1. Each applicant for a license to conduct a foster home, person who is licensed to conduct a foster home, employee of that applicant or licensee, resident of a foster home 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 person who is 18 years of age or older who routinely supervises a child in a foster home for whom an investigation is conducted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 424.031, must submit to the licensing authority or its approved designee:
(a) A complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the licensing authority or its approved designee to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report to enable the licensing authority or its approved designee to conduct an investigation pursuant to NRS 424.031; and
(b) Written permission to conduct a child abuse and neglect screening.
2. For each person who submits the documentation required pursuant to subsection 1, the licensing authority or its approved designee shall conduct a child abuse and neglect screening of the person in every state in which the person has resided during the immediately preceding 5 years.
3. The licensing authority or its approved designee may exchange with the Central Repository or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any information respecting the fingerprints submitted.
4. The Division shall assist the licensing authority of another state that is conducting a child abuse and neglect screening of a person who has resided in this State by providing information which is necessary to conduct the screening if the person who is the subject of the screening has signed a written permission authorizing the licensing authority to conduct a child abuse and neglect screening. The Division may charge a fee for providing such information in an amount which does not exceed the actual cost to the Division to provide the information.
5. When a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation is received by the Central Repository, it shall immediately forward a copy of the report to the licensing authority or its approved designee.
6. Upon receiving a report pursuant to this section, the licensing authority or its approved designee shall determine whether the person has been convicted of a crime listed in NRS 424.031.
7. The licensing authority shall immediately inform the applicant for a license to conduct a foster home or the person who is licensed to conduct a foster home whether an employee or resident of the foster home, or any other person who is 18 years of age or older who routinely supervises a child in the foster home for whom an investigation was conducted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 424.031, has been convicted of a crime listed in NRS 424.031. The information provided to the applicant for a license to conduct a foster home or the person who is licensed to conduct a foster home must not include specific information relating to any such conviction, including, without limitation, the specific crime for which the person was convicted.
8. The licensing authority may deny an application for a license to operate a foster home or may suspend or revoke such a license if the licensing authority determines that the applicant or licensee has been convicted of a crime listed in NRS 424.031 or has failed to terminate an employee, remove a resident of the foster home who is 18 years of age or older or prevent a person for whom an investigation was conducted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 424.031 from being present in the foster home, if such a person has been convicted of any crime listed in NRS 424.031.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1199; A 1993, 2697; 2001 Special Session, 25; 2009, 515; 2011, 243, 3546; 2015, 543)