The Division shall develop and carry out a program of public education to increase public awareness about the dangers of fetal alcohol syndrome and other adverse effects on a fetus that may result from the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The program must include, without limitation:
1. Educational messages that are directed toward the general public and specific geographical areas and groups of persons in this State that are identified pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 442.420 as having women who are at a high risk of consuming alcohol during pregnancy.
2. Providing training materials to school personnel to assist them in identifying pupils who may be suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome and offering to provide the parents of those pupils with a referral for diagnostic services and treatment.
3. If a toll-free telephone service is otherwise provided by the Division, the use of that telephone service for providing information relating to programs for the treatment of substance use disorders, providers of health care or other services and other available resources, and referrals to those programs, if appropriate. The telephone number must be disclosed in the educational messages provided pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1059; A 2003, 1360)