Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 62B · 60 active provisions
1. In any judicial district in which there are two or three district judges, the district judges, by mutual consent, shall: (a) Assign one district judge to serve as the judge of the juvenile court for a period set by the district judges; or (b) Divide the powers and duties set forth in this title among the district ju…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the juvenile court or the chief judge of the judicial district may appoint any person to act as a juvenile judicial officer if the person is qualified by previous experience, training and demonstrated interest in the welfare of children to act as a juvenile judicial offi…
1. The juvenile court may order a juvenile judicial officer to: (a) Swear witnesses. (b) Take evidence. (c) Make findings of fact and recommendations. (d) Conduct all proceedings before the juvenile judicial officer in the same manner as a district judge conducts proceedings in a district court. 2. Not later than 10 da…
1. In any county where it is deemed advisable, the juvenile court may establish a youth services commission. 2. Each youth services commission must consist of five persons appointed by the juvenile court. 3. In conjunction with the Division of Child and Family Services, the youth services commission shall advise the ju…
1. All expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of this title are a charge against the county, except for expenses that must be paid by the State of Nevada pursuant to the provisions of chapter 63 of NRS or a specific statute. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, within the limits provided by the…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62B.245, if a child becomes subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and the child receives ancillary services that are administered or financed by a county, including, but not limited to, transportation or psychiatric, psychological or medical services, the juvenile court s…
If the juvenile court commits a child to the custody of a person who is not the parent or guardian of the child or to the custody of a public or private institution or agency, and no provision is otherwise made by law for the support of the child, the expenses incurred for the support of the child while in such custody…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if a child is committed to the custody of a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children, the juvenile court may order the county where the child has a legal residence to pay the expenses incurred for the support of the child in an amount equal to a…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, each county shall pay an assessment for the operation of each regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children that is partially supported by the State of Nevada and is operated by a county whose population is less than 700,000. 2. The total aggregated…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each county shall pay an assessment for the operation of a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children that serves the county if the regional facility: (a) Is operated by a county whose population is less than 700,000 or an administrative entity es…
1. Unless an exemption is approved pursuant to subsection 4, each county shall pay an assessment for the activities of the Youth Parole Bureau that are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 63.700 to 63.780, inclusive. 2. The assessment owed by each county equals the total amount budgeted by the Legislature for…
1. The board of county commissioners: (a) In a county whose population is 55,000 or more, shall provide a facility for the detention of children. (b) In all other counties, may provide a facility for the detention of children. 2. The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, without regard to the populati…
1. Any facility for the detention of children: (a) Must be constructed and conducted as nearly like a home as possible; (b) Must not be deemed to be or treated as a penal institution; and (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, must not adjoin, be located on the same grounds as, or share common facilities or…
1. A public or private institution or agency to which a juvenile court commits a child, including, without limitation, a facility for the detention of children, shall: (a) Treat each child that a juvenile court commits to the institution or agency in all respects in accordance with the child’s gender identity or expres…
1. A child who is detained in a local facility for the detention of children or committed to a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children may be subjected to corrective room restriction only if all other less-restrictive options have been exhausted and only for the purpose of: (a) Modifying the…
1. A facility for the detention of children to which a juvenile court commits a child shall develop and implement a plan for the care of children in the facility during disasters. The plan must be developed and implemented in accordance with the plans and regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 432.400 and 432.410. 2. As u…
1. No restraints of any kind may be used on a child who is in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from delivery unless there are compelling reasons to believe that the child presents: (a) A serious and immediate threat of harm to herself, staff or others; or (b) A substantial flight risk and cannot be reasonably…
1. Each facility shall adopt and implement policies and procedures concerning unclothed searches of children who are detained in or committed to the facility. The policies and procedures must: (a) Prohibit an employee from conducting an unclothed search of a child unless the employee reasonably suspects that the child…
1. A public or private institution or agency to which a juvenile court commits a child, including, without limitation, a facility for the detention of children, shall adopt a policy concerning the manner in which to: (a) Document the orders of the treating physician of a child; (b) Administer medication to a child; (c)…
1. Every local facility for the detention of children shall arrange for the administration of medical care required by any child who is in the custody of the facility. 2. The county shall pay for the costs of the medical care for the child if: (a) The parent or legal guardian of the child does not have medical insuranc…
1. A public or private institution or agency to which a juvenile court commits a child, including, without limitation, a facility for the detention of children, shall ensure that each employee who comes into direct contact with children who are in custody receives training within 90 days after employment and annually t…
As used in NRS 62B.260 to 62B.280, inclusive, “licensing authority” means the governmental entity which licenses and regulates a private institution to which a juvenile court commits a child, including without limitation, a facility for the detention of children.
The provisions of NRS 62B.260 to 62B.280, inclusive, do not apply to a private institution to which a juvenile court commits a child, including without limitation, a facility for the detention of children, if the private institution is required to comply with similar requirements as a condition for licensure in this St…
1. A public institution or agency to which a juvenile court commits a child or the licensing authority of a private institution to which a juvenile court commits a child, including, without limitation, a facility for the detention of children, shall secure from appropriate law enforcement agencies information on the ba…
1. Upon receiving information from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History pursuant to NRS 62B.270 or evidence from any other source that an employee of a public institution or agency to which a juvenile court commits a child or the licensing authority of a private institution to which a juvenile…