Section 449.011931 - Cultural competency training for agent or employee who provides care to patient or resident1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.103, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 267, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1176, a facility shall provide cultural competency training through an approved course or program to an agent or employee described in subsection 2 of NRS 449.103, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 267, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1176: (a) Within 90 days after contracting with or hiring the agent or employee; and(b) At least biennially thereafter. Such biennial training must consist of at least 2 hours of instruction each biennium.2. The facility may provide the training required by subsection 1 over several instructional periods or during a single instructional period so long as the agent or employee:(a) Completes the hours of cultural competency training required by subsection 1 and the entire contents of the course or program; and(b) Receives a certificate of completion on or before the date on which subsection 1 requires the agent or employee to complete the cultural competency training.3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the facility shall keep documentation in the personnel file of an agent or employee of the facility or a record of an agent or employee in the relevant electronic system of the facility proof of the completion of the cultural competency training required pursuant to NRS 449.103, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 267, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1176.4. If an agent or employee of a facility is exempt from the requirement to complete cultural competency training pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 449.103, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 267, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1176, the facility shall maintain proof in the personnel file of the agent or employee or a record of the agent or employee in the relevant electronic system of the facility that the agent or employee holds a valid professional license, registration or certificate, as applicable, for which the continuing education described in subsection 3 of NRS 449.103, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 267, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1176, is required for renewal.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.011931
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R016-20A, eff. 11/2/2020; A by R004-24A, eff. 10/23/2024NRS 449.0302, 449.103, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 267, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1176