2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 38 PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 432A Services and Facilities for Care of Children
NRS 432A.175 Investigation by Bureau; information concerning criminal convictions of applicant, licensee, employee and certain residents or participants.

NRS 432A.175 Investigation by Bureau; information concerning criminal convictions of applicant, licensee, employee and certain residents or participants.

1. Every applicant for a license to operate a child care facility, licensee and employee of such an applicant or licensee, and every resident of a child care facility or participant in an outdoor youth program who is 18 years of age or older, shall submit to the Bureau, or to the person or agency designated by the Bureau, to enable the Bureau to conduct an investigation pursuant to NRS 432A.170, a:

(a) Complete set of fingerprints and a written authorization for the Bureau or its designee to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report;

(b) Written statement detailing any prior criminal convictions; and

(c) Written authorization for the Bureau to obtain any information that may be available from the Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child established pursuant to NRS 432.100.

2. If an employee of an applicant for a license to operate a child care facility or licensee, or a resident of a child care facility or participant in an outdoor youth program who is 18 years of age or older, has been convicted of any crime listed in subsection 2 of NRS 432A.170 or has had a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect filed against him or her, the Bureau shall immediately notify the applicant or licensee, who shall then comply with the provisions of NRS 432A.1755.

3. An applicant for a license to operate a child care facility or licensee shall notify the Bureau within 2 days after receiving notice that:

(a) The applicant, licensee or an employee of the applicant or licensee, or a resident of the child care facility or participant in an outdoor youth program who is 18 years of age or older, or a facility or program operated by the applicant or licensee, is the subject of a lawsuit or any disciplinary proceeding; or

(b) The applicant or licensee, an employee, a resident or participant has been charged with a crime listed in subsection 2 of NRS 432A.170 or is being investigated for child abuse or neglect.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 1471; A 1991, 2309; 1995, 753; 2009, 928)