§ 432B.220 Persons required to make report; when and to whom reports are required; any person may make report; report and written findings if reasonable cause to believe death of child caused by abuse or neglect; certain persons and entities required to info
§ 432B.225 Attorney prohibited from reporting abuse or neglect of child in certain circumstances
§ 432B.230 Authorized methods of making report; contents
§ 432B.240 Penalty for failure to make report
§ 432B.250 Persons required to report prohibited from invoking certain privileges
§ 432B.255 Admissibility of evidence
§ 432B.260 Action upon receipt of report; agency which provides child welfare services required to inform person named in report of allegation of abuse or neglect if report is investigated
§ 432B.270 Interview of child and sibling of child concerning possible abuse or neglect; photographs, X-rays and medical tests
§ 432B.280 Confidentiality of information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services; exceptions; penalty
§ 432B.290 Maintenance of information by agency which provides child welfare services; authorized release of such information; penalty; fee for release of information; rules, policies or regulations
§ 432B.300 Determinations to be made from investigation of report
§ 432B.305 Assignment of disposition to report
§ 432B.310 Report to Central Registry of abuse or neglect required upon completion of investigation; prohibition against reporting certain information
§ 432B.315 Written notification to person responsible for child’s welfare of assignment of disposition of substantiated to report and authority to request administrative appeal
§ 432B.317 Administrative appeal of substantiation of report; hearing
§ 432B.320 Waiver of full investigation of report
§ 432B.322 Inapplicability of provisions to certain reports, investigations or information
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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 432B > Reports of Abuse or Neglect; Reports of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder or Prenatal Substance Use Disorder or Exposure

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).