Section 424.626 - Statement of services offered and scope of program: Submission to licensing authority; contents1. Each specialized foster home must provide to the licensing authority, with its initial application for a license, a written statement of the programs offered by the specialized foster home, including, without limitation, the models used for treatment, the services it offers and the scope of its programs.2. The statement required by subsection 1 must also include: (a) A statement of purpose and the philosophy, goals and objectives of the specialized foster home;(b) A description of the characteristics of the children to be placed in the specialized foster home, including, without limitation, the range of ages, gender, number of children and types and severity of problems of the children to be treated;(c) The length of time by which a child is expected to complete a program of treatment and any limitations on the length of time that a child may remain in the specialized foster home;(d) A description of the structured therapeutic environment and services that will be offered by the specialized foster home;(e) A description of the duties and responsibilities of the staff of the specialized foster home;(f) A statement concerning staffing patterns and plans to meet requirements for the supervision of children placed in the specialized foster home, including, without limitation, the number of staff on duty and the availability of additional staff;(g) A description of the educational requirements, qualifications, level of training and experience required for the staff of the specialized foster home;(h) The manner in which the specialized foster home will meet the medical, educational, spiritual, vocational and recreational needs of a child placed in the specialized foster home;(i) Activities to ensure the delivery of quality services to a child placed in the specialized foster home and his or her family;(j) Provisions for respite for foster parents;(k) A plan for the safety of a child placed in the specialized foster home, which must include, without limitation, rules, structures and procedures for the supervision of the child which are designed to reduce the likelihood that the child will run away or engage in other harmful behavior; and(l) The methods to be used to identify and reduce risks that may jeopardize the health, safety or well-being of a child placed in the specialized foster home and of its staff.3. The statement required by subsection 1 must also include a description of the policies and procedures of the specialized foster home as they relate to: (a) The admission and discharge of a child into and from the specialized foster home;(b) The establishment and maintenance of a professional relationship and regular contact between the staff of the specialized foster home and the family of each child placed in the specialized foster home;(c) The sharing of information about a child placed in the specialized foster home with the child's advocate and the agency which provides child welfare services or other agency or person who placed the child in the specialized foster home;(d) The management of behavior using a standardized curriculum that targets the emotional and behavioral issues of children in specialized foster care;(e) The provision of culturally responsive services to a child placed in the specialized foster home;(f) The transportation of children placed in the specialized foster home;(g) The methods for disciplining children placed in the specialized foster home, including, without limitation, the types of discipline that must not be used to punish a child;(h) Training in the administration and monitoring of prescription and nonprescription medication to ensure the safe management and administration of medication;(i) The privacy and confidentiality of a child placed in the specialized foster home and his or her family;(j) Suicide awareness and prevention;(k) The screening of and responses to crises and emergencies, including a crisis or emergency involving a missing child, a child who has run away from the specialized foster home, an acute psychiatric episode, suicidal ideation or attempted suicide, or the injury or illness of a child requiring hospitalization;(l) The seclusion and restraint of a child placed in the specialized foster home; and(m) Methods for receiving, resolving and documenting disputes or complaints involving a child placed in the specialized foster home or the family of such a child. Nev. Admin. Code § 424.626
Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R110-13, eff. 6-23-2014