NRS 432C.010 – Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 432C.020 to 432C.090, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1931)

NRS 432C.020 – “Agency which provides child welfare services” defined.

“Agency which provides child welfare services” means: 1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the local office of the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; or 2. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the agency of the county, which provides or […]

NRS 432C.030 – “Child” defined.

“Child” means a person under the age of 18 years. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1931)

NRS 432C.040 – “Child welfare services” defined.

“Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.044. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1931)

NRS 432C.050 – “Commercial sexual exploitation” defined.

“Commercial sexual exploitation” means the sex trafficking of a child in violation of NRS 201.300 or the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child for the financial benefit of any person or in exchange for anything of value, including, without limitation, monetary or nonmonetary benefits given or received by any person. (Added to NRS […]

NRS 432C.060 – “Commercially sexually exploited child” defined.

“Commercially sexually exploited child” means any child who is sex trafficked in violation of NRS 201.300, sexually abused or sexually exploited for the financial benefit of any person or in exchange for anything of value, including, without limitation, monetary or nonmonetary benefits given or received by any person. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1931)

NRS 432C.070 – “Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services” defined.

“Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services” means data or information concerning reports and assessments made pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the name, address, date of birth, social security number and image or likeness of any child, family member of any child and reporting party or source, whether primary or […]

NRS 432C.080 – “Sexual abuse” defined.

“Sexual abuse” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.100. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1931)

NRS 432C.090 – “Sexual exploitation” defined.

“Sexual exploitation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.110. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1931)

NRS 432C.100 – Definition of when person has “reasonable cause to believe” and when person acts “as soon as reasonably practicable.”

For the purposes of this chapter, a person: 1. Has “reasonable cause to believe” if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, transaction, event, situation […]

NRS 432C.110 – Persons required to make report; when and to whom reports are required; penalty for failure to make report.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 432C.120, any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a commercially sexually exploited child may report the commercial sexual exploitation of the child to an agency which provides child welfare services. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432C.120, […]

NRS 432C.120 – Attorney prohibited from reporting commercial sexual exploitation of child in certain circumstances.

1. An attorney shall not make a report of the commercial sexual exploitation of a child if such reporting conflicts with the ethical duties of attorneys as set forth in the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct. 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving an attorney from the duty to report the commercial […]

NRS 432C.130 – Action upon receipt of report. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Action upon receipt of report. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

1. Upon the receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 432C.110, an agency which provides child welfare services: (a) Shall conduct an initial screening to determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the child is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation; (b) Shall make a report to the appropriate law enforcement agency for […]

NRS 432C.140 – Confidentiality of information maintained by agency which provides child welfare services; exceptions; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and 439.538 and except as otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 432C.150, information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services, including, without limitation, reports and assessments made pursuant to this chapter, is confidential. 2. Any person, law enforcement agency or public agency, institution or […]

NRS 432C.150 – Maintenance of information by agency which provides child welfare services; authorized release of such information; penalty; fee for release of information; rules, policies or regulations.

1. Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services must be maintained by the agency which provides child welfare services as required by federal law as a condition of the allocation of federal money to this State. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, information maintained by an agency which provides child […]