62A.380 - Use of services and facilities of agencies which provide child welfare services; duties of such agencies.

62A.380  Use of services and facilities of agencies which provide child welfare services; duties of such agencies.

      1.  In carrying out the objects and purposes of this title, the juvenile court may use the services and facilities of the agency which provides child welfare services.

      2.  The agency which provides child welfare services shall determine the plans, placements and services to be provided to any child pursuant to the provisions of this title, chapter 432 of NRS and NRS 432B.010 to 432B.400, inclusive.

      3.  As used in this section, “agency which provides child welfare services” means:

      (a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the local office of the Division of Child and Family Services; or

      (b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the agency of the county,

Ê which provides or arranges for necessary child welfare services.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1026)