Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 424.676 Director: Qualifications; responsibilities and duties. (NRS 424.093) 1. A foster care agency shall have a director who is responsible for the overall operation of the foster care agency. 2. The director must be at least 21 years of age and must meet the qualifications…

NAC 424.678 Director: Vacancy in position; temporary operation without director; designation of acting director. (NRS 424.093) 1. If the director of a foster care agency resigns or is terminated, the foster care agency must notify the licensing authority in writing not later than…

NAC 424.682 Finances: Plan for management; maintenance of records; budget; accessibility of certain information. (NRS 424.093) A foster care agency shall: 1. Establish and carry out a plan for the management of its financial affairs which ensures that the foster care agency has s…

NAC 424.684 Annual evaluation of foster homes. (NRS 424.093, 424.094) 1. At least annually, a foster care agency shall conduct a written evaluation of each foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract to determine whether each such foster home is in c…

NAC 424.710 Staff: Qualifications. (NRS 424.020) 1. A specialized foster home and a foster care agency shall ensure that each member of the staff of the specialized foster home and of the staff of any foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract, as a…

NAC 424.712 Training of direct care staff: Generally; submission of curriculum to licensing authority for approval; format for presentation; exception. (NRS 424.020, 424.0365) 1. Within 90 days after beginning his or her employment and annually thereafter, each member of the dire…

NAC 424.714 Training of direct care staff: Continuing education. (NRS 424.020, 424.0365) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each specialized foster home and foster care agency shall ensure that each member of their direct care staff completes not less than 20 hours …

NAC 424.716 Training of direct care staff: Certification on use of physical restraint. (NRS 424.020, 424.0365) In addition to any training provided pursuant to NAC 424.712 and 424.714 or NRS 424.0365, within 60 days after beginning employment, each member of the direct care staff…

NAC 424.718 Training of direct care staff: Training log. (NRS 424.020, 424.0365) 1. Each specialized foster home and foster care agency shall document any training provided to any member of their direct care staff pursuant to NAC 424.712 and 424.714, including any training provid…

NAC 424.720 Adoption of policy on medication management and administration of prescription and nonprescription medication. (NRS 424.020, 424.0385) 1. Each specialized foster home and foster care agency shall adopt and enforce a policy on medication management and the administrati…

NAC 424.722 Records of prescription and nonprescription medication administered to children: Maintenance; required contents. (NRS 424.020, 424.0385) 1. A specialized foster home or a foster home with which a foster care agency has entered into a contract that administers any pres…

NAC 424.724 Use of physical restraint: When authorized; reporting requirements. (NRS 424.020, 424.0365) 1. A member of the direct care staff of a specialized foster home or a foster home with which a foster care agency has entered into a contract may use physical restraint on a c…

NAC 424.726 Records of children placed in foster home: Maintenance; required contents. (NRS 424.020) 1. A specialized foster home and a foster care agency shall maintain a record for each child placed in the specialized foster home or a foster home with which the foster care agen…

NAC 424.728 Staff and foster parents: Records regarding employment; required notice when no longer employed. (NRS 424.020, 424.034) 1. A specialized foster home and a foster care agency shall maintain records of all staff and foster parents employed by the specialized foster home…

NAC 424.750 Audit of records; notice of finding of noncompliance; plan of action; reevaluation; revocation or suspension of license to operate foster home or foster care agency or termination of contract to operate foster care agency. (NRS 424.020, 424.093) 1. The Division will a…

NAC 424.800 Waiver of or variance from requirements of chapter. (NRS 424.020) 1. The Administrator or, if he or she chooses to designate a designee, the designee of the Administrator may, on a case-by-case basis, waive a specific requirement of this chapter if the waiver is for t…

NAC 424.805 Provision of services to foster parents and foster care agencies caring for children in custody of agency which provides child welfare services. (NRS 424.020, 424.077, 424.093) 1. The agency which provides child welfare services shall provide direct services to foster…

NAC 424.810 Provision of information concerning child to provider of foster care and applicable foster care agency. (NRS 424.020, 424.037, 424.038, 424.093) The licensing authority shall, within 10 working days after it obtains any information regarding a child which it is requir…

NAC 424.815 Access by provider of foster care to information maintained by licensing authority concerning provider. (NRS 424.020, 424.047) 1. For the purposes of NRS 424.047: (a) A provider of foster care must submit his or her request for information to the licensing authority i…

NAC 424.820 Liability insurance: Maintenance; notification of cancellation or nonrenewal. (NRS 424.020) Each group foster home, specialized foster home, independent living foster home and foster care agency shall carry liability insurance in the amounts appropriate for the protec…

NAC 424.825 Process for filing and resolving grievance concerning foster care agency or foster home. (NRS 424.020, 432.548) 1. A child or, if applicable, the parent or guardian of a child may file a grievance concerning a foster care agency or a foster home by filing a form, appr…

NAC 425.005 Definitions. (NRS 425.620) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 425.015 to 425.040, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Div. of Welfare & Supp. Services by R183…

NAC 425.015 “Child support obligation” defined. (NRS 425.620) “Child support obligation” means the amount of child support that is required to be paid by an obligor. (Added to NAC by Div. of Welfare & Supp. Services by R183-18, 10-30-2019, eff. 2-1-2020)

NAC 425.025 “Gross income” defined. (NRS 425.620) 1. “Gross income” includes, without limitation: (a) Monetary compensation incident to employment, including, without limitation, salary, wages, commissions and money earned from overtime pay or bonuses if such compensation is subs…

NAC 425.035 “Obligee” defined. (NRS 425.620) “Obligee” means a person who is entitled to receive payments for the support of one or more children pursuant to an order. (Added to NAC by Div. of Welfare & Supp. Services by R183-18, 10-30-2019, eff. 2-1-2020)

NAC 425.037 “Obligor” defined. (NRS 425.620) “Obligor” means a person who incurs a legal obligation to provide support for one or more children pursuant to an order. If the parties have joint physical custody of at least one child, each party is an obligor. (Added to NAC by Div. …

NAC 425.040 “Order” defined. (NRS 425.620) “Order” has the meaning ascribed to “order for the support of a child” in NRS 125B.145. (Added to NAC by Div. of Welfare & Supp. Services by R183-18, 10-30-2019, eff. 2-1-2020) GUIDELINES FOR SUPPORT OF CHILDREN

NAC 425.100 Order must be based upon obligor’s earnings, income and other ability to pay; basic needs of child presumed met by determination of total child support obligation; deviation from presumed amount. (NRS 425.620) 1. Any order must be based on the obligor’s earnings, inco…

NAC 425.110 Stipulation to child support obligation that does not comply with guidelines: Requirements; authority of court to reject. (NRS 425.620) 1. In lieu of having a child support obligation determined pursuant to the guidelines set forth in this chapter, the parties may sti…

NAC 425.115 Determination of total child support obligation if no stipulation; adjustment of obligation based upon type of custody held by parent. (NRS 425.620) 1. If the parties do not stipulate to a child support obligation pursuant to NAC 425.110, the court must determine the …

NAC 425.117 Determination of total child support obligation. (NRS 425.620) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 425.110, a court shall determine the total child support obligation of an obligor as the sum of: 1. The base child support obligation as determined pursuant to NAC 425.1…

NAC 425.120 Determination of monthly gross income of each obligor; provision of financial information or other records to court. (NRS 425.620) 1. The monthly gross income of each obligor must be determined by: (a) Stipulation of the parties; or (b) The court, after considering al…

NAC 425.125 Court authorized to impute income to obligor who is underemployed or unemployed without good cause; consideration of circumstances of obligor. (NRS 425.620) 1. If after taking evidence, the court determines that an obligor, including, without limitation, an obligor wh…

NAC 425.130 Consideration of costs of child care paid by either or both parties; order must include cost of child care paid by obligor and certain written findings. (NRS 425.620) 1. After determining the base child support obligation of an obligor pursuant to NAC 425.140 or 425.1…

NAC 425.135 Consideration of reasonable medical support paid by either or both parties; order must include provision that medical support is required to be provided to child. (NRS 425.620) 1. After determining the base child support obligation of an obligor pursuant to NAC 425.14…

NAC 425.140 Schedule for determining base child support obligation based on number of children and monthly gross income of obligor. (NRS 425.620) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 425.145, the base child support obligation of an obligor must be determined according to the follo…

NAC 425.145 Establishment of base child support obligation using low-income schedule if economic circumstances of obligor limit ability to pay; publication of schedule by Administrative Office of the Courts. (NRS 425.620) 1. If the court determines that the total economic circums…

NAC 425.150 Adjustment of child support obligation in accordance with specific needs of child and economic circumstances of parties. (NRS 425.620) 1. Any child support obligation may be adjusted by the court in accordance with the specific needs of the child and the economic circ…

NAC 425.155 Review and adjustment of order upon certain circumstances relating to incarceration or involuntary institutionalization of obligor or release therefrom. (NRS 425.620) 1. If an obligor is incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized for a period of 180 consecutive d…

NAC 425.160 Termination or modification of order when child reaches certain age. (NRS 425.620) 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, if an order pertains to only one child, the child support obligation terminates on the first day of the month immediately following the month whe…

NAC 425.165 Notice required in order that pertains to more than one child and does not allocate specific amount to each child. (NRS 425.620) Any order that pertains to more than one child and does not allocate a specific amount of the total child support obligation to each child …

NAC 425.170 Modification or adjustment of child support obligation must be based on change in circumstances. (NRS 425.620) 1. Except as otherwise authorized by law or this chapter, after a court has established a child support obligation, any subsequent modification or adjustment…

NAC 426.010 Definitions. (NRS 426.560, 426.670) As used in NAC 426.010 to 426.500, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 426.015 to 426.055, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Supplied in codification; …

NAC 426.015 “Accessories” defined. (NRS 426.560, 426.670) “Accessories” means items which: 1. Are suitable for use in the operation of a vending facility; 2. Are portable or subject to breakage or loss; and 3. Have a purchase price of less than $500. Ê The term includes, but is n…

NAC 426.017 “Administrator” defined. (NRS 426.560, 426.670) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division. (Added to NAC by Bur. of Services to the Blind & Vis. Impaired by R091-00, eff. 9-25-2000)

NAC 426.025 “Bureau” defined. (NRS 426.560, 426.670) “Bureau” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.045. [Bur. of Services to the Blind, § 2 subsec. 3, eff. 10-14-82] — (NAC A by Bur. of Services to the Blind & Vis. Impaired, 8-28-97)

NAC 426.028 “Department” defined. (NRS 426.560, 426.670) “Department” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.061. (Supplied in codification; A by Bur. of Services to the Blind & Vis. Impaired, 8-28-97)