1. The foster home shall provide training in good health practices, including proper habits in eating, bathing, personal grooming and hygiene, suitable to the child’s age. 2. Children in care mu…

NAC 424.585 Clothing and personal possessions of children. (NRS 424.020) 1. Each child must have his or her own clothing and personal possessions as well as storage space for them. Children must not be required to share personal clothing items with other children. The gender iden…

NAC 424.590 Pets and animals. (NRS 424.020) 1. Immunization of all household pets that require immunization must be up to date, regardless of whether the pets are kept inside or outside the foster home. The presence of any pet deemed potentially hazardous to a child is cause for …

NAC 424.595 Hazardous materials and chemicals; items and products intended only for adult use. (NRS 424.020) 1. All hazardous chemicals, tools and other equipment, including, without limitation, matches, plastic bags, paints, gasoline, insecticides, and cleaning and laundry produ…

NAC 424.600 Weapons and ammunition. (NRS 424.020, 424.044) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 424.044 and subsection 2, any weapons, such as firearms, air rifles, bows, hunting knives or hunting sling shots, must be unloaded at all times when children are in the foster home. …

NAC 424.605 Fire drills. (NRS 424.020) A fire drill must be held at least once a month in each foster home and recorded documentation of the activity must be posted in the foster home and must be made available for inspection by the licensing authority. [Welfare Div., Req. for Fo…

NAC 424.610 Safety plan to protect child from abuse, neglect and other safety concerns. (NRS 424.020) The agency which provides child welfare services may require the foster parents or licensee to establish a safety plan jointly with the agency that sets forth the methods to be u…

NAC 424.613 Reporting of abuse or neglect. (NRS 424.020) Each licensee, foster parent, member of the staff of a foster home or employee of a foster care agency who, in his or her professional or occupational capacity, knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been…

NAC 424.615 Plan for responding to disasters and other emergencies. (NRS 424.020) 1. A licensee shall develop for the foster home a written plan for responding to a disaster or other emergency. The plan must be consistent with the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432.410 by an agen…

NAC 424.620 Director: Responsibilities and duties. (NRS 424.020, 424.030, 424.031, 424.033, 424.0335, 424.034) 1. A specialized foster home must have a director who is responsible for the overall operation of the specialized foster home. 2. The responsibilities of the director in…

NAC 424.622 Director: Qualifications. (NRS 424.020) 1. The director of a specialized foster home which is not operated by a foster care agency must be at least 21 years of age and must have: (a) A bachelor’s degree or more advanced degree from an accredited college or university …

NAC 424.624 Director: Vacancy in position; temporary operation without director; designation of acting director. (NRS 424.020) 1. If the director of a specialized foster home resigns or is terminated, the specialized foster home must notify the licensing authority in writing not …

NAC 424.626 Statement of services offered and scope of program: Submission to licensing authority; contents. (NRS 424.020) 1. Each specialized foster home must provide to the licensing authority, with its initial application for a license, a written statement of the programs offe…

NAC 424.628 Supervision of children. (NRS 424.020) 1. A specialized foster home shall ensure that a child placed in the specialized foster home is supervised by a person who is at least 21 years of age and continues to be so supervised any time the child is in or around a pool or…

NAC 424.630 Treatment plan: Preparation and submission. (NRS 424.020) 1. A specialized foster home shall ensure that a child placed in the specialized foster home has a comprehensive treatment plan which identifies treatment strategies that will be used with the child in accordan…

NAC 424.632 Qualifications of supervisors and case managers; exception. (NRS 424.020) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person employed as a supervisor by a specialized foster home which is not operated by a foster care agency must submit proof to the specialized…

NAC 424.642 Application for license: Inclusion of information regarding agency. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) An application for a license to operate a foster care agency submitted to the licensing authority pursuant to NRS 424.095 must be accompanied by: 1. A copy of the articles of in…

NAC 424.644 Application for license: Inclusion of information regarding director. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) 1. In addition to complying with the requirements of NAC 424.642, an applicant for a license to operate a foster care agency must submit to the licensing authority: (a) Satisf…

NAC 424.646 Application for license: Inclusion of information regarding foster homes, staff, children, programs and services; inclusion of information if applicant licensed in another state. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) In addition to complying with the requirements of NAC 424.642 and …

NAC 424.648 Application for license: Release of information regarding applicant. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) An applicant for a license to operate a foster care agency must authorize the release of such information as requested by the licensing authority, including, without limitation…

NAC 424.652 Application for license: Investigation and inspection of facilities. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) Whenever an application is submitted for a license to operate a foster care agency or for the renewal of a license to operate a foster care agency, the licensing authority may …

NAC 424.654 Application for license: Withdrawal. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) An applicant for a license to operate a foster care agency may withdraw the application at any time by submitting a written request for withdrawal to the licensing authority. After withdrawing an application,…

NAC 424.656 License: Issuance; contents; display. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) 1. If the licensing authority determines that an applicant for a license to operate a foster care agency meets the qualifications for licensure, the licensing authority shall issue a license to the applicant…

NAC 424.658 Application for renewal of license: General provisions. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) 1. To renew a license to operate a foster care agency, the person licensed to operate the foster care agency must submit an application as required pursuant to NRS 424.095 to the licensing …

NAC 424.662 Application for renewal of license: Inclusion of additional information. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) In addition to complying with the requirements of NAC 424.658, the application for renewal of a license to operate the foster care agency must also be accompanied by: 1. A …

NAC 424.664 Denial or revocation of license or termination of contract. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) The licensing authority may deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license to operate a foster care agency, revoke an existing license to operate a foster care agency or t…

NAC 424.666 Audit of records by licensing authority. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) 1. The licensing authority may, at any time, conduct an audit of the records of a foster care agency to determine whether the foster care agency is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and ch…