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NRS 432.010 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - As used in this chapter, except as otherwise defined by...
NRS 432.011 - Division: Purposes; duties. - 1. The purposes of the Division are to: (a) Provide...
NRS 432.0115 - Division: Composition. - The Division consists of an Administrator and: 1. The Nevada...
NRS 432.012 - Appointment and qualifications of Administrator of Division. - The Administrator must be appointed on the basis of his...
NRS 432.0125 - Appointment of chiefs of bureaus of Division; powers and duties of Administrator of Division. - 1. The Administrator shall appoint, with the approval of the...
NRS 432.013 - Classifications of superintendents of youth centers and facilities for detention of children; classification of Chief of Youth Parole Bureau. - 1. The Superintendents of the Nevada Youth Training Center, the...
NRS 432.0135 - Duties of chiefs of bureaus of Division; restrictions on other employment. - The chief of each bureau of the Division shall: 1....
NRS 432.014 - Fees for services rendered through programs of Division. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and by...
NRS 432.0145 - Gifts and grants to Division: Deposit in Division of Child and Family Services’ Gift and Cooperative Account; use; approval of claims by Administrator. - 1. Except for gifts or grants specifically accounted for in...
NRS 432.015 - Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas for certain hearings. - 1. The Department may issue a subpoena to compel the...
NRS 432.0155 - Establishment and enforcement of standards for receipt of federal money for programs concerning juveniles and child welfare and child welfare services; development and enforcement of state plans by Administrator of Division; deposit of... - 1. The Department, through the Division, is the sole state...
NRS 432.016 - Nevada Children’s Gift Account. - 1. All gifts of money that the Division is authorized...
NRS 432.0165 - Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account. - 1. The Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account is hereby created....
NRS 432.017 - Account to Assist Persons Formerly in Foster Care; regulations. - 1. The Account to Assist Persons Formerly in Foster Care...
NRS 432.0175 - Contract for provision of shelter and care for certain children: Limitations; regulations. - 1. The Department may enter into a contract with a...
NRS 432.0177 - Transfer of child to out-of-state facility: Initial inspection of facility; annual inspection, review of services and interview of child. - 1. Before or at the time the Division transfers a...
NRS 432.020 - Duties of agencies which provide child welfare services. - An agency which provides child welfare services shall: 1. Provide,...
NRS 432.025 - Limitations on use of federal payments for maintenance of children in foster care. - Not more than 60 percent of the total number of...
NRS 432.027 - Agency which provides child welfare services to provide notice of whether person will be considered for approval as adoptive parent or provider of foster care. - As soon as practicable after an agency which provides child...
NRS 432.028 - Authority of director of agency which provides child welfare services to request education records; confidentiality of education records disclosed to agency; memorandum of understanding. - 1. The director of an agency which provides child welfare...
NRS 432.030 - Restriction on provision of maintenance and special services by employee of agency which provides child welfare services. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee...
NRS 432.0305 - Duties of Department. - The Department, through the Division, shall: 1. Observe and study...
NRS 432.031 - Department designated agency for administration of federal money for child welfare; acceptance of increase in benefits from Federal Government; certain agencies which provide child welfare services required to enter into agreements to m... - 1. The Department, through the Division, shall act as the...
NRS 432.032 - Regulations. - The Division, in consultation with each agency which provides child...
NRS 432.033 - Division authorized to prescribe forms for reports and records. - To secure accuracy, uniformity and completeness in statistics and information,...
NRS 432.034 - Written statements of responsible relatives of applicants or recipients not required to be sworn under oath; perjury. - Written statements of information required from responsible relatives of applicants...
NRS 432.035 - Custody, use, preservation and confidentiality of records, files and communications concerning applicants for and recipients of services for child welfare; regulations. - 1. To safeguard and restrict the use or disclosure of...
NRS 432.036 - Assistance not assignable or subject to process or bankruptcy law; assistance subject to future amending and repealing acts. - Assistance awarded pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432.010 to...
NRS 432.037 - Creation of Trust Fund for Child Welfare; duties of Division; deposit of money in trust fund for child welfare established in county treasury in certain counties and disbursement from fund. - 1. The Trust Fund for Child Welfare is hereby created....
NRS 432.038 - Division and agency which provides child welfare services authorized to maintain account for purchase of records of vital statistics to perform work. - 1. Subject to the approval and regulations of the State...
NRS 432.039 - Agency which provides child welfare services authorized to petition for appointment as guardian of child in its lawful custody; waiver of fees, charges and bond for appointment as guardian. - 1. When in the judgment of the court it is...
NRS 432.0395 - Agency which provides child welfare services required to examine credit report of certain children in its custody; correction of inaccuracies in credit report; report to Attorney General of information indicating crime. [Effective thro... - 1. Before an agency which provides child welfare services requests...
NRS 432.040 - State participation in payment of expenses of maintenance and special services. - The nonfederal share of all expenses for special services and...
NRS 432.050 - State Child Welfare Services Account. - All money appropriated by the Legislature pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 432.070 - Administrator required to furnish list of claimants in certain counties entitled to payments and amounts to be paid from State Child Welfare Services Account to State Controller; payment to claimants. - 1. The Administrator shall furnish to the State Controller a...
NRS 432.075 - Agencies which provide child welfare services in certain counties required to furnish list of claimants entitled to payments and amounts to county comptroller and Administrator of Division; payment to claimants. - 1. The head of the agency which provides child welfare...
NRS 432.080 - Administrative expenses of Division. - All administrative expenses incurred by the Division in carrying out...
NRS 432.085 - Liability of parents for maintenance and special services provided to child placed in custody of agency which provides child welfare services; schedules for repayment; regulations; enforcement; deposit of money. - 1. The parents of a child placed in the custody...
NRS 432.091 - Provisions inapplicable to Program for Child Care and Development. - The provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, do not...
NRS 432.095 - Creation and administration of Placement Prevention Revolving Account; authorization of boards of county commissioners in certain counties to establish account for payment of claims of recipients of goods or services from agency which p... - 1. There is hereby created the Placement Prevention Revolving Account...
NRS 432.097 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432.097 to 432.130, inclusive, the words...
NRS 432.098 - "Abuse or neglect of a child" defined. - "Abuse or neglect of a child" has the meaning ascribed...
NRS 432.0999 - "Central Registry" defined. - "Central Registry" means the Statewide Central Registry for the Collection...
NRS 432.100 - Establishment, maintenance and contents; release of information under certain circumstances; access to information. - 1. There is hereby established a Statewide Central Registry for...
NRS 432.110 - Maintenance of records concerning request or receipt of information. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Division...
NRS 432.120 - Release of information; deletion of information; regulations. - 1. Information contained in the Central Registry must not be...
NRS 432.130 - Unlawful release of data or information; penalty. - Any person who willfully releases data or information contained in...
NRS 432.131 - Creation; uses; interest and income to remain in Account; nonreversion. - 1. The Children’s Trust Account is hereby created in the...
NRS 432.133 - Administration by Director; awards of money; report to Legislature by Director; review of requests for awards by Grants Management Advisory Committee. - 1. The Director is responsible for administering the Children’s Trust...
NRS 432.140 - Creation of card; limitations on possession and use of card; standards required for fingerprints. - 1. A parent or guardian of a child may request...
NRS 432.150 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432.150 to 432.220, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432.153 - Legislative intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature that law enforcement...
NRS 432.154 - Account for License Plates for Support of Missing or Exploited Children. - 1. The Account for License Plates for the Support of...
NRS 432.155 - Priority for cases concerning abducted children. - The Attorney General or district attorney shall give cases concerning...
NRS 432.157 - Office of Advocate for Missing or Exploited Children: Creation; appointment, classification, powers and duties of Children’s Advocate; cooperation of district attorney or local law enforcement agency; Special Account for the Support of... - 1. The Office of Advocate for Missing or Exploited Children...
NRS 432.160 - Bulletin concerning missing children: Preparation and distribution by Director; contents. - 1. The Director may prepare quarterly a bulletin containing information...
NRS 432.170 - Program to coordinate activities and information concerning missing or exploited children: Establishment by Attorney General; appointment, classification, powers and duties of Director. - 1. The Attorney General shall: (a) Establish a program to...
NRS 432.185 - Duty of law enforcement agency to act promptly in obtaining certain warrants. - A law enforcement agency shall act promptly in obtaining a...
NRS 432.190 - Prohibition against law enforcement agency adopting general policy establishing waiting period or delay before action on report of missing child; duty of law enforcement agency to evaluate information and circumstances to determine imme... - A law enforcement agency shall not adopt a general policy...
NRS 432.200 - Duties of law enforcement agency receiving report of missing child; notification by parent or guardian required when child is found or returned. - 1. A law enforcement agency shall accept every report of...
NRS 432.205 - Duties of law enforcement agency, Clearinghouse, governmental agency and superintendent of schools upon receiving report or notification of missing child. - 1. A law enforcement agency, upon receiving and verifying a...
NRS 432.207 - Warrant to take physical custody of missing child: Application to court by Children’s Advocate; contents of application; determinations by court relating to exigent circumstances; hearings; issuance; notice of execution to court by Chil... - 1. The Children’s Advocate or his or her designee may...
NRS 432.210 - Cooperation with and use of information compiled by Attorney General of United States concerning missing children. - 1. The Attorney General and every law enforcement agency in...
NRS 432.220 - Agreement with Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services concerning absent parent or child. - The Attorney General shall enter into an agreement with the...
NRS 432.300 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432.300 to 432.380, inclusive, the words...
NRS 432.305 - "Account" defined. - "Account" means the Account for the Statewide Alert System for...
NRS 432.310 - "Broadcaster" defined. - "Broadcaster" means a radio broadcasting station, cable operator or other...
NRS 432.320 - "Committee" defined. - "Committee" means the Committee for the Statewide Alert System created...
NRS 432.330 - "System" defined. - "System" means the Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return...
NRS 432.335 - Account for the Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children. - 1. The Account for the Statewide Alert System for the...
NRS 432.340 - Creation; composition; administration; requirements for participation in System. - 1. There is hereby created the Statewide Alert System for...
NRS 432.350 - Committee for the Statewide Alert System: Creation; membership; Chair and Vice Chair; terms; vacancies; compensation. - 1. There is hereby created the Committee for the Statewide...
NRS 432.360 - Committee for the Statewide Alert System: Duties; powers. - 1. The Committee shall, in consultation with the Attorney General:...
NRS 432.370 - Activation by law enforcement agency to broadcast emergency bulletin on behalf of abducted child; review of completed activation by Committee for the Statewide Alert System. - 1. A law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the...
NRS 432.380 - Immunity of broadcaster from civil liability based on broadcast of information; immunity of person who establishes or maintains website for System from civil liability based on information placed on website. - 1. If a broadcaster that participates in the System receives...
NRS 432.400 - "Disaster" defined. - As used in NRS 432.400, 432.410 and 432.420, unless the...
NRS 432.410 - Development and implementation of plan by each agency which provides child welfare services; Division to adopt regulations which establish minimum requirements and procedures for plans. - 1. Each agency which provides child welfare services shall develop...
NRS 432.420 - Plan to ensure Division is prepared to meet needs of children in custody of each other agency; staff training; submittal of plan summary to the Legislature; posting of plan summary on Internet website. - 1. The Division shall develop a plan for the care...
NRS 432.500 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432.500 to 432.550, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432.505 - "Foster home" defined. - "Foster home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 432.510 - "Group foster home" defined. - "Group foster home" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 432.515 - "Provider of foster care" defined. - "Provider of foster care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 432.520 - Policy of State. - It is the policy of this State that every child...
NRS 432.525 - Rights generally. - A child placed in a foster home by an agency...
NRS 432.530 - Rights with respect to placement of child. - With respect to the placement of a child in a...
NRS 432.535 - Rights with respect to education and vocational training of child. - With respect to the education and vocational training of a...
NRS 432.540 - Manner in which child is to be made aware of rights and process for filing grievance. - 1. A provider of foster care that places a child...
NRS 432.545 - Provider of foster care authorized to impose reasonable restrictions on exercise of rights in certain circumstances. - A provider of foster care may impose reasonable restrictions on...
NRS 432.548 - Division required to prescribe procedure for filing and resolving grievances against certain entities; out-of-home placement required to inform child of process for filing grievance. - 1. The Division shall prescribe by regulation: (a) A procedure...
NRS 432.550 - Persons and entities with whom child may raise and redress grievance regarding violation of rights. - If a child believes that his or her rights set...