Section 424.714 - Training of direct care staff: Continuing education1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each specialized foster home and foster care agency shall ensure that each member of their direct care staff completes not less than 20 hours of continuing education annually. The continuing education required by this subsection must be appropriate to the position held by the person.2. The continuing education required by subsection 1 must emphasize the development of advanced skills in any specialized training appropriate to the position for which the person was hired and which is offered in the community where the specialized foster home or foster care agency is located, including, without limitation, the best practices for meeting the needs of a child placed in the specialized foster home or in a foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract, as applicable. The continuing education may be presented using any appropriate method, including, without limitation, presentations made by or to a group, external training or training provided by staff of the specialized foster home or foster care agency, as applicable.3. Any relevant continuing education completed by a member of the direct care staff of a specialized foster home or foster care agency who is required to maintain a professional license may be counted towards the hours of continuing education required by subsection 1. Nev. Admin. Code § 424.714
Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R110-13, eff. 6-23-2014