1. A person to whom a written notification is sent pursuant to NRS 392.337 may request an administrative appeal of the substantiation of the report and the agency’s intention to place the person’s name in the Central Registry by submitting a written request to the agency which provides child welfare services within 15 days after the date on which the agency sends the written notification required by NRS 392.337.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an agency which provides child welfare services receives a timely request for an administrative appeal pursuant to subsection 1, a hearing before a hearing officer must be held in accordance with chapter 233B of NRS.
3. If a timely request for an administrative appeal is not submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the agency which provides child welfare services shall place the person’s name in the Central Registry pursuant to NRS 392.337.
4. If the hearing officer in a hearing held pursuant to this section:
(a) Affirms the substantiation of the report, the agency which provides child welfare services shall place the person’s name in the Central Registry pursuant to NRS 392.337.
(b) Rejects the substantiation of the report, the agency which provides child welfare services shall not place the person’s name in the Central Registry pursuant to NRS 392.337.
5. The decision of a hearing officer in a hearing held pursuant to this section is a final decision for the purposes of judicial review.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2089)