Section 432A.190 - [Effective on the earlier of 7/1/2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to] Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; maintenance of log of certain complaints by Division; administrative fine; opportunity for hearing1. The Division may deny an application for a license to operate a child care facility or may suspend or revoke such a license upon any of the following grounds: (a) Violation by the applicant or licensee or an employee of the applicant or licensee of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any other law of this State or of the standards and other regulations adopted thereunder.(b) Aiding, abetting or permitting the commission of any illegal act.(c) Conduct inimical to the public health, morals, welfare and safety of the people of the State of Nevada in the maintenance and operation of the child care facility for which a license is issued.(d) Conduct or practice detrimental to the health or safety of the occupants or employees of the child care facility, or the clients of the outdoor youth program.(e) Conviction of any crime listed in subsection 2 of NRS 432A.170 committed by the applicant or licensee or an employee of the applicant or licensee, or by a resident of the child care facility or participant in the outdoor youth program who is 18 years of age or older.(f) Failure to comply with the provisions of NRS 432A.178.(g) Substantiation of a report of child abuse or neglect made against the applicant or licensee.(h) Conduct which is found to pose a threat to the health or welfare of a child or which demonstrates that the applicant or licensee is otherwise unfit to work with children.(i) Violation by the applicant or licensee of the provisions of NRS 432A.1755 by continuing to employ a person, allowing a resident who is 18 years of age or older, other than a participant in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program established pursuant to NRS 432B.5919, to continue to reside in the child care facility or allowing a participant in an outdoor youth program to continue to participate in the program if the employee, or the resident or participant who is 18 years of age or older, has been convicted of a crime listed in subsection 2 of NRS 432A.170 or has had a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made against him or her.2. In addition to the provisions of subsection 1, the Division may revoke a license to operate a child care facility if, with respect to that facility, the licensee that operates the facility, or an agent or employee of the licensee: (a) Is convicted of violating any of the provisions of NRS 202.470;(b) Is ordered to but fails to abate a nuisance pursuant to NRS 244.360, 244.3603 or 268.4124; or(c) Is ordered by the appropriate governmental agency to correct a violation of a building, safety or health code or regulation but fails to correct the violation.3. The Division shall maintain a log of any complaints that it receives relating to activities for which the Division may revoke the license to operate a child care facility pursuant to subsection 2. The Division shall provide to a child care facility: (a) A summary of a complaint against the facility if the investigation of the complaint by the Division either substantiates the complaint or is inconclusive;(b) A report of any investigation conducted with respect to the complaint; and(c) A report of any disciplinary action taken against the facility. The facility shall make the information available to the public pursuant to NRS 432A.178.
4. In addition to any other disciplinary action, the Division may impose an administrative fine for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto. The Division shall afford to any person so fined an opportunity for a hearing. Any money collected for the imposition of such a fine must be credited to the State General Fund.Added to NRS by 1979, 886; A 1981, 1218; 1985, 1474; 1991, 2310; 2001, 1354; 2007, 269; 2009, 929; 2011, 248, 1371; 2015, 2773; 2021, 2727, effective January 1, 2024Amended by 2023, Ch. 379,§1, eff. 6/12/2023.Amended by 2021, Ch. 419,§19, eff. on the earlier of 7/1/2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the provisions of those sections and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.Amended by 2015, Ch. 474,§13, eff. 7/1/2015.Added to NRS by 1979, 886; A 1981, 1218; 1985, 1474; 1991, 2310; 2001, 1354; 2007, 269; 2009, 929; 2011, 248, 1371This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.