Conditions under which volunteer not required to submit fingerprints.

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1. A volunteer at a private school who is likely to have unsupervised contact with pupils is not required to submit fingerprints to the administrator of the private school pursuant to NRS 394.155 if:

(a) The volunteer submits a statement from an entity described in this subsection that is acceptable to the administrator or other sufficient evidence to the administrator of the private school or the administrator otherwise determines that, within a time period deemed acceptable by the administrator, another entity determined the volunteer to be eligible for employment or licensure or to serve as a volunteer;

(b) It is the policy of the entity to conduct an investigation into the criminal background of an employee, licensee or volunteer, as applicable, and that investigation includes the submission of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and

(c) The administrator accepts the investigation. An administrator may, in his or her discretion, accept or reject an investigation described in this section for any reason.

2. In addition to the exceptions described in subsection 1, a volunteer at a private school who is likely to have unsupervised contact with pupils is not required to submit fingerprints to the administrator of the private school pursuant to NRS 394.155 if the volunteer submits to another entity authorized to forward fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History a complete set of the volunteer’s fingerprints and written permission authorizing the entity to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for its report on the criminal history of the volunteer and for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report on the criminal history of the volunteer.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 1524)


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