Nevada § 449.067 - Substitute for surety bond required for facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care, agency to provide personal care services in home and agency to provide nursing in home

§ 449.067. Substitute for surety bond required for facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care, agency to provide personal care services in home and agency to provide nursing in home

1. As a substitute for the surety bond required pursuant to NRS 449.065 , a facility for intermediate care, a facility for skilled nursing, a residential

facility for groups, a home for individual residential care, an agency to provide

personal care services in the home and an agency to provide nursing in the home may

deposit with any bank or trust company authorized to do business in this State, upon

approval from the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health: (a) An obligation of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company

or credit union licensed to do business in this State; (b) Bills, bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of the United States or any

agency or instrumentality thereof, or guaranteed by the United States; or (c) Any obligation of this State or any city, county, town, township, school district

or other instrumentality of this State, or guaranteed by this State, in an aggregate

amount, based upon principal amount or market value, whichever is lower. 2. The obligations of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company

or credit union must be held to secure the same obligation as would the surety bond

required by NRS 449.065 . With the approval of the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral

Health, the depositor may substitute other suitable obligations for those deposited,

which must be assigned to the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department

of Health and Human Services and are negotiable only upon approval by the Administrator

of the Aging and Disability Services Division. 3. Any interest or dividends earned on the deposit accrue to the account of the depositor. 4. The deposit must be an amount at least equal to the surety bond required by NRS 449.065 and must state that the amount may not be withdrawn except by direct and sole order

of the Administrator of the Aging and Disability Services Division.