NAC432B.017. “Foster care” defined.

“Foster care” means any out-of-home placement of a child. The term includes:

     1. The placement of a child into:

     (a) A family foster home, as that term is defined in NRS 424.013;

     (b) A group foster home, as that term is defined in NRS 424.015; or

     (c) Any other similar institution having the appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide the necessary and desirable degree and type of care to the child.

     2. The placement of a child with a relative other than the relative who had a legal responsibility for providing a home for the child before the child was placed into the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services.

     3. An independent living arrangement approved by the agency which provides child welfare services in accordance with NAC 432B.410, made by the agency which provides child welfare services for a child in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to NRS 127.050 or 432B.550, or for whom the agency which provides child welfare services is responsible pursuant to NRS 432B.360.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R221-97, eff. 6-5-98; A by R045-02, 7-23-2002)