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NRS 449.122

Investigation of applicant for license to operate facility, hospital, agency, program or home

Known as the Nevada Health Facilities Assistance Act

The act spans §§ 449–449 (272 sections).

(Added to NRS by 1997, 442; A 2009, 504; 2011, 3556; 2013, 2890; 2017, 1902; 2025, 153)

1. Each applicant for a license to operate a facility, hospital, agency, program or home shall submit:

(a) To the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History one complete set of fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; and

(b) Written authorization to the Division for the release of any information that may be available from the Statewide Central Registry and any equivalent registry maintained by a governmental entity in a jurisdiction in which the applicant has resided within the immediately preceding 5 years to determine whether there has been a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made against the applicant.

2. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History shall determine whether the applicant has been convicted of a crime listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 449.174 and immediately inform the administrator of the facility, hospital, agency, program or home, if any, and the Division of whether the applicant has been convicted of such a crime.

3. A person who holds a license to operate a facility, hospital, agency, program or home which provides residential services to children, a psychiatric hospital that provides inpatient services to children or a psychiatric residential treatment facility shall submit:

(a) To the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History one complete set of fingerprints for a report required by this section at least once every 5 years after the initial investigation; and

(b) Written authorization to the Division for the release of any information that may be available from the Statewide Central Registry to determine whether there has been a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made against the person at least once every 5 years after the initial investigation.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.