Section 424.476 - Requirements for notification and reporting: Serious incident, accident or injury to child1. Upon the occurrence of a serious incident, accident or injury to a child involving a foster home or a child in a foster home, a licensee shall, after contacting necessary emergency personnel, provide notice of the event as provided in this section to the licensing authority and any caseworker assigned to the child.2. The licensee shall provide verbal and written notice as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the business day immediately following the serious incident, accident or injury, if the event involved: (a) The death of a child;(b) An attempted suicide by a child;(c) The ingestion of a poison or a drug overdose by a child;(d) A traumatic event involving a child, including, without limitation, near drowning, suffocation or shock; or(e) The abduction of a child.3. Except as otherwise required by subsection 2, the licensee shall provide verbal notice within 24 hours, and written notice as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 2 business days after the occurrence of the serious incident, accident or injury, if the event involved: (a) Any injury or trauma to a child which requires the services of a licensed medical professional, including, without limitation, an injury or trauma which requires hospitalization or emergency medical attention;(b) An error in the administration of medication to a child;(c) An occurrence in the foster home of an illness or disease that presents a significant risk to the health of a child;(d) Any condition or situation that causes the foster home to close and requires a child to be moved out of the foster home;(e) Any physical damage to or failure of a necessary electrical, heating, cooling, smoke- or fire-detection system, or any physical damage to or failure of any plumbing on the premises of the foster home, which may affect the safety of a child or the habitability of the foster home and which cannot be repaired within 24 hours after the damage or failure is discovered;(f) A fire on the premises of the foster home which requires a response by a fire-fighting agency;(g) A motor vehicle accident if a foster child was in the vehicle;(h) Any change in the foster home which affects compliance with any licensing requirement, including, without limitation, any member of the household or staff who suffers a major illness or injury or who is arrested;(i) A child who has run away from the foster home; or(j) Any other significant event that may affect the safety, health or well-being of a child or any other person in the foster home.4. If the serious incident, accident or injury is a motor vehicle accident, the licensee shall submit a copy of the accident report, if available, with the written notice required by this section.5. If the serious incident, accident or injury is a missing child, an abducted child or a child who has run away from the foster home, the licensee shall, in addition to providing the notice required by this section, immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement agency and, if applicable, the natural parent or legal guardian of the child.6. As used in this section, "fire-fighting agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433A.715. Nev. Admin. Code § 424.476
Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R110-13, eff. 6-23-2014