388.605 - Definitions. - Nevada Statutes

388.605  Definitions.  As used in NRS 388.605 to 388.655, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Board” means the Board for the Education and Counseling of Displaced Homemakers.

      2.  “Director” means the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

      3.  “Displaced homemaker” means any person who:

      (a) Is not gainfully employed or has less than full-time or adequate employment;

      (b) Has worked at home for a substantial number of years providing household services to members of his or her family without compensation;

      (c) Has difficulty in securing employment adequate for economic independence; and

      (d) Has been dependent:

             (1) On the income of another member of his or her family, but is no longer supported by that income;

             (2) Upon public assistance but is no longer eligible; or

             (3) On another member of his or her family for the management of his or her personal finances, but that person is no longer available to provide that assistance.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 915; A 1993, 1596; 2001, 1425)