"Disaster" defined.

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As used in NRS 432.400, 432.410 and 432.420, unless the context otherwise requires, "disaster" means a fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, civil disturbance or any other occurrence or threatened occurrence that, regardless of cause:

1. Results in, or may result in, widespread or severe damage to property or injury to, or the death of, children in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services; or

2. As determined by the Division, requires immediate action to protect the health, safety and welfare of children in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1776)


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