2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 432A - Services and Facilities for Care of Children
NRS 432A.235 - Written documentation of immunization prerequisite to admission to accommodation facility; conditional admission; report to Division; maintenance of proof of immunization by business which operates more than one accommodation facility.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and unless excused because of religious belief or medical condition, a child may not be admitted to any accommodation facility within this State, including an accommodation facility licensed by a county or city, unless the parents or guardian of the child submit to the operator of the accommodation facility written documentation stating that the child has been immunized and has received proper boosters for that immunization or is complying with the schedules established by regulation pursuant to NRS 439.550 for the diseases set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 432A.230. The written documentation required pursuant to this subsection must be:
(a) A letter signed by a licensed physician stating that the child has been immunized and received boosters or is complying with the schedules;
(b) A record from a public school or private school which establishes that a child is enrolled in the school and has satisfied the requirements for immunization for enrollment in the school pursuant to NRS 392.435 or 394.192; or
(c) Any other documentation from a local health officer which proves that the child has been immunized and received boosters or is complying with the schedules.
2. A child whose parent or guardian has not established a permanent residence in the county in which an accommodation facility is located and whose history of immunization cannot be immediately confirmed by the written documentation required pursuant to subsection 1 may enter the accommodation facility conditionally if the parent or guardian:
(a) Agrees to submit within 15 days the documentation required pursuant to subsection 1; and
(b) Submits proof that the parent or guardian has not established a permanent residence in the county in which the facility is located.
3. If the documentation required pursuant to subsection 1 is not submitted to the operator of the accommodation facility within 15 days after the child was conditionally admitted, the child must be excluded from the facility.
4. Before December 31 of each year, each accommodation facility shall report to the Division of the Department, on a form furnished by the Division, the exact number of children who have:
(a) Been admitted conditionally to the accommodation facility; and
(b) Completed the immunizations required by this section.
5. To the extent that the Board or an agency for the licensing of child care facilities established by a county or city requires a child care facility to maintain proof of immunization of a child admitted to the facility, the Board or agency shall authorize a business which operates more than one accommodation facility to maintain proof of immunization of a child admitted to any accommodation facility of the business at a single location of the business. The documentation must be accessible by each accommodation facility of the business.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2090)
