Nevada § 424.039 - Licensing authority or designee authorized to conduct preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation name-based check of background of certain adult residents of foster home in which child will be placed in emergency situation; person investigated to supply fingerprints; exchange of information; removal of child from home upon refusal to supply fingerprints

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 424.039 — Licensing authority or designee authorized to conduct preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation name-based check of background of certain adult residents of foster home in which child will be placed in emergency situation; person investigated to supply fingerprints; exchange of information; removal of child from home upon refusal to supply fingerprints, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 424.039. Licensing authority or designee authorized to conduct preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation name-based check of background of certain adult residents of foster home in which child will be placed in emergency situation; person investigated to supply fingerprints; exchange of information; removal of child from home upon refusal to supply fingerprints

of Child and Family Services provides notice of sufficient money available to carry

out the provisions of Laws 2021, c. 419, and an agency prepared to participate in

the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program. See, also, section 424.039 effective after one of these conditions is met.> 1. A licensing authority or its approved designee may, in accordance with the procedures

set forth in 28 C.F.R. §§ 901 et seq. , conduct a preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation Interstate Identification

Index name-based check of the records of criminal history of a resident who is 18

years of age or older of a foster home in which the licensing authority wishes to

place a child in an emergency situation, other than a resident who remains under the

jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B.594 , to determine whether the person investigated has been arrested for or convicted

of any crime. 2. Upon request of a licensing authority that wishes to place a child in a foster

home in an emergency situation, or upon request of the approved designee of the licensing

authority, a resident who is 18 years of age or older of the foster home in which

the licensing authority wishes to place the child, other than a resident who remains

under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B.594 , must submit to the licensing authority or its approved designee a complete set of

fingerprints and written permission authorizing the licensing authority or its approved

designee to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records

of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its

report. The licensing authority or its approved designee shall forward the fingerprints

to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History within the time set

forth in federal law or regulation. 3. If a resident who is 18 years of age or older of a foster home in which a licensing

authority places a child in an emergency situation, other than a resident who remains

under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B.594 , refuses to provide a complete set of fingerprints to the licensing authority or

its approved designee upon request pursuant to subsection 2, the licensing authority

must immediately remove the child from the foster home.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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