2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 432A - Services and Facilities for Care of Children
NRS 432A.1757 - Licensees of certain child care facilities to adopt certain policies relating to medical care and medications for children; employees to receive copy of policy.
1. A licensee that operates a child care facility which occasionally or regularly has physical custody of children pursuant to the order of a court, including, without limitation, an emergency shelter, shall adopt a policy concerning the manner in which to:
(a) Document the orders of the treating physician of a child;
(b) Administer medication to a child;
(c) Store, handle and dispose of medication;
(d) Document the administration of medication and any errors in the administration of medication;
(e) Minimize errors in the administration of medication; and
(f) Address errors in the administration of medication.
2. The licensee shall ensure that each employee of the child care facility who will administer medication to a child at the child care facility receives a copy of and understands the policy adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1361)
