NAC449.2762. Residential facility which offers or provides care for adults with intellectual disabilities or adults with related conditions: Application for endorsement; training for caregivers.

     1. A residential facility which offers or provides care and protective supervision for a resident with an intellectual disability or a resident with a related condition must obtain an endorsement on its license authorizing it to operate as a residential facility for adults with intellectual disabilities. The Division may deny an application for an endorsement or suspend or revoke an existing endorsement based upon the grounds set forth in NAC 449.191 or 449.1915.

     2. Within 60 days after being employed by a residential facility for adults with intellectual disabilities, a caregiver must receive not less than 4 hours of training related to the care of persons with intellectual disabilities.

     3. If a resident with an intellectual disability is referred to the facility by a referring agency, the members of the staff of the facility may conduct a program to modify the behavior of the resident if that program is developed by the agency that referred the resident to the facility.

     4. As used in this section, “residential facility for adults with intellectual disabilities” means a residential facility that provides care and protective supervision for persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with related conditions, including, without limitation, birth trauma, anoxia, brain trauma or other genetic or developmental disorders.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R003-97, eff. 10-30-97; A by R073-03, 1-22-2004; R119-10, 1-13-2011)