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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 3 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
"Behavioral health care" means diagnostic, therapeutic or
			 psychological services provided by a provider of health care to treat
			 conditions of behavioral health.
Added
			 by
			 R081-23A,
			 eff. 6/7/2024
section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265, Statutes of
				Nevada 2023, at page 1769 (NRS
				226.462)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 4 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
"Underserved community" means an area of this State described in
			 subsection 3 of section 7 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265, Statutes of
			 Nevada 2023, at page 1768 (NRS 226.460).
Added
			 by
			 R081-23A,
			 eff. 6/7/2024
section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265, Statutes of
				Nevada 2023, at page 1769 (NRS
				226.462)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 5 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of determining whether an area is an underserved
			 community because it is a geographic area described in paragraph (e) of
			 subsection 3 of section 7 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265, Statutes of
			 Nevada 2023, at page 1768 (NRS 226.460), the State Treasurer will rely on data
			 from academic and governmental sources that indicate that the area has a high
			 level of residential segregation, household income disparities or disparities
			 in educational attainment on the basis of the characteristics described in that
			 paragraph.
Added
			 by
			 R081-23A,
			 eff. 6/7/2024
section 7 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265, Statutes of
				Nevada 2023, at page 1768, and section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265,
				Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1769 (NRS 226.460,
				226.462)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 6 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  The State Treasurer will:
(a) Prescribe the
		  form for the application that a provider of health care must complete and
		  submit to the State Treasurer to apply to receive repayment of student
		  education loans under the Program; and
(b) Make the form available on the Internet
		  website maintained by the State Treasurer.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 7 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  The State Treasurer will review each application to receive repayment of
		  student education loans under the Program.
2. If the State Treasurer determines that an
		  application is incomplete or requires additional information or clarification,
		  the State Treasurer may request additional information from the applicant. If
		  the applicant does not submit the requested information within the period
		  prescribed by the State Treasurer, the State Treasurer will deny the
		  application.
3. The State Treasurer
		  will deny an application to receive repayment of student education loans under
		  the Program if the State Treasurer determines that:
(a) The application contains materially false
		  or misleading information; or
(b)
		  The applicant is not eligible for repayment of student education loans under
		  the Program.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 8 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  To determine the amount of repayment of student education loans that a provider
		  of health care is eligible to receive under the Program, the State Treasurer
		  will establish and use a sliding scale that provides a greater amount of
		  repayment of student education loans to providers of health care who practice a
		  profession:
(a) Whose practitioners, on
		  average, complete postsecondary education with a greater amount of student
		  education loans than other providers of health care;
(b) Whose practitioners, on average, earn a
		  lower income than other providers of health care; and
(c) For which the Health Resources and
		  Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human
		  Services or the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has designated a
		  shortage in the area of this State in which the provider of health care is
		  providing or will provide health care services.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 9 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:
(a) The maximum amount of repayment of
		  student education loans that a provider of health care may receive under the
		  Program is $120,000.
(b) A provider
		  of health care who is applying for, has received or may receive at any time any
		  repayment or forgiveness of student education loans from the Nevada Health
		  Service Corps or any other source is eligible to receive repayment of student
		  education loans under the Program in an amount not to exceed
		  $120,000.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 10 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  The State Treasurer will develop a rubric by which applications received from
		  providers of health care to receive repayment of student education loans under
		  the Program will be scored by the State Treasurer.
2. The rubric developed pursuant to
		  subsection 1 must score applications according to the following weighted
		  criteria:
(a) Whether the applicant is
		  currently practicing in an underserved community;
(b) Whether the applicant commits to
		  relocating to practice in an underserved community;
(c) Whether the applicant would be the only
		  provider of a particular type within a 50-mile radius of an underserved
		  community;
(d) Whether the
		  applicant has previously received or been approved for student loan repayment
		  through other existing student loan repayment programs;
(e) Whether the applicant is ineligible to
		  receive student loan repayment through other student loan repayment
		  programs;
(f) Whether the applicant
		  has committed to or is currently engaging in the practice of primary care in an
		  underserved community;
(g) Whether
		  the applicant has committed to or is currently engaging in the practice of
		  sexual and reproductive health care in an underserved community;
(h) Whether the applicant has committed to or
		  is currently engaging in the practice of behavioral health care in an
		  underserved community;
(i) Whether
		  the applicant has committed to or is currently accepting patients who are
		  recipients of Medicare, Medicaid or insurance pursuant to the Children's Health
		  Insurance Program;
(j) The
		  percentage of patients that the applicant accepts who are recipients of
		  Medicare, Medicaid or insurance pursuant to the Children's Health Insurance
		  Program;
(k) Whether the applicant
		  has committed to or is currently accepting patients who are persons with
		  intellectual or developmental disabilities; and
(l) Any other metrics determined by the State
		  Treasurer to be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Program.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 11 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  For each fiscal year, the State Treasurer will calculate the total amount of
		  money available to be approved for providers of health care who submit an
		  application to receive repayment of student education loans under the Program
		  during that fiscal year.
2. To the
		  extent that a sufficient number of applications are received from providers of
		  health care who are eligible to receive repayment of student education loans
		  under the Program, the State Treasurer will award the first 15 percent of the
		  money available in the Program in a fiscal year to providers of health care
		  who:
(a) Are eligible to receive repayment of
		  student education loans under the Program;
(b) Receive the highest scores on their
		  application according to the rubric developed pursuant to section 10;
		  and
(c) Commit to or are practicing
		  as a provider of health care in a county whose population is less than 100,000,
		  including, without limitation, practicing on tribal lands or in a community
		  where tribal members commonly reside if the land or community is within the
		  geographic boundaries of a county whose population is less than
		  100,000.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 226 - NEW › Section 226.Sec. 12 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
		  In consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, the State Treasurer
		  will develop an agreement for repayment of student education loans, which must
		  be executed before a provider of health care may receive repayment of student
		  education loans under the Program.
2. The State Treasurer will include in the
		  agreement developed pursuant to subsection 1 provisions:
(a) Requiring that, as a condition of
		  receiving repayment of student education loans under the Program, the provider
		  of health care engage in clinical practice in an underserved community for not
		  less than 5 years;
(b) Requiring
		  each repayment of student education loans under the Program to be disbursed, on
		  behalf of the provider of health care, directly to the servicer or lender of
		  the student education loans of the provider of health care;
(c) Requiring repayments of student education
		  loans to be disbursed in equal annual payments over a period of 5
		  years;
(d) Requiring the provider
		  of health care to notify the State Treasurer if:
(1) The provider of health care changes his
		  or her residence or location at which he or she practices as a provider of
		  health care;
(2) The provider of
		  health care ceases to practice as a provider of health care in this
		  State;
(3) A regulatory body of
		  this State or any other jurisdiction imposes a disciplinary action against the
		  provider of health care; or
(4) The
		  provider of health care is no longer actively licensed, certified or registered
		  in good standing to practice as a provider of health care in this
		  State;
(e) Requiring the
		  provider of health care to repay any money disbursed under the Program for the
		  repayment of his or her student education loans if the State Treasurer
		  determines that the provider of health care:
(1) Submitted untrue, fraudulent or
		  misleading information to the State Treasurer in connection with the Program;
		  or
(2) Received a repayment of
		  student education loans under the Program for which the provider of health care
		  was not eligible; and
(f) Establishing the circumstances under
		  which the State Treasurer will terminate the agreement and the eligibility of
		  the provider of health care to receive repayment of student education loans
		  under the Program.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 227 - State Controller › Section 227.010 - Receipt of federal assistance

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A state agency which is a recipient or a subrecipient of federal assistance shall identify the receipt and expenditure of the assistance using the appropriate number set forth in the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance." That identification number must be used to record the assistance in the records of the central accounting system of this state or any other system of accounting which the State Controller may approve.
2. A state agency shall use the appropriate account to record the transfer of any federal assistance from that agency to another state agency.
3. If federal assistance is being transferred from a recipient to a subrecipient, the recipient and subrecipient shall:
(a) Use a transfer ledger account to record the transfer of the assistance; and
(b) Identify the receipt, transfer and expenditure of the assistance using the appropriate number which is listed in the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" and designated with the original grant of assistance from the Federal Government.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.010 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the words and terms defined in NAC
				228.015 to
				228.060, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 6, inclusive, of this regulation have the meanings ascribed to them in
				those sections.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R161-97, eff. 1-6-98; A by R048-13, 2-26-2014; A by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.015 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Agency which provides child welfare services" has the meaning
				ascribed to it in
				NRS
				432B.030.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.020 - "Committee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Committee" means the Committee on Domestic Violence appointed
				pursuant to
				NRS
				228.470.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R161-97, eff. 1-6-98
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.025 - "Distance media" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Distance media" means video, computer, television,
				correspondence, the Internet or other electronic means of communication, or any
				combination thereof.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R105-10, eff. 12-16-2010
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.027 - "Division" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health
				of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Added to NAC
				by Com. on Domestic Violence by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.030 - "Domestic violence" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				33.018 and may include, without limitation,
				physical, sexual or psychological violence.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R161-97, eff. 1-6-98
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.031 - "Electronic signature" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Electronic signature" means a user name attached to or
				logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the
				intent to sign an electronic application or other document.
Added to NAC
				by Com. on Domestic Violence by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.032 - "Formal training in domestic violence" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Formal training in domestic violence" means a course that is
				related to domestic violence and approved by the Division pursuant to NAC
				228.225.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000; A by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.034 - "Hour of continuing education" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Hour of continuing education" means 60 minutes of instruction
				in a course of continuing education approved by the Division pursuant to NAC
				228.225.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000; A by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.035 - "Indigent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Indigent" means a perpetrator receiving program services who
				does not have a current ability to pay the full program fee.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R048-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.036 - "Offender" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Offender" means a person who has been convicted of an offense
				that constitutes domestic violence and has been ordered by a court of competent
				jurisdiction in this State to participate in a program.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.040 - "Program" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Program" means a program for the treatment of persons who
				commit domestic violence that is certified pursuant to NAC 228.100.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R161-97, eff. 1-6-98; A by R213-99,
				8-1-2000
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.050 - "Provider of treatment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Provider of treatment" means a person who is qualified
				pursuant to NAC 228.110 to:
1. Be
			 retained as an independent contractor at a program and conduct, with the
			 assistance of another provider of treatment or a supervisor of treatment acting
			 as a provider of treatment, a group counseling session for offenders in a
			 program; or
2. Be employed at a
			 program in a position other than as a supervisor of treatment and conduct, with
			 the assistance of another provider of treatment or a supervisor of treatment
			 acting as a provider of treatment, a group counseling session for offenders in
			 a program.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.055 - "Renewal date" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Renewal date" means the date on which a certificate must be
				renewed pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC
				228.130.
Added to NAC
				by Com. on Domestic Violence by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.060 - "Supervisor of treatment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Supervisor of treatment" means a person who is qualified
				pursuant to NAC 228.110 to be employed, or retained as an independent
				contractor, at a program and perform the duties set forth in NAC
				228.115.
Added to NAC by Com. on
				Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000
NRS
				  228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.080 - Sufficiency of notice to applicant or certificate holder

Current through June 11, 2024
Any notice that is required to be provided to an applicant or
				the holder of a certificate pursuant to NAC
				228.010 to
				228.225, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 13, inclusive of this regulation shall be deemed sufficient if the notice
				is sent to the last address or electronic mail address provided to the Division
				by the applicant or holder, as applicable.
Added to NAC
				by Com. on Domestic Violence by
				R159-17AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				439.258
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.Sec. 2.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who wishes to obtain approval to
			 work as a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment must submit an
			 application to the Division in the form prescribed by the Division, including,
			 without limitation:
(a) The full name of the
			 applicant, including his or her first name, middle name, if applicable, and
			 last name.
(b) Any other name that
			 has been used by the applicant.
(c)
			 The date of birth of the applicant.
(d) The physical address of the applicant and
			 the mailing address of the applicant, if different from the physical address of
			 the applicant.
(e) The telephone
			 number at which the applicant can be reached.
(f) A method of electronic communication,
			 including, without limitation, an electronic mail address, a telephone number
			 that will accept electronic mail or any other method by which the Division may
			 communicate with the applicant other than by telephone or United States mail.
			 The Division may exempt an applicant from the requirements of this paragraph if
			 the applicant:
(1) Attests that the methods
			 set forth in this paragraph are not feasible for the applicant; and
(2) Acknowledges that United States mail is
			 the only means by which to communicate with the applicant.
(g) The social security number or taxpayer
			 identification number of the applicant.
(h) A statement that the applicant
			 acknowledges the mandatory reporting requirements concerning the abuse,
			 neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or
			 vulnerable person set forth in
			 NRS
			 200.5093 and the abuse or neglect of a child
			 set forth in
			 NRS
			 432B.220.
(i) Any proof required by the Division that
			 the applicant has met the requirements set forth in NAC
			 228.110,
			 as applicable.
(j) Any other
			 information required by the Division to determine the identity or eligibility
			 of the applicant.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.Sec. 3.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who has obtained approval to work
			 as a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment pursuant to section 2 or
			 subsection 3 or 7 of NAC
			 228.110,
			 as applicable, must submit a completed application for the renewal of the
			 approval to work as a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment not
			 later than 3 years after the effective date of the initial approval and every 3
			 years thereafter.
2. The initial
			 approval to work as a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment may be
			 renewed if the Division determines that:
(a)
			 The application for the renewal of the approval:
(1) Was submitted in the manner prescribed by
			 the Division;
(2) Is complete;
			 and
(3) Includes the signature of
			 the applicant; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 228.Sec. 4.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division may perform an audit at any
			 time of a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment to determine if the
			 supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment is in compliance with the
			 continuing education requirements set forth in NAC
			 228.210.
2. If the Division determines that the
			 supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment is not in compliance with the
			 continuing education requirements set forth in NAC
			 228.210, the
			 Division will notify the supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment that
			 he or she has 45 days to comply with the continuing education requirements set
			 forth in NAC
			 228.210. If the
			 supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment does not comply with the
			 continuing education requirements set forth in NAC
			 228.210 within 45
			 days after being notified:
(a) The Division
			 will revoke the approval to work as a supervisor of treatment or provider of
			 treatment; and
(b) The supervisor
			 of treatment or provider of treatment may reapply for an approval pursuant to
			 section 2 or subsection 3 or 7 of NAC
			 228.110,
			 as applicable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.100 - Application; requirements; abbreviated application for additional program; verification of information

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 4, an organization which desires to obtain a
				certificate for a program must submit an application to the Division in the
				form prescribed by the Division, including, without limitation:
(a) Proof that the organization has satisfied
				the requirements of subsection 3;
(b) A copy of the curriculum and the
				instructional materials that will be used in the program and that satisfy the
				requirements set forth in NAC
				228.185;
(c) A statement of whether the applicant has
				a state business license and, if so, the business identification number
				assigned by the Secretary of State upon compliance with the provisions of
				chapter 76 of NRS;
(d) The name and
				address of the program;
(e) The
				name of each owner of the program or, if the program is operated by a
				corporation, the name of each:
(1) Officer and
				director of the corporation; and
(2) Person who owns 10 percent or more of the
				shares of the corporation;
(f) Except as otherwise provided in
				subsection 5, the telephone number and electronic mail address of the
				program;
(g) The name of the
				director of the program;
(h) A
				signed statement by the director of the program or his or her designee
				attesting that the program complies with the requirements of NAC
				228.010 to 228.275,
				inclusive, and sections 2, 3 and 4 of this regulation; and
(i) Any other information required by the
				Division.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.101 - Application: Provision to Committee; meeting of Committee to consider; transmittal of Committee's recommendation to Division

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Upon receiving an application for the
				certification of a program pursuant to NAC
				228.100, the Division will
				provide to the Committee:
(a) The application
				for a recommendation as to whether the program should be certified;
				and
(b) The date by which the
				Committee must include the application on an agenda of a meeting of the
				Committee, which must be at least 30 days after the date on which the Division
				provides the application to the Committee.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.102 - Provisional certificate

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division may
				issue a provisional certificate to an organization that operates a program if:
(a) The organization has submitted an
				application pursuant to NAC
				228.100 and has substantially
				complied with the requirements set forth in that section; and
(b) The Division has not yet received the
				written recommendation of the Committee pursuant to subsection 2 of section 8
				of this regulation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.104 - Certification of program located in another state

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
				Division will certify, for 12 months, a program that is located in another
				state and that provides treatment to an offender who is authorized by a court
				in this State to participate in a program located in that state if the program:
(a) Is certified by and in good standing with
				a regulatory agency in that state; or
(b) Is not certified by a regulatory agency
				in that state but is approved by the court that sentenced the
				offender.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.106 - Payment for program: Indigent offenders; sliding scale

Current through June 11, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure
				  that:
1. At least 5 percent of the
				offenders accepted by the program are indigent.
2. The program determines the ability of an
				offender to pay for the program and charges the offender a fee that is based on
				a sliding scale that enables the offender to pay for the program.
3. The program does not deny an offender
				participation in the program solely because of the offender's inability to pay
				for the program.
Added to NAC by Com.
				  on Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000
NRS
					 228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.108 - Qualifications and duties of director of program

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
				director of a program must be a supervisor of treatment, provider of treatment
				or person who:
(a) Is at least 18 years of
				age;
(b) Has received a high school
				diploma or its equivalent;
(c)
				Understands the provisions of NAC
				228.010 to
				228.225, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 13, inclusive, of this regulation;
(d) Has demonstrated the ability to read,
				write, speak and understand the English language; and
(e) Has at least 1 year of supervisory or
				administrative experience in a related field.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.110 - Qualifications for supervisors of treatment and providers of treatment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person may be employed, or retained as
				an independent contractor, in the position of a supervisor of treatment at a
				program if he or she:
(a) Possesses a
				master's or doctorate degree in a field of clinical human services from an
				accredited college or university;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in
				subsection 3, is licensed in good standing in this State:
(1) As a psychologist pursuant to chapter 641
				of NRS;
(2) As a marriage and
				family therapist pursuant to chapter 641A of NRS;
(3) As a clinical professional counselor
				pursuant to chapter 641A of NRS;
(4) As a clinical social worker pursuant to
				chapter 641B of NRS; or
(5) To
				practice medicine pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS and practices
				psychiatry;
(c) Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 2, has:
(1)
				At least 2 years of experience in a supervisory capacity in the provision of
				services to victims of domestic violence or in the treatment of persons who
				commit domestic violence; or
(2) At
				least 5 years of experience in the direct provision of services to victims of
				domestic violence or treatment of persons who commit domestic
				violence;
(d) Has
				satisfactorily completed at least 60 hours of formal training in domestic
				violence which includes at least 30 hours of training in the provision of
				services to victims of domestic violence and at least 30 hours of training in
				the provision of treatment to persons who commit domestic violence;
(e) Has satisfactorily completed at least 15
				hours of the training in domestic violence required by paragraph (d) during the
				2 years immediately preceding the date on which the person is employed, or
				retained as an independent contractor, in the position of a supervisor of
				treatment at the program;
(f)
				Except for any conviction which is the subject of a pending appeal or with
				respect to which the time for filing a notice of appeal has not yet expired,
				attests, in the form prescribed by the Division, that he or she has never been
				convicted of a crime which demonstrates the person's unfitness to act as a
				supervisor of treatment;
(g) Is
				free of violence in his or her life;
(h) Is not currently a person with an
				addictive disorder related to prescription drugs or alcohol or a user of
				illegal drugs; and
(i) Except as
				otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 9, is approved by the Division to work
				as a supervisor of treatment pursuant to section 2 of this
				regulation;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.115 - Duties of supervisors of treatment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The organization
				that operates a program shall ensure that each supervisor of treatment:
(a) Meets individually at least once each
				month with each provider of treatment he or she supervises;
(b) Is available by telephone to consult with
				each provider of treatment he or she supervises;
(c) Reviews, at least once each month, a
				random sample of at least 10 percent of the records of the offenders who are
				receiving treatment from each provider of treatment he or she supervises and
				records in a form approved by the Division each record he or she
				reviews;
(d) Observes, at least
				once every 3 months, a group counseling session conducted by each team of two
				providers of treatment he or she supervises who conduct counseling sessions for
				the program and records in a form approved by the Division each group
				counseling session he or she observes; and
(e) Prepares an annual report concerning the
				performance of each provider of treatment he or she supervises.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.117 - Professional responsibility regarding offenders

Current through June 11, 2024
The organization that operates a program shall ensure that a
				  provider of treatment or supervisor of treatment employed, or retained as an
				  independent contractor, at a program:
1. Shall provide treatment with professional
				skill and competence;
2. Shall
				refrain from entering into a sexual relationship with any offender or victim of
				any offender during the time that the offender is receiving treatment by the
				program and for 2 years after the termination of treatment;
3. Shall refrain from entering into a dual
				relationship with any offender receiving treatment by the program or any victim
				of any offender receiving treatment by the program;
4. Shall not practice, condone, facilitate or
				collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex,
				sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, social, economic, health or
				marital status, political belief, diagnosis, mental or physical disability, or
				any preference or personal characteristic, condition or status; and
5. Shall not influence or attempt to
				influence an offender in any manner which could be reasonably anticipated in
				his or her deriving benefits of an unprofessional nature from the offender
				during the time that the offender is receiving treatment from the provider of
				treatment or supervisor of treatment and for 2 years after the termination of
				those services.
Added to NAC by Com.
				  on Domestic Violence by R048-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 228.470
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.125 - Changes to program; approval of Committee

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An
				organization that operates a program shall notify the Division in the form
				prescribed by the Division not later than 30 days after any change to the
				information submitted pursuant to NAC
				228.100, including, without
				limitation:
(a) A change in the ownership of
				the organization;
(b) A change of
				the name of the program;
(c) A
				relocation of the program;
(d) The
				discontinuance of the program;
(e)
				A change in the director of the program; or
(f) A change in the phone number or
				electronic mail address of the program.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.130 - On-site inspection; annual renewal

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6, an organization that has obtained a
				certificate for a program pursuant to NAC
				228.100
				must submit a completed application to renew its certification not later than
				12 months after the effective date of the certificate and every 12 months
				thereafter. If the organization was issued a provisional certificate pursuant
				to NAC
				228.102
				before it obtained a certificate for a program pursuant to NAC
				228.100,
				the certificate obtained pursuant to NAC
				228.100
				expires 18 months after the Division first issued the provisional
				certificate.
2. The certificate
				will be renewed if the Division determines that:
(a) The application for renewal is
				complete;
(b) The organization
				which operates the program has satisfied the requirements of subsection 3 of
				NAC
				228.100;
(c) The program has passed the inspection of
				the Division conducted pursuant to NAC 228.270, if one is conducted;
(d) The organization which operates the
				program has submitted:
(1) Proof of
				completion of the hours of continuing education required by NAC
				228.210;
(2) For each person hired or retained as an
				independent contractor in the position of a supervisor of treatment or a
				provider of treatment during the previous year, a copy of the attestation
				required by subsection 10 of NAC
				228.110;
(3) The annual reports required by NAC
				228.115;
(4) The names of each provider of treatment
				or supervisor of treatment hired or retained as an independent contractor by
				the program after the date on which the initial application or the most recent
				application for renewal of the certificate, whichever is more recent, was
				submitted;
(5) Proof that each
				provider of treatment or supervisor of treatment hired or retained as an
				independent contractor by the program has completed the continuing education
				required by NAC
				228.210 for the
				period after the date on which the initial application or the most recent
				application for renewal of the certificate, whichever is more recent, was
				submitted;
(6) Any notification
				required by NAC
				228.125;
				and
(7) Any other information
				required by the Division; and
(e) The director of the program or his or her
				designee has signed the application for renewal.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.140 - Grounds for refusal to issue or renew certificate, for revocation or suspension of certificate or for placement of program on probation

Current through June 11, 2024
The Division may refuse to issue or renew a certificate for a
				  program, revoke or suspend a certificate, place a program on probation with
				  specified conditions for a specified period or issue a written warning
				  if:
1. The organization that operates
				the program has not complied with NAC
				228.010 to 228.275,
				inclusive, and sections 2, 3 and 4 of this regulation;
2. The organization that operates the program
				has obtained a certificate or any other license by fraudulent
				misrepresentation;
3. A staff
				member of the program has committed gross malpractice in his or her actions or
				omissions related to the program;
4. A staff member of the program, while at a
				facility of the program or while performing any work for the program, has been
				intoxicated or has used or possessed a controlled substance without a
				prescription;
5. A staff member of
				the program has engaged in violent behavior or has:
(a) Entered a plea of guilty, guilty but
				mentally ill or nolo contendere to;
(b) Been found guilty or guilty but mentally
				ill of; or
(c) Been convicted of, a
				crime which demonstrates his or her unfitness to act as a staff member of the
				program, and the time for appeal has elapsed or the judgment of conviction has
				been affirmed on appeal;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › General Provisions › Section 228.150 - Written notice required for refusal to issue or renew certificate or to revoke or suspend certificate; contents

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division
				may:
(a) Refuse to issue a certificate for a
				program;
(b) Refuse to renew a
				certificate for a program for failure to comply with the provisions of
				paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection 2 of NAC
				228.130; or
(c) Revoke or suspend a certificate for a
				program, only upon written notice provided pursuant to NAC
				439.345.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Requirements of Treatment Programs › Section 228.160 - Confidentiality

Current through June 11, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure
				  that:
1. A provider of treatment, a
				supervisor of treatment who is acting as a provider of treatment, or any other
				staff member of the program does not disclose any confidential communications
				made by an offender during the course of treatment or acquired through his or
				her work with the program, except:
(a) Upon
				the written consent of the offender;
(b) To the extent necessary to report the
				status of the treatment of an offender to the court that ordered the offender
				to participate in the program;
(c)
				To the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of subsection 2 of NAC
				228.180 or
				subsection 3 of NAC
				228.195;
(d) Pursuant to an investigation or on-site
				inspection by the Division;
(e) To
				notify a person whom the provider of treatment believes may be at risk of
				imminent danger because of threats made or behavior exhibited by the
				offender;
(f) To report evidence of
				child abuse or neglect to an agency which provides child welfare services or to
				a law enforcement agency;
(g) To
				report evidence of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an
				older person or vulnerable person to an entity described in
				NRS
				200.5093; or
(h) As otherwise required by
				law.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Requirements of Treatment Programs › Section 228.165 - Group counseling

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An organization
				that operates a program shall ensure that:
(a)
				Treatment is provided to each offender in the form and at the frequency
				prescribed in the written plan of treatment developed for the offender pursuant
				to NAC 228.170.
(b) Any treatment that is provided to an
				offender by the program in a group counseling session:
(1) Is conducted by:
(I) Two providers of treatment;
(II) A provider of treatment and a supervisor
				of treatment who is acting as a provider of treatment; or
(III) One provider of treatment only if an
				emergency exists which prevents a group counseling session from being conducted
				pursuant to sub-subparagraph (I) or (II) and not more than four group
				counseling sessions in a period of 26 weeks, or eight group counseling sessions
				in a period of 52 weeks, are conducted by one provider of treatment only;
				and
(2) Is conducted for
				the gender of the offenders in the group counseling session.
(c) If a supervisor of treatment
				determines that an offender for whom group counseling is prescribed in the
				written plan of treatment developed for the offender pursuant to NAC
				228.170 cannot be treated in a
				group counseling session because the offender has a physical or mental
				limitation that is not related to the abuse of drugs or alcohol, the offender
				is referred to an appropriate provider of health care or other
				services.
(d) A supervisor of
				treatment who is making a determination pursuant to paragraph (c) has provided
				reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an
				offender with a disability who is otherwise eligible to obtain treatment in a
				group counseling session, unless the supervisor of treatment can demonstrate
				that such accommodation would result in a fundamental alteration of the program
				or an undue financial or administrative burden.
(e) If an offender does not receive treatment
				by the program because of a determination made pursuant to paragraph (c), the
				supervisor of treatment notifies the court that sentenced the offender of that
				fact and advises the offender to do the same.
(f) A separate group counseling session is
				provided for an offender for whom group counseling is prescribed in the written
				plan of treatment developed for the offender pursuant to NAC
				228.170 who is under the age of
				18 years and for whom an adult session is not suitable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Requirements of Treatment Programs › Section 228.170 - Method and standards of treatment

Current through June 11, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure
				  that:
1. The program:
(a) Is based on evidence-based
				practices;
(b) Requires that the
				written plan of treatment of an offender be based on an assessment of the
				offender by a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment; and
(c) Holds an offender accountable for
				accepting responsibility for his or her violence and for changing his or her
				violent behavior, including, without limitation, developing concern and empathy
				for a person who is a victim of domestic violence.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Requirements of Treatment Programs › Section 228.175 - Contents of written agreement between offender and provider of treatment

Current through June 11, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure that the
				  agreement an offender is required to comply with pursuant to NAC
				  228.170 provides:
1. That the offender agrees to:
(a) Submit a copy of:
(1) The report prepared by a peace officer
				pursuant to NRS
				171.1227;
(2) The order of the court requiring the
				offender to participate in a program;
(3) Any report concerning probation prepared
				by the offender's parole and probation officer; and
(4) The results of a psychological evaluation
				of the offender if such an evaluation has been completed;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence › CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Requirements of Treatment Programs › Section 228.180 - Protection of victim

Current through June 11, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure
				  that:
1. No staff member of the
				program:
(a) Blames a person who is a victim
				of domestic violence for the domestic violence; or
(b) Places a person who is a victim of
				domestic violence in danger as a result of any statement made or action taken
				by the staff member.