2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities
NRS 449.017 - “Residential facility for groups” defined.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “residential facility for groups” means an establishment that furnishes food, shelter, assistance and limited supervision to a person with an intellectual disability or with a physical disability or a person who is aged or infirm. The term includes, without limitation, an assisted living facility.
2. The term does not include:
(a) An establishment which provides care only during the day;
(b) A natural person who provides care for no more than two persons in his or her own home;
(c) A natural person who provides care for one or more persons related to him or her within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity;
(d) A halfway house for recovering alcohol and drug abusers; or
(e) A facility funded by a division or program of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1278; A 1979, 212; 1983, 1657; 1985, 930, 1736; 1991, 1974; 1993, 1213; 1999, 114, 125; 2001, 57, 546, 2519, 2522; 2013, 696)
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