Section 424.726 - Records of children placed in foster home: Maintenance; required contents1. A specialized foster home and a foster care agency shall maintain a record for each child placed in the specialized foster home or a foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract, as applicable. The record must be: (a) Kept in a secure location to ensure confidentiality and protection from unauthorized access;(b) Protected from loss, damage or alteration;(c) Current and accurate;(d) Made available upon request to the licensing authority for review, copying or auditing and at reasonable times to the agency which provides child welfare services;(e) Retained in the manner described in subsection 7 of NRS 629.051 for a health care record; and(f) Destroyed after the period of retention in a manner which ensures that information from the record cannot be reconstructed, to ensure protection of the child's information.2. Each record maintained by a specialized foster home or a foster care agency pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation: (a) The name of the child and any aliases used by the child;(b) The date of birth of the child;(c) The race and ethnicity of the child;(d) A photograph of the child, taken on the day of admission to the specialized foster home or a foster home operated by the foster care agency and annually thereafter;(e) The intake, referral and assessment information collected for admission of the child, including, without limitation, psychological, psychiatric, social or physical evaluations and admission summaries;(f) The date of admission of the child to the specialized foster home or a foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract;(g) The contact information for any parent, guardian, custodian and caseworker of the child and the agency which provides child welfare services;(h) Emergency contact information for any parent, guardian, custodian, caseworker and physician of the child;(i) The medical history of the child, including, without limitation: (1) The name of each physician, dentist and other treatment provider of the child;(2) A record of any medical care, dental care and immunizations received by the child, including, without limitation, diagnostic information, the name of the physician and plan for treatment during placement in the specialized foster home or a foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract;(3) A record of any illness or significant symptoms of illness the child has experienced while in foster care;(4) A record of any medication administered to the child; and(5) Any known allergies or physical limitations of the child;(j) Any records or reports regarding the child's education and educational needs;(k) Any plan of treatment for the child, ongoing progress reports, summaries of discharge from medical centers and requests for prior authorization for medical services or other documented authorization requests;(l) Any accident reports and incident reports regarding the child;(m) Any restrictions on visits with or activities of the child;(n) A record, made at the time of admission to and discharge from the specialized foster home or a foster home operated by the foster care agency, as applicable, of the child's clothing and personal property;(o) Signed authorizations for the release of information relating to the child or other required authorizations;(p) A record of any rights of the child that are denied or limited and the disposition of any complaint involving the child; and(q) Progress notes concerning observations made by staff of the child's behavior, progress or contact with others in the specialized foster home or foster home with which the foster care agency has entered into a contract or with regard to the child's care or treatment. Nev. Admin. Code § 424.726
Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R110-13, eff. 6-23-2014