278.02387 - Registry of group homes: Transmission of information; compilation and maintenance by Health Division; contents; availability.
278.02387 Registry of group homes: Transmission of information; compilation and maintenance by Health Division; contents; availability.
1. Each county and city shall:
(a) Conduct a reasonable investigation or survey to determine, insofar as is practicable, the following information regarding each group home that is located within the territorial limits of the county or city:
(1) The name of the owner of the group home;
(2) If the group home is leased or rented, the name of the lessee or renter;
(3) The name of the administrator of the group home, if any;
(4) The address of the group home;
(5) The phone number of the group home;
(6) If the group home is licensed, the number of clients for which the home is licensed; and
(7) If known, any information that may be helpful to agencies of the State of Nevada or counties or cities providing police, fire-fighting, rescue or emergency medical services with respect to persons residing in the group home who may need special assistance in the event of a fire, medical crisis or other emergency; and
(b) As often as is reasonably necessary, but not less frequently than once each calendar quarter, transmit the information to the Health Division.
2. If a county or city is not able to obtain all of the information described in subsection 1, it shall transmit to the Health Division such information as it is able to obtain.
3. Using the information transmitted by counties and cities pursuant to subsection 1 and using any other resources at its disposal, the Health Division shall compile and maintain a registry of information relating to each group home that exists in this State. Insofar as the Health Division is able to obtain the relevant information, the registry compiled and maintained by the Health Division must include, with respect to each group home that exists in this State:
(a) Each item of information described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1; and
(b) An entry indicating whether the group home is or is not formally licensed or certified as a residential establishment.
4. The Health Division shall make the information contained in the registry available to:
(a) Any agency of the State of Nevada or a county or city that provides police, fire-fighting, rescue or emergency medical services;
(b) Upon request for the purposes set forth in NRS 278.02388, the governing body of a county or city;
(c) Any agency of the Federal Government, the State of Nevada or a county or city that is involved in the investigation of acts of abuse, fraud or similar crimes; and
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the general public, through the use of the Internet website maintained by the Health Division. The Health Division shall not make available on its Internet website any personally identifying information relating to a resident of a group home.
5. Any department or agency of the State of Nevada or a county or city that becomes aware of the existence of a group home which is not included in the registry shall, within 30 days after obtaining such information, transmit the information to the Health Division as is necessary for inclusion in the registry.
6. As used in this section, “group home” means:
(a) A residential establishment; and
(b) Any other home, facility or residence, whether or not it is licensed, whether it is operated formally or informally and by whatever name it may be known, that provides to four or more unrelated persons services similar to those provided by a residential establishment.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1130)