2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety
NRS 202.894 - Report deemed report of abuse or neglect of child made pursuant to NRS 432B.220 or report of commercial sexual exploitation of child made pursuant to NRS 432C.110.
If a person reports to a law enforcement agency that another person has committed a violent or sexual offense against a child, whether or not the person is required to make such a report pursuant to NRS 202.882, and the violent or sexual offense against the child would constitute abuse or neglect of a child, as defined in NRS 432B.020, or the commercial sexual exploitation, as defined in NRS 432C.050, of a child, the report made by the person shall be deemed to be a report of the abuse or neglect of the child that has been made pursuant to NRS 432B.220 or a report of the commercial sexual exploitation of a child that has been made pursuant to NRS 432C.110, as applicable, and:
1. The appropriate agencies shall act upon the report pursuant to chapter 432B or 432C of NRS, as applicable; and
2. The report may be used in the same manner as other reports that are made pursuant to NRS 432B.220 or 432C.110.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3525; A 2019, 1935)
