Title 40

NRS 449B.125 Board to adopt standards and other regulations. 1. The Board shall adopt: (a) Licensing standards for agencies to provide personal care services in the home. (b) Regulations governing the licensing of such agencies. (c) Regulations that prescribe the specific types o…

NRS 449B.130 Board to adopt regulations authorizing employees to perform certain tasks. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations authorizing an employee of an agency to provide personal care services in the home, with the consent of the person receiving services, to: (a) Check, recor…

NRS 449B.140 Money received from licensing to be deposited in State General Fund; expenditure of state and federal money by Division. 1. Money received from the licensing of agencies to provide personal care services in the home must be forwarded to the State Treasurer for deposi…

NRS 449B.145 Powers of Division. The Division may: 1. Upon receipt of an application for a license, conduct an investigation into the qualifications of personnel, methods of operation, policies and purposes of any person proposing to engage in the operation of an agency to provid…

NRS 449B.150 Authority of Division to collect actual cost of enforcing provisions from unlicensed agency; authorized use of money collected; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Division may charge and collect from an agency to provide personal care se…

NRS 449B.155 Application for license: Filing; contents. Any person, state or local government or agency thereof desiring a license under the provisions of NRS 449B.010 to 449B.495, inclusive, must file with the Division an application, on a form prescribed, prepared and furnished…

NRS 449B.160 Fees. Each application for a license must be accompanied by such fee as may be determined by regulation of the Board. The Board may, by regulation, allow or require payment of a fee for a license in installments and may fix the amount of each payment and the date tha…

NRS 449B.165 Application for license: Social security number required. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreatio…

NRS 449B.170 Application for license: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial; duty of Division. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and re…

NRS 449B.175 Application for license: Indication of state business license; grounds for denial. 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in NRS 449B.010 to 449B.495, inclusive, an applicant for the renewal of a license pursuant to those sections must indicate in the app…

NRS 449B.180 Prohibition on denial of application based on immigration status; alternative personally identifying number required; confidentiality. 1. The Division shall not deny the application of a person for a license pursuant to NRS 449B.010 to 449B.495, inclusive, based sole…

NRS 449B.185 Surety bond for initial license and renewal of license; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 and NRS 449B.190, each agency to provide personal care services in the home, when applying for a license or renewing a license, file with the Administra…

NRS 449B.190 Substitute for surety bond. 1. As a substitute for the surety bond required pursuant to NRS 449B.185, an agency to provide personal care services in the home may deposit with any bank or trust company authorized to do business in this State, upon approval from the Ad…

NRS 449B.200 Issuance, validity and nontransferability of license. 1. The Division shall issue a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home if, after investigation, the Division finds that the applicant is in: (a) Full compliance with the provision…

NRS 449B.205 Form and contents of license. Each license issued by the Division to an agency to provide personal care services in the home must be in the form prescribed by the Division and must contain: 1. The name of the person or persons authorized to operate the agency to prov…

NRS 449B.210 Expiration and renewal of license; fees. 1. Each license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home issued pursuant to NRS 449B.010 to 449B.495, inclusive, expires on December 31 following its issuance and is renewable for 1 year upon reapplic…

NRS 449B.215 Provisional license. 1. The Division may cancel the license of an agency to provide personal care services in the home and issue a provisional license, effective for a period determined by the Division, to such an agency if the agency: (a) Is in operation at the time…

NRS 449B.220 Regulations prescribing mandatory training for unlicensed caregivers; posting of list of providers of training on Internet website; duties of administrator or other person in charge of agency. 1. The Board shall: (a) Adopt regulations prescribing mandatory training f…

NRS 449B.225 Training to recognize and prevent abuse of older persons; action for failure to complete. 1. An applicant for a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home must receive training to recognize and prevent the abuse of older persons before…

NRS 449B.260 Discrimination prohibited; development of antidiscrimination policy; posting of nondiscrimination statement and certain other information; construction of section. 1. An agency to provide personal care services in the home and any employee or independent contractor o…

NRS 449B.270 Duty to protect privacy of client. An agency to provide personal care services in the home shall: 1. Maintain the confidentiality of personally identifiable information concerning the sexual orientation of a client, whether the client is transgender or has undergone …

NRS 449B.280 Regulations requiring training relating to cultural competency; maintenance and distribution of list of approved courses and programs; request to provide unapproved course or program. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, to enable an agent or employee of …

NRS 449B.290 Regulations to ensure clients are identified in accordance with their gender identity or expression. The Board shall adopt regulations that require an agency to provide personal care services in the home to: 1. Develop policies to ensure that a client is addressed by…

NRS 449B.300 Investigation of applicant for license. 1. Each applicant for a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home or employment agency that contracts with persons to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or p…

NRS 449B.310 Initial and periodic investigations of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, within 10 days after hiring an employee, accepting an employee of a temporary employm…

NRS 449B.320 Temporary employment service prohibited from sending ineligible employee; temporary employment service to provide certain information regarding its employees. 1. A temporary employment service shall not send an employee to provide services to an agency to provide per…

NRS 449B.330 Maintenance and availability of certain records regarding employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor. 1. Each agency to provide personal care services in the home or employment agency that contracts with persons to provide nonmedical…

NRS 449B.340 Termination of employment or contract of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor convicted of certain crimes; period to correct information regarding conviction; liability of agency. 1. Upon receiving information from the Central …

NRS 449B.350 Entry and inspection of building and premises by Division. Any authorized member or employee of the Division may enter and inspect any building or premises at any time to secure compliance with or prevent a violation of any provision of NRS 449B.010 to 449B.495, incl…

NRS 449B.360 Inspection by Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division and Aging and Disability Services Division. Every agency to provide personal care services in the home may be inspected at any time, with or without notice, as often as is necessary by: 1. The Health Care P…

NRS 449B.370 Report of results of inspections by Division. The Division shall prepare a report of the results of its inspections of agencies to provide personal care services in the home regarding compliance with applicable regulations and standards. The report must be provided t…

NRS 449B.400 Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; log of complaints; written report of complaints and disciplinary actions. 1. The Division may deny an application for a license or may suspend or revoke any license to operate an agency to provide personal care…

NRS 449B.410 Administrative sanctions: Imposition by Division; consequences of failure to pay; disposition of money collected. 1. In addition to the payment of the amount required by NRS 449B.150, if an agency to provide personal care services in the home violates any provision r…

NRS 449B.415 Administrative sanctions: Regulations of Board. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria for the imposition of each sanction prescribed by NRS 449B.410. These regulations must: 1. Prescribe the circumstances and manner in which each sanction applie…

NRS 449B.420 Denial, suspension or revocation of license or imposition of sanction: Notice; appeal; regulations. 1. When the Division intends to deny, suspend or revoke a license, or impose any sanction prescribed by NRS 449B.410, it shall give reasonable notice to all parties by…

NRS 449B.430 Authority of Division to take control of records; confidentiality; regulations. 1. If the Division suspends the license of an agency to provide personal care services in the home pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or if such an agency otherwise ceases to ope…

NRS 449B.440 Additional grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license. 1. In addition to the grounds listed in NRS 449B.400, the Division or the Board, as applicable, may deny a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home or employment age…

NRS 449B.450 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, su…

NRS 449B.460 Duty upon discharge of patient from hospital to ensure dietary needs are met. If a patient is released by a hospital to his or her residence to receive care from an agency to provide personal care services in the home, the agency to provide personal care services in …

NRS 449B.465 Authority to provide certain services to elderly persons and persons with disabilities. An agency to provide personal care services in the home that is licensed pursuant to this chapter may, through its employees or by contractual arrangement with other persons, prov…

NRS 449B.470 Certain employees not liable for civil damages resulting from rendering emergency care or assistance. Any person who is employed by an agency to provide personal care services in the home who: 1. Has successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation ac…

NRS 449B.475 Misleading name or other designation prohibited. The name, sign, listing or other designation of an agency to provide personal care services in the home must not contain any terms misleading to the public with regard to the services offered. (Added to NRS by 2025, 93…

NRS 449B.480 Prohibition against making certain referrals to residential facilities for groups; civil penalties; system to track violations. 1. An agency to provide personal care services in the home or an employee of such an agency shall not: (a) Refer a person to a residential …

NRS 449B.485 Penalty for unlicensed operation; cease and desist order; authority of Division to bring action; use of money collected. 1. In addition to the payment of the amount required by NRS 449B.150 and any civil penalty imposed pursuant to subsection 4, a person who operates…

NRS 449B.490 Action to enjoin violation. 1. The Division may bring an action in the name of the State to enjoin any person, state or local government unit or agency thereof from operating or maintaining any agency to provide personal care services in the home or employment agency…

NRS 449B.495 Institution and conduct of prosecutions. The district attorney of the county in which an agency to provide personal care services in the home or employment agency that contracts with persons to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons o…