Section 424.400 - Safety from fire: Equipment; walls and ceilings1. All foster homes must have operating, portable fire extinguishers on each story of the structure. Each fire extinguisher must: (a) Have a minimum rating of 2-A 10BC.(b) Be mounted or readily available as designated by the licensing authority representative pursuant to the State Fire Marshal's instructions.(c) Be located within 75 feet of traveling distance from any point within the foster home.2. The licensing authority may require at least a type 13-D sprinkler system in any foster home which has three or more nonambulatory persons, or which provides care to three or more children who are less than 18 months of age or to five or more children who are less than 6 years of age.3. Any portable fire extinguishers, alarm systems and sprinkler systems must be serviced and tagged annually by a company which is appropriately licensed by the State Fire Marshal.4. Every foster home must have smoke detectors which conform to the International Building Code, in the form most recently published by the International Code Council, which is hereby adopted by reference and is available free of charge at the Internet address http://codes.iccsafe.org The smoke detectors must be located in every room where foster children sleep and mounted on a ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in a corridor or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping. Where sleeping rooms are located on an upper level of a building, a smoke detector must be placed at the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway. The smoke detectors may be battery operated or may receive their primary power from the building wiring.5. Foster homes with 10 or more occupants must meet all requirements for fire extinguishers and alarms as are determined by the State Fire Marshal following an inspection of the foster home.6. A foster home must have at least one carbon monoxide detector located near any area where a child regularly sleeps and at least one carbon monoxide detector on each floor of the home, regardless of whether a child regularly sleeps on the floor.7. A foster home that provides care to a child who requires a wheelchair, stretcher or other special accommodations for exiting must have two exit doors and an accessible ramp which meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.8. The Division will review each revision of the publication adopted by reference in subsection 4 to ensure its suitability for this State. If the Division determines that a revision is not suitable for this State, the Division will hold a public hearing to review its determination within 6 months after the date of the publication of the revision and give notice of that hearing. If, after the hearing, the Division does not revise its determination, the Division will give notice within 30 days after the hearing that the revision is not suitable for this State. If the Division does not give such notice, the revision becomes part of the publication adopted by reference in subsection 4.Nev. Admin. Code § 424.400
Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care part § 108.1, eff. 10-19-90; + part §108.6, 10-7-88, eff. 1-1-89; A 5-19-89; 10-19-90-NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, 11-14-97; R044-02, 7-23-2002; A by R110-19A, eff. 2/25/2021