1. An application for an initial license to
operate a facility must be:
(a) Submitted to
the Division on a form supplied by the Division; and
(b) Accompanied by the following appropriate
fee:
(1) If the facility is to provide care for 5 or 6
children........................................ |
$20 |
(2) If the facility is to provide care for 7 or more but
not more than 12 children |
60 |
(3) If the facility is to provide care for 13 or more
but not more than 50
children..........................................................................................................................
|
100 |
(4) If the facility is to provide care for 51 or more
but not more than 100
children..........................................................................................................................
|
150 |
(5) If the facility is to provide care for 101 or more
but not more than 150
children..........................................................................................................................
|
200 |
(6) If the facility is to provide care for 151 or more
but not more than 200
children..........................................................................................................................
|
250 |
(7) If the facility is to provide care for more than 200
children.......................... |
300 |
2. After receiving a completed application
and payment of the appropriate fee, the Division shall:
(a) Conduct an investigation into the
qualifications and background of:
(1) Every
applicant and his or her employees, other than an educational intern who
provides direct care to children for a period of less than 6 months;
(2) Every resident of the facility who is 18
years of age or older, other than a resident who remains under the jurisdiction
of a court pursuant to NRS
NRS
432B.594;
(3) Every participant in an outdoor youth
program who is 18 years of age or older; and
(4) Every volunteer of the facility who is 18
years of age or older, other than a parent of a child who attends the facility;
(b) Inspect the buildings
of the facility; and
(c) Examine
the plans for care of the children and management of the facility.
3. Documentation of
completed and current investigations must be kept on file at the facility for
all persons required to be investigated, for the period of their presence at
the facility.
4. Fingerprints must
be taken and applications for investigations must be made by:
(a)Every employee or a resident of the
facility who is 18 years of age or older, other than a resident who remains
under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS
NRS
432B.594, and every volunteer of the facility
who is 18 years of age or older, other than a parent of a child who attends the
facility, within 24 hours after the date of hiring or his or her presence in
the facility, and every 5 years thereafter.
(b) Every participant in an outdoor youth
program who is 18 years of age or older within 24 hours after the participant
begins participating in the program and every 5 years thereafter.
(c) An applicant at the time that his or her
application is submitted for licensure, and then at least once every 5 years
after the license is issued.
(d) A
licensee every 5 years after the date his or her license is originally
issued.
5. The Division
shall immediately notify the applicant or licensee if the investigation
conducted pursuant to subsection 2 indicates that he or she or a person whose
fingerprints were taken pursuant to subsection 4 has been convicted of any
offense listed in subsection 2 of NRS
NRS
432A.170 or has had a substantiated report of
child abuse or neglect filed against him or her.
6. The license must not be issued until the
Administrator of the Division is satisfied that the proposed facility will be
in compliance with the applicable codes concerning safety of human life,
environmental health, and building and zoning, as established respectively by
the State Fire Marshal, the State Board of Health and the appropriate local
government. A report of inspection by the State Fire Marshal or the Division,
finding satisfactory conditions, may be accepted by the Administrator as proof
of compliance with the applicable regulations.
7. With the exception of a facility that is
licensed by a branch of the military or naval service of the United States, a
licensee who has a license to operate a family home or a group home may not
obtain a license to operate any other family home, group home or other child
care facility.
8. An applicant
must, before a license is is sued to him or her, submit to the Division a
certificate stating that he or she holds a policy of insurance for protection
against liability to third persons which will meet the requirement set forth in
subsection 2 of NAC
432A.290. Any government, governmental agency or political
subdivision of a government which operates a child care facility and is
self-insured is not required to furnish a certificate of insurance to the
Division.
9. If the applicant and
the proposed facility are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, as
shown by his or her application and related material and the investigation, a
license will be issued to the applicant within 30 days after completion of the
investigation.
10. A licensee shall
return to the Division his or her license if he or she ceases to operate a
facility, if the license has been suspended or revoked or if the license is
placed on a provisional basis.