NAC424.270. Training.

     1. Applicants for a license to operate a foster home must attend at least 8 hours of training in foster parenting provided or approved by the agency which provides child welfare services. If the home has a pool, hot tub or jacuzzi, another free-standing body of water or a sauna, the applicants must also complete training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pool safety before licensure.

     2. Foster parents must attend 4 hours annually of training in foster parenting which is provided or approved by the agency which provides child welfare services.

     3. The annual training or portions of the annual training required pursuant to subsection 2 may for good cause, as determined by the agency which provides child welfare services, be obtained from another agency that places foster children, as a substitute for the training provided by the agency which provides child welfare services, if at least one foster parent participates in the training.

     4. A foster home which is licensed to provide foster care for a specific, licensed child-placing agency may receive any of the training required by this section through that agency.

     [Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care § 105.2, 10-7-88, eff. 1-1-89]—(NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, 11-14-97; R066-99, 11-8-99; R044-02, 7-23-2002)