NV Rev Stat § 432A.1755 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 432A - Services and Facilities for Care of Children|NRS 432A.1755 - Termination of employee or removal of resident of facility or establishment or participant in program upon receipt of certain information; opportunity for employee, resident or participant to correct information; applicability to small child care establishment; civil penalties.

  1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2:  (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), upon receiving information pursuant to NRS 432A.175 from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History or the Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child established pursuant to NRS 432.100 or from an employee of an applicant for a license to operate a child care facility, a licensee or a small child care establishment, a resident of a child care facility or small child care establishment who is 18 years of age or older, other than a resident who remains under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B.594, or participant in an outdoor youth program who is 18 years of age or older or from any other source that such an employee, resident or participant has been convicted of a crime listed in subsection 2 of NRS 432A.170 or has had a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made against him or her, the applicant, licensee or operator of the small child care establishment shall terminate the employment of the employee or remove the resident from the facility or establishment or participant from the outdoor youth program after allowing the employee, resident or participant time to correct the information as required pursuant to paragraph (b).  (b) If an employee, resident or participant believes that the information provided to the applicant, licensee or operator pursuant to paragraph (a) is incorrect, the employee, resident or participant must inform the applicant, licensee or operator immediately. The applicant, licensee or operator shall give any such employee, resident or participant 30 days to correct the information.  (c) The Division may establish by regulation a process by which it may review evidence upon request to determine whether an employee of an applicant for a license to operate a child care facility, a licensee or operator of a small child care establishment, a resident of a child care facility who is 18 years of age or older, other than a resident who remains under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B.594, or a participant in an outdoor youth program who is 18 years of age or older has been convicted of a crime listed in subsection 2 of NRS 432A.170 or has had a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made against him or her may remain employed or continue to reside in the facility or establishment, as applicable, despite the conviction. Any such review must be conducted in a manner which does not discriminate against a person in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.  (d) If a process for review is established pursuant to paragraph (c), an employee, resident or participant, as applicable, may request such a review in the manner established by the Division. Any determination made by the Division is final for purposes of judicial review.  (e) During any period in which an employee, resident or participant seeks to correct information pursuant to paragraph (b) or requests a review of information pursuant to paragraph (d), it is within the discretion of the applicant, licensee or operator whether to allow the employee, resident or participant to continue to work for or reside at the child care facility or small child care establishment or participate in the outdoor youth program, as applicable, except that the employee, resident or participant shall not have contact with a child without supervision during such a period.  2. The provisions of this section apply to a small child care establishment and an operator of a small child care establishment if the operator of such an establishment has applied or registered with the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department pursuant to NRS 432A.1756.  3. The Division shall adopt regulations to establish civil penalties to be imposed against any person, state or local government unit or agency thereof that fails to comply with the requirements of this section.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 926; A 2011, 247, 3548; 2017, 1173, 1705, 4213)