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NRS 432B.380 Referral of case to district attorney for criminal prosecution; recommendation to file petition. If the agency which provides child welfare services determines that further action is necessary to protect a child who is in need of protection, as well as any other chil…

NRS 432B.390 Placement of child in protective custody. [Effective until the date on which the 35th state ratifies and enters into the version of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children set forth in NRS 127F.030.] 1. An agent or officer of a law enforcement agency, an …

NRS 432B.3903 Agency which provides child welfare services or designee authorized to request issuance of warrant to place child in protective custody if child needs protection but threat is not imminent. 1. An agency which provides child welfare services or its designee may reque…

NRS 432B.3905 Limitations on transfer to and placement in child care institution of child placed in protective custody who is under 6 years of age; notice; written plan. 1. An employee of an agency which provides child welfare services or its designee, an agent or officer of a la…

NRS 432B.391 Agency which provides child welfare services or designee authorized to conduct preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation name-based check of background of certain adult residents of home in which child will be placed in emergency situation; person investigated to s…

NRS 432B.393 Agency which provides child welfare services required to make reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify family of child to prevent or eliminate need for removal from home before placement in foster care and to make safe return to home possible; exceptions; determini…

NRS 432B.394 Agency which provides child welfare services required to provide or deny consent required for child in custody of agency to receive certain medical care within certain time after receiving recommendation for care; agency to make reasonable efforts to obtain consent o…

NRS 432B.396 Establishment of panel to evaluate extent to which agencies which provide child welfare services are effectively discharging their responsibilities; regulations; civil penalties. The Division of Child and Family Services shall: 1. Establish a panel comprised of volun…

NRS 432B.397 Inquiry to determine whether there is reason to know that child is Indian child; report to court; training regarding requirements of Indian Child Welfare Act. 1. The agency which provides child welfare services for a child that is taken into custody pursuant to this …

NRS 432B.400 Temporary detention of child by physician or person in charge of hospital or similar institution. A physician treating a child or a person in charge of a hospital or similar institution may hold a child for no more than 24 hours if there is reasonable cause to believ…

NRS 432B.401 Definitions. As used in NRS 432B.401 to 432B.4019, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 432B.4012, 432B.4014 and 432B.4016 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 536)

NRS 432B.4012 “Children’s advocacy center” defined. “Children’s advocacy center” means a public or private entity that provides an environment friendly to children where multidisciplinary teams work to: 1. Investigate and help children recover from abuse and neglect; and 2. Hold …

NRS 432B.4014 “Multidisciplinary team” defined. “Multidisciplinary team” means a team of different types of professionals convened by a children’s advocacy center to respond to the abuse or neglect of a child or develop standards pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 432B.4018. Such a …

NRS 432B.4016 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031. (Added to NRS by 2021, 536)

NRS 432B.4018 Requirements for operation; convening of multidisciplinary team to develop standards for acceptance of cases; access to services; immunity from liability for employee, officer or member of multidisciplinary team; confidentiality and disclosure of information maintai…

NRS 432B.4019 Account to Support Children’s Advocacy Centers: Creation; administration; use; gifts, grants and donations; nonreversion. 1. The Account to Support Children’s Advocacy Centers is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Division of Child and Family Services sha…

NRS 432B.403 Purpose of organizing. The purpose of organizing multidisciplinary teams to review the deaths of children pursuant to NRS 432B.403 to 432B.4095, inclusive, is to: 1. Review the records of selected cases of deaths of children under 18 years of age in this State; 2. Re…

NRS 432B.405 Appointment; circumstances for organization. 1. The director or other authorized representative of an agency which provides child welfare services: (a) May provisionally appoint and organize one or more multidisciplinary teams to review the death of a child; (b) Shal…

NRS 432B.406 Composition. 1. A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child that is organized by an agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to NRS 432B.405 must include, insofar as possible: (a) A representative of any law enforcement agency that is involve…

NRS 432B.407 Access to information; sharing of certain information; subpoena to obtain information; use of data collected; confidentiality of information. 1. A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child is entitled to access to: (a) All investigative information of law…

NRS 432B.4075 Authority of Administrator to organize multidisciplinary team to oversee review conducted by child death review team; access to information and privileges. 1. The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services may organize a multidisciplinary team to ove…

NRS 432B.408 Executive Committee to Review the Death of Children to review and respond to report and recommendations of child death review team. 1. The report and recommendations of a multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child must be transmitted for review to the Exec…

NRS 432B.409 Establishment, composition and duties of Executive Committee to Review the Death of Children; creation of and use of money in Review of Death of Children Account. 1. The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services shall establish an Executive Committee…

NRS 432B.4095 Civil penalty for disclosure of confidential information; authority to bring action; deposit of money. 1. Each member of a multidisciplinary team organized pursuant to NRS 432B.405, a multidisciplinary team organized pursuant to NRS 432B.4075 or the Executive Commit…

NRS 432B.410 Exclusive original jurisdiction; action does not preclude prosecution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125E.270, the court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings concerning any child domiciled, living or found within the county who is a child in ne…

NRS 432B.420 Right of parent or other responsible person to representation by attorney at hearing; court required to appoint attorney to represent child and indigent parent or other responsible person allegedly responsible for child being in need of protection; court authorized t…

NRS 432B.425 Notification of tribe if proceedings involve Indian child. If proceedings pursuant to this chapter involve the protection of an Indian child, the court shall require that notice of the proceedings and any other notice required by this chapter be provided in accordanc…

NRS 432B.430 Restriction on admission of persons to proceedings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4 and NRS 432B.457, in each judicial district that includes a county whose population is 700,000 or more: (a) Any proceeding held pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B…

NRS 432B.435 Presentation of evidence of child’s previous sexual conduct prohibited; exception. In any proceeding held pursuant to this chapter, a party may not present evidence of any previous sexual conduct of a child to challenge the child’s credibility as a witness unless the…

NRS 432B.440 Assistance by agency which provides child welfare services. The agency which provides child welfare services shall assist the court during all stages of any proceeding in accordance with NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1985, 1385; A 2001, 1845; …

NRS 432B.450 Expert testimony raising presumption of need for protection of child. In any civil proceeding had pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590, inclusive, if there is expert testimony that a physical or mental injury of a child would ordinarily not be sustained or a conditio…

NRS 432B.455 Determination of appropriate person to take custody of child: Appointment and duties of special judicial officer; designation of different title for special judicial officer. 1. If the court determines that a child must be kept in protective custody pursuant to NRS 4…

NRS 432B.457 Determination of appropriate person to take custody of child: Involvement by, notification of and testimony by person found to have special interest in child; review and modification of finding. 1. If, upon the initiative of the court or a special judicial officer ap…

NRS 432B.459 Provision of copy of sound recording or transcript of proceeding to parent or guardian and attorney; fees. 1. If a proceeding held pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590, inclusive, is recorded using sound recording equipment or is transcribed, the clerk of the court s…

NRS 432B.460 Chapter does not deprive other courts of right to determine custody upon writs of habeas corpus or custody or guardianship in cases involving divorce or domestic relations problems. This chapter does not deprive other courts of the right to determine the custody of c…

NRS 432B.462 Educational decision maker: Appointment; duties; revocation of appointment. 1. As soon as possible after a petition is filed alleging that a child is in need of protection pursuant to NRS 432B.490 but no later than the date on which the disposition hearing is held pu…

NRS 432B.4655 Joinder of governmental entity or other person to certain proceedings to enforce legal obligation of such entity or person. A court may issue an order to join any governmental entity or other person as a party in any proceeding concerning the protection of the child…

NRS 432B.466 Petition for appointment of guardian; notice. 1. If the plan adopted pursuant to NRS 432B.553 for the permanent placement of a child includes a request for the appointment of a guardian for the child pursuant to NRS 432B.4665 to 432B.468, inclusive, a governmental ag…

NRS 432B.4665 Appointment of guardian; powers and duties of and limitations on guardian; effect of guardianship. 1. The court may, upon the filing of a petition pursuant to NRS 432B.466, appoint a person as a guardian for a child if: (a) The court finds: (1) That the proposed gua…

NRS 432B.467 Consideration of evidence in determining whether to appoint guardian; right of visitation to certain persons. 1. In determining whether to grant a petition for the appointment of a guardian filed pursuant to NRS 432B.466, the court may consider all relevant and mater…

NRS 432B.4675 Effect of entry of final order establishing guardianship. Upon the entry of a final order by the court establishing a guardianship pursuant to NRS 432B.4665: 1. The custody of the child by the agency which has legal custody of the child is terminated; 2. The proceed…

NRS 432B.468 Enforcement, modification and termination of guardianship; appointment of successor guardian. 1. The court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify or terminate a guardianship established pursuant to NRS 432B.4665 until the child reaches 18 years of age. 2. Any p…

NRS 432B.46803 Hearing to determine if parent or other person is incapacitated; appointment of guardian ad litem; initial evaluation; contents and review of order; termination. 1. If a parent or other person responsible for the welfare of a child who is the subject of proceedings…

NRS 432B.46806 Evaluation to determine capacity; payment of costs. 1. If a parent or other person responsible for the welfare of a child described in subsection 1 of NRS 432B.46803 or a parent or other person responsible for the welfare of a child who is the subject of a motion p…

NRS 432B.46809 Powers and duties of and limitations on guardian ad litem; communications privileged. 1. In making decisions on behalf of a parent or other person responsible for the welfare of a child, a guardian ad litem appointed for the parent or other person responsible for t…

NRS 432B.4681 Definitions. As used in NRS 432B.4681 to 432B.469, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 432B.4682 and 432B.4683 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2011, 2669)