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NRS 432B.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 432B.020 - "Abuse or neglect of a child" defined. - 1. "Abuse or neglect of a child" means, except as...
NRS 432B.030 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined. - "Agency which provides child welfare services" means: 1. In a...
NRS 432B.035 - "Central Registry" defined. - "Central Registry" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 432B.040 - "Child" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] "Child" defined. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - "Child" means a person under the age of 18 years...
NRS 432B.042 - "Child protective services" defined. - "Child protective services" means services for the protection of children,...
NRS 432B.044 - "Child welfare services" defined. - "Child welfare services" includes, without limitation: 1. Child protective services;...
NRS 432B.050 - "Court" defined. - "Court" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 62A.180....
NRS 432B.060 - "Custodian" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] "Custodian" defined. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - "Custodian" means a person or a governmental organization, other than...
NRS 432B.065 - "Division of Child and Family Services" defined. - "Division of Child and Family Services" means the Division of...
NRS 432B.0655 - "Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" defined. - "Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" means a continuum of birth defects...
NRS 432B.0657 - "Fictive kin" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Fictive kin" means a person who is not related by...
NRS 432B.066 - "Gender identity or expression" defined. - "Gender identity or expression" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 432B.067 - "Indian child" defined. - "Indian child" has the meaning ascribed to it in 25...
NRS 432B.068 - "Indian Child Welfare Act" defined. - "Indian Child Welfare Act" means the Indian Child Welfare Act...
NRS 432B.069 - "Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services" defined. - "Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services"...
NRS 432B.070 - "Mental injury" defined. - "Mental injury" means an injury to the intellectual or psychological...
NRS 432B.080 - "Parent" defined. - "Parent" means a natural or adoptive parent whose parental rights...
NRS 432B.090 - "Physical injury" defined. - "Physical injury" includes, without limitation: 1. A sprain or dislocation;...
NRS 432B.100 - "Sexual abuse" defined. - "Sexual abuse" includes acts upon a child constituting: 1. Incest...
NRS 432B.110 - "Sexual exploitation" defined. - "Sexual exploitation" includes forcing, allowing or encouraging a child: 1....
NRS 432B.121 - Definition of when person has "reasonable cause to believe" and when person acts "as soon as reasonably practicable." - For the purposes of this chapter, a person: 1. Has...
NRS 432B.130 - Persons responsible for child’s welfare. - A person is responsible for a child’s welfare under the...
NRS 432B.140 - Negligent treatment or maltreatment. - Negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child occurs if a...
NRS 432B.150 - Excessive corporal punishment may constitute abuse or neglect. - Excessive corporal punishment may result in physical or mental injury...
NRS 432B.153 - Presumptions concerning custody and visitation when parent of child is convicted of first degree murder of other parent of child. - 1. The conviction of the parent of a child for...
NRS 432B.157 - Presumption concerning custody when court determines that parent or other person seeking custody of child is perpetrator of domestic violence. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125C.210 and 432B.153,...
NRS 432B.159 - Presumption concerning custody and visitation when parent or other person seeking custody of child is perpetrator of any act of abduction against the child. - 1. A determination by the court after an evidentiary hearing...
NRS 432B.160 - Immunity from civil or criminal liability; presumption. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, immunity from...
NRS 432B.163 - Authority of agency which provides child welfare services to provide services to pupils and staff of school that experiences crisis, emergency or suicide. - 1. If a public school or private school within the...
NRS 432B.165 - Authority of agency which provides child welfare services, children’s advocacy center and other entities to provide information to assist in locating a missing child; information not confidential; report of information received concern... - 1. For purposes of assisting in locating a missing child...
NRS 432B.170 - Authority of agency which provides child welfare services to share information with state or local agencies. - Nothing in the provisions of this chapter or NRS 432.097...
NRS 432B.172 - Agency which provides child welfare services required to treat child in accordance with gender identity or expression; regulations concerning placement of child. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Agency which provides child welfar... - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall treat...
NRS 432B.174 - Normalcy for Foster Youth Account: Creation; use; gifts, grants and donations; nonreversion. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Normalcy for Foster Youth Account: Creation; use; gifts, grants and donations; nonreversion. [Effective... - 1. The Normalcy for Foster Youth Account is hereby created...
NRS 432B.175 - Availability of data or information regarding fatality or near fatality of child who is subject of report of abuse or neglect; limitation on disclosure; regulations. - 1. Data or information concerning reports and investigations thereof made...
NRS 432B.178 - Interagency committee to evaluate child welfare system in this State: Authority of Director of Department of Health and Human Services to create; appointment of members; duties; biennial report. - 1. The Director of the Department of Health and Human...
NRS 432B.180 - Duties of Division of Child and Family Services. - The Division of Child and Family Services shall: 1. Administer...
NRS 432B.185 - Nonreversion of certain money appropriated to Division of Child and Family Services for adoption assistance program. - The portion of any money remaining at the end of...
NRS 432B.190 - Regulations to be adopted by Division of Child and Family Services. - The Division of Child and Family Services shall, in consultation...
NRS 432B.195 - Agency which provides child welfare services required to provide training to certain employees concerning rights of certain persons responsible for child’s welfare and working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning ch... - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall provide...
NRS 432B.197 - Agency which provides child welfare services required to establish policies to ensure that children in custody of agency have access to and safe administration of clinically appropriate psychotropic medication. - Each agency which provides child welfare services shall establish appropriate...
NRS 432B.198 - Employment with agency which provides child welfare services: Background investigation required; periodic additional investigations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Employment with agency which provides child welfare services: B... - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall secure...
NRS 432B.199 - Employment with agency which provides child welfare services: Termination of employee charged with or convicted of certain crimes; correction of information. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Employment with agency which provides... - 1. If the report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
NRS 432B.200 - Toll-free telephone number for reports of abuse or neglect; design and distribution of informational poster. - 1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall establish...
NRS 432B.210 - State, political subdivisions and agencies required to cooperate with agencies which provide child welfare services. - An agency which provides child welfare services must receive from...
NRS 432B.215 - Acquisition and use of information concerning probationers and parolees. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services may request...
NRS 432B.2155 - Corrective action or corrective action plan: Notification by Division of Child and Family Services; requirement of agency which provides child welfare services to carry out or develop; approval of plan by Division; consequences of fai... - 1. When the Division of Child and Family Services determines...
NRS 432B.216 - Biennial improvement plan: Agency which provides child welfare services required to submit; solicitation of input; contents; submission of annual data related to plan. - 1. Each agency which provides child welfare services shall submit...
NRS 432B.2165 - Incentive payment program: Administration by Division of Child and Family Services; application by certain agencies which provide child welfare services for incentive payment; approval or denial of application. - 1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall administer...
NRS 432B.217 - Incentive payment program: Application for incentive payment in subsequent years; approval or denial of application; amount of subsequent incentive payment awarded. - 1. Each year following the award of an incentive payment...
NRS 432B.2175 - Incentive payment program: Agency awarded incentive payment required to submit report to Division of Child and Family Services demonstrating percentage of goal achieved. - 1. On or before September 1 of the year following...
NRS 432B.218 - Annual report to Governor and Legislature by Division of Child and Family Services concerning achievement by certain agencies which provide child welfare services of specific performance targets in improvement plans and specific goals... - On or before January 31 of each year, the Division...
NRS 432B.2185 - Block grant awarded to agency which provides child welfare services in county whose population is 100,000 or more; amount and use of block grant. - 1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall award...
NRS 432B.219 - Categorical grants for adoption assistance programs; determination of amount; restrictions on use; nonreversion of certain grant money. - 1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall provide...
NRS 432B.220 - Persons required to make report; when and to whom reports are required; any person may make report; report and written findings if reasonable cause to believe death of child caused by abuse or neglect; certain persons and entities requ... - 1. Any person who is described in subsection 4 and...
NRS 432B.225 - Attorney prohibited from reporting abuse or neglect of child in certain circumstances. - 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 432B.220, an attorney shall...
NRS 432B.230 - Authorized methods of making report; contents. - 1. A person may make a report pursuant to NRS...
NRS 432B.240 - Penalty for failure to make report. - Any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of...
NRS 432B.250 - Persons required to report prohibited from invoking certain privileges. - Any person who is required to make a report pursuant...
NRS 432B.255 - Admissibility of evidence. - In any proceeding resulting from a report made or action...
NRS 432B.260 - Action upon receipt of report; agency which provides child welfare services required to inform person named in report of allegation of abuse or neglect if report is investigated. - 1. Upon the receipt of a report concerning the possible...
NRS 432B.270 - Interview of child and sibling of child concerning possible abuse or neglect; photographs, X-rays and medical tests. - 1. A designee of an agency investigating a report of...
NRS 432B.280 - Confidentiality of information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services; exceptions; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, 432B.165, 432B.175...
NRS 432B.290 - Maintenance of information by agency which provides child welfare services; authorized release of such information; penalty; fee for release of information; rules, policies or regulations. - 1. Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare...
NRS 432B.300 - Determinations to be made from investigation of report. - If an agency which provides child welfare services determines that...
NRS 432B.305 - Assignment of disposition to report. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall, upon...
NRS 432B.310 - Report to Central Registry of abuse or neglect required upon completion of investigation; prohibition against reporting certain information. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS...
NRS 432B.315 - Written notification to person responsible for child’s welfare of assignment of disposition of substantiated to report and authority to request administrative appeal. - If an agency which provides child welfare services assigns a...
NRS 432B.317 - Administrative appeal of substantiation of report; hearing. - 1. A person to whom a written notification is sent...
NRS 432B.320 - Waiver of full investigation of report. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services may waive...
NRS 432B.322 - Inapplicability of provisions to certain reports, investigations or information. - The provisions of NRS 432B.220 to 432B.322, inclusive, do not...
NRS 432B.325 - County whose population is 100,000 or more to provide child protective services in county; county whose population is less than 100,000 to provide such services in certain circumstances. - 1. Each county whose population is 100,000 or more shall...
NRS 432B.326 - Payment of assessment for provision of child protective services by county whose population is less than 100,000; exemption. - 1. Unless an exemption is approved pursuant to subsection 4,...
NRS 432B.327 - Division of Child and Family Services to submit certain reports concerning budgets for child protective services to Governor and certain counties and any reports required by Legislative Commission. - The Division of Child and Family Services shall submit: 1....
NRS 432B.330 - Circumstances under which child is or may be in need of protection. - 1. A child is in need of protection if: (a)...
NRS 432B.340 - Determination that child needs protection but is not in imminent danger and does not need to be placed in protective custody. - 1. If the agency which provides child welfare services determines...
NRS 432B.350 - Teams for protection of child. - An agency which provides child welfare services may organize one...
NRS 432B.360 - Voluntary placement of child with agency or institution; regulations. - 1. A parent or guardian of a child who is...
NRS 432B.370 - Determination that child is not in need of protection. - If an agency which provides child welfare services determines that...
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...
NRS 432B.390 - Placement of child in protective custody. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Placement of child in protective custody. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. An agent or officer of a law enforcement agency,...
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...
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...
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 sit... - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services or its...
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... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agency...
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...
NRS 432B.397 - Inquiry to determine whether 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...
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...
NRS 432B.401 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432B.401 to 432B.4019, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432B.4012 - "Children’s advocacy center" defined. - "Children’s advocacy center" means a public or private entity that...
NRS 432B.4014 - "Multidisciplinary team" defined. - "Multidisciplinary team" means a team of different types of professionals...
NRS 432B.4016 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
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 d... - 1. To operate in this State, a children’s advocacy center...
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...
NRS 432B.403 - Purpose of organizing. - The purpose of organizing multidisciplinary teams to review the deaths...
NRS 432B.405 - Appointment; circumstances for organization. - 1. The director or other authorized representative of an agency...
NRS 432B.406 - Composition. - 1. A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.410 - Exclusive original jurisdiction; action does not preclude prosecution. - 1. Except if the child involved is subject to the...
NRS 432B.420 - Right of parent or other responsible person to representation by attorney; child deemed party to proceedings; court required to appoint attorney to represent child; authority and rights of child’s attorney; compensation of attorney. - 1. A parent or other person responsible for the welfare...
NRS 432B.425 - Notification of tribe if proceedings involve Indian child; transfer of proceedings to Indian child’s tribe; exercise of jurisdiction by court. - If proceedings pursuant to this chapter involve the protection of...
NRS 432B.430 - Restriction on admission of persons to proceedings. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4...
NRS 432B.435 - Presentation of evidence of child’s previous sexual conduct prohibited; exception. - In any proceeding held pursuant to this chapter, a party...
NRS 432B.440 - Assistance by agency which provides child welfare services. - The agency which provides child welfare services shall assist the...
NRS 432B.450 - Expert testimony raising presumption of need for protection of child. - In any civil proceeding had pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to...
NRS 432B.451 - Qualified expert witness required in proceeding to place Indian child in foster care. - 1. Any proceeding to place an Indian child in foster...
NRS 432B.455 - Determination of appropriate person to take custody of child: Appointment and duties of special master. - 1. If the court determines that a child must be...
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...
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...
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...
NRS 432B.462 - Educational decision maker: Appointment; duties; revocation of appointment. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Educational decision maker: Appointment; duties; revocation of appointment. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. As soon as possible after a petition is filed...
NRS 432B.465 - Full faith and credit to judicial proceedings of Indian tribe. - Each court in this state which exercises jurisdiction pursuant to...
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...
NRS 432B.466 - Petition for appointment of guardian; notice. - 1. If the plan adopted pursuant to NRS 432B.553 for...
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...
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...
NRS 432B.4675 - Effect of entry of final order establishing guardianship. - Upon the entry of a final order by the court...
NRS 432B.468 - Enforcement, modification and termination of guardianship; appointment of successor guardian. - 1. The court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify or...
NRS 432B.4681 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432B.4681 to 432B.469, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432B.4682 - "Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health" defined. - "Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health"...
NRS 432B.4683 - "Psychiatric care" defined. - "Psychiatric care" means the provision of psychiatric services and psychiatric...
NRS 432B.4684 - Nomination; person nominated deemed to be person who is legally responsible pending court approval; petition to appoint nominee; persons authorized to be nominated or appointed. - 1. If a child who is in the custody of...
NRS 432B.4685 - Persons eligible for court appointment. - If proceedings pursuant to this chapter involve the protection of...
NRS 432B.4686 - Responsibilities and duties. - 1. A person who is legally responsible for the psychiatric...
NRS 432B.4687 - Considerations for approval of administration of psychotropic medication to child; written consent for administration of such medication or notice of denial; other required approval. - 1. A person who is legally responsible for the psychiatric...
NRS 432B.4688 - Administration of psychotropic medication to child allowed only in accordance with consent; exception; quarterly review of records of child. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.4689, an agency...
NRS 432B.4689 - Administration of psychotropic medication without consent authorized under certain circumstances; notice. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services may allow...
NRS 432B.469 - Agency which provides child welfare services retains responsibility for health and well-being of child in its custody. - The provisions of NRS 432B.4681 to 432B.469, inclusive, do not...
NRS 432B.470 - Hearing required; notice. - 1. A child placed in protective custody pursuant to NRS...
NRS 432B.480 - Hearing: Court required to advise parties of rights; determinations by court; order to continue custody or release child. - 1. At each hearing conducted pursuant to NRS 432B.470: (a)...
NRS 432B.490 - Procedure following hearing or investigation. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services: (a) In...
NRS 432B.500 - Appointment of guardian ad litem after filing of petition. - 1. After a petition is filed that a child is...
NRS 432B.505 - Qualifications of special advocate for appointment as guardian ad litem. - 1. To qualify for appointment as a guardian ad litem...
NRS 432B.510 - Execution and contents of petition; representation of interests of public. - 1. A petition alleging that a child is in need...
NRS 432B.513 - Provision of copy of report or information to parent or guardian and attorney before certain proceedings. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person...
NRS 432B.515 - Electronic filing of certain petitions and reports. - 1. A court clerk may allow any of the following...
NRS 432B.520 - Issuance of summons; authorizing the assumption of custody by court and removal of child from certain conditions; authorizing the attachment of child and placement of child in protective custody. - 1. After a petition has been filed, the court shall...
NRS 432B.530 - Adjudicatory hearing on petition; disposition. - 1. An adjudicatory hearing must be held within 30 days...
NRS 432B.540 - Report by agency which provides child welfare services; plan for placement of child. - 1. If the court finds that the allegations of the...
NRS 432B.550 - Determination of custody and placement of child by court; retention of certain rights by parent when child placed other than with parent; determination of whether agency which provides child welfare services has made reasonable efforts... - 1. If the court finds that a child is in...
NRS 432B.553 - Plan for permanent placement of child. - 1. An agency that obtains legal custody of a child...
NRS 432B.555 - Restriction on release of child to custodial parent or guardian who has been convicted of abuse, neglect or endangerment of child. - In any proceeding held pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590,...
NRS 432B.560 - Additional orders by court: Treatment; conduct; visitation; support. - 1. The court may also order: (a) The child, a...
NRS 432B.570 - Motion for revocation or modification of order. - 1. A motion for revocation or modification of an order...
NRS 432B.580 - Semiannual review of placement of child; report by agency acting as custodian of child; visitation between child and siblings; hearing to review placement. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 432B.585 - Appointment of panel to conduct semiannual review. - For the purposes of conducting a review required by NRS...
NRS 432B.590 - Annual hearing concerning permanent placement of child; review of certain information relating to placement of child; court to prepare explicit statement of facts; court authorized to review any decision of agency with legal custody of... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS...
NRS 432B.5901 - Applicability of chapter 128 of NRS to proceedings concerning termination of parental rights; authority of agency which provides child welfare services to file motion for termination of parental rights. - 1. The provisions of chapter 128 of NRS, to the...
NRS 432B.5902 - Service of motion and notice of hearing; response to motion. - 1. After a motion for the termination of parental rights...
NRS 432B.5903 - Appearance of parties; contest of allegations or relinquishment of parental rights; evidentiary hearing. - 1. At the time stated in the notice of the...
NRS 432B.5904 - Mediation for purpose of negotiating open adoption agreement. - 1. The court may, upon its own motion or the...
NRS 432B.5905 - Testifying at evidentiary hearing by telephone or video conference. - During an evidentiary hearing, at the request of a party...
NRS 432B.5906 - Final order; appeal. - The court shall use its best efforts to ensure that...
NRS 432B.5907 - Time for resolution of appeal. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a party...
NRS 432B.5908 - Petition for restoration of parental rights. - If a person seeks to restore the parental rights of...
NRS 432B.5909 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - As used in NRS 432B.5909 to 432B.601, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432B.591 - "Child" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] "Child" defined. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - As used in NRS 432B.591 to 432B.595, inclusive, "child" means...
NRS 432B.5913 - "Program" defined. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - "Program" means the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program established...
NRS 432B.5915 - "Young adult" defined. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - "Young adult" means a person who is at least 18...
NRS 432B.5917 - Court to retain jurisdiction over young adult; effect of such retention. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - 1. A court shall retain jurisdiction over a young adult...
NRS 432B.5919 - Division of Child and Family Services to establish and administer Program; annual report; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - 1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall establish...
NRS 432B.592 - Court to refer child to attorney for counsel regarding continuation of jurisdiction. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] Court to refer child to attorney for counsel and assistance relating to Program. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - 1. A court shall refer a child who is in...
NRS 432B.593 - Agency which provides child welfare services to meet with child to determine whether child intends to request continuation of jurisdiction; effect of such meeting; child who has independent living agreement not prohibited from requesti... - 1. At least 120 days before the date on which...
NRS 432B.594 - Retention of court’s jurisdiction over child; termination of such jurisdiction; written agreement between agency which provides child welfare services and child; resolution of dispute between agency and child; rights of child to servic... - 1. A court which orders a child to be placed...
NRS 432B.595 - Written plan to assist child to transition to independent living; duties of agency which provides child welfare services during period that court retains jurisdiction. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] Written extended youth suppo... - 1. If the court retains jurisdiction over a child pursuant...
NRS 432B.601 - Annual hearing concerning participant. [Effective January 1, 2024.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the court...
NRS 432B.604 - Creation; members; terms; vacancies; members serve without compensation; duties. - 1. The district court in each judicial district that includes...
NRS 432B.606 - Referral of case by court to local advisory board. - If the court has not approved the permanent placement of...
NRS 432B.607 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 432B.607 to 432B.6085, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432B.6071 - "Child with an emotional disturbance" defined. - "Child with an emotional disturbance" has the meaning ascribed to...
NRS 432B.60715 - "Court-ordered admission of a child" defined. - "Court-ordered admission of a child" includes, without limitation: 1. A...
NRS 432B.6072 - "Facility" defined. - "Facility" means a psychiatric hospital or facility which provides residential...
NRS 432B.6073 - "Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health" defined. - "Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health"...
NRS 432B.6074 - "Treatment" defined. - "Treatment" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.224....
NRS 432B.6075 - Petition: Filing; certificate or statement of alleged emotional disturbance. - 1. A proceeding for a court-ordered admission of a child...
NRS 432B.6076 - Findings and order; alternative courses of treatment. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.6077, if the...
NRS 432B.6077 - Petition required before child may be placed in facility other than under emergency admission; psychological examination of child required under certain circumstances; placement in less restrictive environment; any person may oppose p... - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall not...
NRS 432B.6078 - Provision of information and assistance to child; second examination of child. - 1. Not later than 5 days after a child who...
NRS 432B.6079 - Considerations for court in issuing or renewing order. - In determining pursuant to NRS 432B.6076 and 432B.608 whether to...
NRS 432B.608 - Expiration and renewal of admission. - 1. If the court issues an order for the admission...
NRS 432B.6081 - Plan for continued care, treatment and training of child upon discharge. - A facility which provides care, treatment or training to a...
NRS 432B.6082 - Personal rights. - In addition to the personal rights set forth in NRS...
NRS 432B.6083 - Conditional release: Authorized circumstances; duration; no liability of State; notice to court and attorney of agency; order to return to facility; judicial review of order to return to facility. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any child...
NRS 432B.6084 - Release without further order of court; early release. - 1. When a child who is admitted to a facility...
NRS 432B.60845 - Requirements for certain facilities concerning training of employees and gender identity or expression of child placed in facility. - A facility which provides care, treatment or training to a...
NRS 432B.60847 - Plan for the continued education of certain children admitted to psychiatric hospital; requirements for admission of certain children to facility which provides residential treatment for mental illness; regulations. - 1. A psychiatric hospital to which a child who is...
NRS 432B.6085 - Children’s rights; application of various provisions of chapters 433 and 435 of NRS and all of chapters 433A and 433B of NRS to children in custody of agency which provides child welfare services. - 1. Nothing in this chapter purports to deprive any person...
NRS 432B.610 - Training of certain peace officers for detection and investigation of and response to cases of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children; regulations. - 1. The Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission shall: (a)...
NRS 432B.620 - Certification of peace officers who regularly investigate cases of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children; regulations. - 1. A peace officer assigned to investigate regularly cases of...
NRS 432B.6201 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - As used in NRS 432B.6201 to 432B.626, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 432B.6205 - "Fictive kin" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Fictive kin" means a person who is not related by...
NRS 432B.621 - "Program" defined. - "Program" means the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program established and administered...
NRS 432B.6213 - "Relative" defined. - "Relative" includes, without limitation, a fictive kin, if the Federal...
NRS 432B.622 - Department to establish and administer Program; adoption of state plan; agency which provides child welfare services authorized to enter into agreement to provide assistance to relative of child pursuant to Program. - 1. The Department, through a division of the Department designated...
NRS 432B.623 - Qualifications for assistance pursuant to Program; placement of sibling of child who is eligible for assistance. - 1. As a condition to the provision of assistance pursuant...
NRS 432B.624 - Required provisions in agreement for assistance entered into pursuant to Program; eligibility for federal assistance for adoption not affected by such agreement. - 1. An agreement for assistance entered into pursuant to the...
NRS 432B.625 - Background checks required before entering into agreement with relative for assistance pursuant to Program. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall, before...
NRS 432B.626 - Agency which provides child welfare services to include certain information in case plan of child whose legal guardian receives assistance pursuant to Program. - If a child is appointed a legal guardian who receives...
NRS 432B.630 - Delivery of newborn child to provider of emergency services. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Delivery of newborn child to provider of emergency services. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. A provider of emergency services shall take immediate possession...
NRS 432B.635 - Immunity from liability for allowing child to participate in extracurricular, cultural or personal enrichment activities. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person...
NRS 432B.640 - Assessment of child who may need counseling as result of battery that constitutes domestic violence; provision of evaluation or counseling. - 1. Upon receiving a referral from a court pursuant to...
NRS 432B.645 - Individual development account: Establishment by relative or fictive kin for child placed in protective custody upon receipt of approval of agency which provides child welfare services; access to and use of deposited money. [Effective... - 1. Upon receiving approval pursuant to subsection 2, a relative...
NRS 432B.650 - Individual development account: Provision of instruction in financial literacy to child for whom account is established. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall, to...