Nevada § 440.283 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity: Board to develop and distribute declarations to be signed; certain entities to provide services and notice concerning effect of declaration

§ 440.283. Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity: Board to develop and distribute declarations to be signed; certain entities to provide services and notice concerning effect of declaration

1. The Board shall: (a) Develop a declaration to be signed under penalty of perjury for the voluntary

acknowledgment of paternity in this State that complies with the requirements prescribed

by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 652(a) ; and (b) Distribute the declarations to: (1) Each hospital or freestanding birthing center in this State; and (2) Any other entity authorized to provide services relating to the voluntary acknowledgment

of paternity pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human

Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(C) . 2. Subject to the provisions of subsection 3, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics

and the entities described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall offer to provide

services relating to the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity in the manner prescribed

in the regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(C) . 3. Before providing a declaration for the acknowledgment of paternity to the person

who gave birth to a child or a person who wishes to acknowledge the paternity of the

child, the agencies described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall ensure that the

person who gave birth and the person who wishes to acknowledge paternity are given

notice, orally and in writing, of the rights, responsibilities and legal consequences

of, and the alternatives to, signing the declaration for the acknowledgment of paternity.