NRS 63.520 – Medical, surgical and dental services for child.
Upon the recommendation of a physician who attends a child in a facility, the superintendent of the facility may authorize the performance of any necessary medical, surgical or dental service. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1102)
NRS 63.425 – Treatment of child in accordance with gender identity or expression; compliance with Prison Rape Elimination Act; regulations concerning appropriate placement of child. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Treatment of child in accordance with gender identity or expression; compliance with Prison Rape Elimination Act; regulations concerning appropriate placement of child. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. A facility shall: (a) Treat each child in the facility in all respects in accordance with the child’s gender identity or expression and the regulations adopted by the Division of Child and Family Services pursuant to subsection 2; and (b) Comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 15605 et seq., and […]
NRS 63.440 – Placement of delinquent child by Division of Child and Family Services; requirements for changing placement of child.
1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 62E of NRS, if the juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services, the Division may, within the limits of legislative appropriation: (a) If the child is at least 8 years of age but less than 12 years of […]
NRS 63.450 – When alternative to commitment or placement must be recommended to juvenile court.
The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services shall recommend to the juvenile court a suitable alternative to the commitment or placement of a child in a facility if: 1. The superintendent of the facility reports that such a commitment or placement is unsuitable; and 2. At the time of commitment or placement […]
NRS 63.460 – Forestry camps: Establishment; employment of children; power of superintendent to contract with other governmental officials and agencies.
1. A facility may establish forestry camps for the purposes of: (a) Securing a satisfactory classification and segregation of children according to their capacities, interests and responsiveness to control and responsibility; (b) Reducing the necessity of extending existing grounds and housing facilities; and (c) Providing adequate opportunity for reform and encouragement of self-discipline. 2. Children […]
NRS 63.470 – Temporary furlough.
1. The superintendent of a facility may grant to a child a furlough from the facility to participate in a program or treatment if, after consultation with the Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau, the superintendent determines that the furlough is in the best interests of the child. 2. The superintendent of a facility may […]
NRS 63.480 – Power of juvenile court to change, modify or set aside order of commitment; notice.
1. The juvenile court may change, modify or set aside an order committing a child to a facility after conducting a hearing to consider the effect that changing, modifying or setting aside the order will have upon the child and the operation of the facility. 2. Not later than 10 days before conducting the hearing […]
NRS 63.490 – Transfer.
1. The superintendent of a facility may transfer a child from one facility to another facility if: (a) The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services consents to the transfer; and (b) The transfer is in the best interests of the child. 2. If a transfer is made, the general provisions regarding placements […]
NRS 63.500 – Child to be dealt with by or in presence of attendant of same gender.
All children committed to a facility must be dealt with, so far as practicable, by or in the presence of an attendant who is of the same gender as the child. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1102)
NRS 63.505 – Conditions and limitations on use of corrective room restriction by facility; reporting requirement.
1. A child who is detained in a facility 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 negative behavior of the child; (b) Holding the child accountable for a violation of a rule of the facility; or (c) […]