Nevada Revised Statutes 424.0335 – Termination of employee, removal of resident or prevention of person from being present in home when convicted of certain crimes; correction of information concerning conviction. [Effective through December 31, 2023.]
1. Upon receiving information from the licensing authority or its designee pursuant to NRS 424.033 or evidence from any other source that an employee of an applicant for a license to conduct a foster home, a person who is licensed to conduct a foster home or a resident of an applicant or licensee 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 any other person who is 18 years of age or older who routinely supervises a child in a 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 applicant or licensee shall terminate the employment of the employee, remove the resident from the foster home or prevent the person who is 18 years of age or older who routinely supervises a child in the foster home from being present in the home after allowing the employee, resident or other person time to correct the information as required pursuant to subsection 2.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 424.0335
- 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.
- 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
2. If an employee, resident or other person who is 18 years of age or older who routinely supervises a child in a foster home believes that the information provided pursuant to subsection 1 is incorrect, the employee, resident or other person must inform the applicant or licensee immediately. An applicant or licensee that is so informed shall give the employee, resident or other person 30 days to correct the information.
3. During the period in which an employee, resident or other person who is 18 years of age or older who routinely supervises a child in a foster home seeks to correct information pursuant to subsection 2, it is within the discretion of the applicant or licensee whether to allow the employee, resident or other person to continue to work for, reside at or provide supervision of a child in the foster home, as applicable, except that the employee, resident or other person shall not have contact with a child in the foster home without supervision during any such period.