Title 38

NRS 424.099 Organization of foster care agency; governing body; appointment of person to provide oversight; requirements when organized out of state. 1. A foster care agency must: (a) Be organized as a business entity that is registered with the Secretary of State and holds a val…

NRS 424.103 Duties of governing body. The governing body of a foster care agency must be responsible for: 1. Ensuring that the foster care agency is and remains fiscally sound; 2. Overseeing the management and operations of the programs and services offered by the foster care age…

NRS 424.107 Submission of information concerning foster care agency to licensing authority or designee. The governing body shall submit annually to the licensing authority or its designee: 1. The name, address, contact information, position held on the governing body and any othe…

NRS 424.115 Qualifications and duties of person appointed to oversee foster care agency; employment of staff; qualifications of certain staff. 1. The person appointed to provide oversight of a foster care agency by the governing body of the foster care agency pursuant to NRS 424.…

NRS 424.125 Volunteers: Acceptance; plan for selection, training, supervision and assignment. 1. The foster care agency may accept volunteers to provide certain specified services for the foster care agency. The foster care agency shall not rely solely upon volunteers to provide …

NRS 424.135 Orientation, training, supervision and evaluation of staff; written policies and procedures for personnel, services and programs required; maintenance of personnel records. 1. The foster care agency shall develop and carry out a written plan for the orientation, train…

NRS 424.145 Licensing authority or designee to investigate background of certain persons; periodic additional investigations. 1. The licensing authority or a person designated by the licensing authority shall obtain from appropriate law enforcement agencies information on the bac…

NRS 424.155 Person investigated to supply fingerprints; child abuse and neglect screening; exchange of information; report from Federal Bureau of Investigation; actions of licensing authority upon receipt of report. 1. Each applicant for or holder of a license to conduct a foster…

NRS 424.165 Termination of person arrested for, charged with or convicted of certain crimes; correction of information. 1. Upon receiving information from the licensing authority or its approved designee pursuant to NRS 424.155 or evidence from any other source that an owner, mem…

NRS 424.170 Persons associated with foster care agency prohibited from engaging in certain activities with foster care agency. A member of the governing body, employee, consultant, contractor, volunteer or vendor of a foster care agency may not: 1. Be a provider of foster care wh…

NRS 424.180 Annual report; contents. 1. A foster care agency shall create and maintain an annual report concerning each program or service provided by the foster care agency. 2. The report must include, without limitation, a description of each program or service provided by the …

NRS 424.190 Recruitment of potential foster homes by foster care agency; training of providers of foster homes. 1. A foster care agency may identify potential foster homes and encourage a potential foster home to apply to the licensing authority for a license to conduct a foster …

NRS 424.200 Coordination of licensing of prospective foster homes; fair and impartial investigation of such homes; licensing authority to review applications of foster homes and provide necessary training. 1. A foster care agency shall coordinate the submission of applications fo…

NRS 424.205 Contract between foster care agency and provider of foster care required in certain circumstances; contents. 1. A foster care agency may not assist an agency which provides child welfare services or a juvenile court in the placement of a child in foster care unless a …

NRS 424.210 Foster care agency which places children in specialized foster homes: Policies and procedures relating to such children; duties with respect to providers of foster care, child and biological family of child; written plan for alternative care in event of emergency. 1. …

NRS 424.220 Foster care agency which places children in independent living foster homes: Policies and procedures relating to such children; coordination with provider of foster care; orientation and training provided to child admitted to program for independent living. 1. A foste…

NRS 424.230 Support to foster homes; duty to ensure that child receives appropriate treatment and adequate clothing; duty to periodically review foster homes without children for compliance with chapter and regulations; review of foster homes upon occurrence of certain critical e…

NRS 424.235 Duty of foster care agency to ensure that staff receives certain training; duties of agency relating to gender identity or expression of foster child. 1. The holder of a license to operate a foster care agency shall ensure that each member of the staff of the foster c…

NRS 424.240 Duty to provide crisis intervention and assistance to foster homes; duty to train employees to handle crisis situations; duty to train providers to use certain techniques with children. 1. A foster care agency shall provide crisis intervention and assistance 24 hours …

NRS 424.250 Providers prohibited from using physical restraints; exception; foster care agency to notify and provide report to licensing authority of serious incident, accident, motor vehicle crash or injury; reports of possible violations; investigations. 1. A provider of foster…

NRS 424.260 Notification to licensing authority of certain placements; placements to comply with Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children or Interstate Compact for Juveniles; priority in assistance with placement. 1. A foster care agency shall notify the licensing authorit…

NRS 424.270 Written plan to monitor and evaluate programs and services of foster care agency. 1. Each foster care agency shall develop and carry out a written plan to monitor and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of its programs and services on a systemic and ongoing basis. …

NRS 424.272 “Child” defined. As used in NRS 424.272 to 424.278, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “child” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432C.030. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2645)

NRS 424.273 Position of coordinator of services for commercially sexually exploited children: Creation; duties. 1. The Administrator of the Division shall create the position of coordinator of services for commercially sexually exploited children. The Administrator may employ or …

NRS 424.274 Application for license; regulations; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations. 1. To obtain a license to operate a receiving center, a person or entity must submit an application to the Division in the form prescribed by the Division. The application must include, w…

NRS 424.275 Receiving center required to ensure the receipt of certain services by commercially sexually exploited children. 1. A receiving center must ensure that each child placed in the care of the receiving center or referred to the receiving center for outpatient care receiv…

NRS 424.276 Treatment of child in accordance with gender identity or expression; regulations concerning appropriate placement of child. 1. A receiving center shall treat each child who is placed in the receiving center in all respects in accordance with the child’s gender identit…

NRS 424.277 Certification of facilities or organizations other than receiving centers that provide services to commercially sexually exploited children; regulations. 1. The Division may adopt regulations requiring the certification of a facility or organization, other than a rece…

NRS 424.278 Penalty for operating receiving center, facility or other entity without valid license or certificate; authority of Division to bring action. 1. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she operates: (a) A receiving center without holding a valid license; or (b) A…

NRS 424.300 Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Part 5:185:1939; 1931 NCL § 1061.04]—(NRS A 1967, 575; 1995, 1789)