Section 424.270 - Training1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, applicants for a license to operate a foster home must attend at least 8 hours of training approved by the agency which provides child welfare services in the subjects described in NRS 424.0365, laws and regulations applicable to foster parenting, the structure of agencies which provide child welfare services, childhood trauma, the importance of family relationships and other meaningful relationships and basic first aid, including, without limitation, training in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. If the home has a pool, hot tub or other freestanding body of water, the applicants must obtain information on water safety, pool safety and the risk of drowning.2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, foster parents shall attend at least 4 hours annually of training in foster parenting which is provided or approved by the agency which provides child welfare services.3. The annual training or portions of the annual training required by subsection 2 may for good cause, as determined by the agency which provides child welfare services, be obtained from another agency that places foster children, as a substitute for the training provided by the agency which provides child welfare services, if at least one foster parent participates in the training and the training has been preapproved by the agency which provides child welfare services.4. A family foster home which is licensed to provide foster care for a specific, licensed child-placing agency may receive the training required by subsections 1 and 2 through that agency.5. In addition to the training required by subsections 1 and 2, applicants for a license to operate a foster home must receive training in how to use and apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard to provide normalcy for foster children when making decisions authorized by NAC 424.573. The training required by this subsection must be provided or approved by the agency which provides child welfare services.6. In addition to the training required by subsections 1, 2 and 5, a licensee that operates a foster home must receive, not later than 90 days after initial licensure and annually thereafter, training concerning working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning children.7. The requirements of this section are not applicable to any person who is subject to the requirements of NAC 424.712 and 424.714 and completes the training or continuing education required by those sections.Nev. Admin. Code § 424.270
Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care § 105.2, 10-7-88, eff. 1-1-89-NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, 11-14-97; R066-99, 11-8-99; R044-02, 7-23-2002; A by R110-13, eff. 6/23/2014; A by R110-19A, eff. 2/25/2021