449.017 - “Residential facility for groups” defined. - Nevada Statutes

449.017  “Residential facility for groups” defined.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “residential facility for groups” means an establishment that furnishes food, shelter, assistance and limited supervision to a person with mental retardation or with a disability or a person who is aged or infirm. The term includes, without limitation, an assisted living facility.

      2.  The term does not include:

      (a) An establishment which provides care only during the day;

      (b) A natural person who provides care for no more than two persons in his or her own home;

      (c) A natural person who provides care for one or more persons related to him or her within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity;

      (d) A halfway house for recovering alcohol and drug abusers; or

      (e) A facility funded by a division or program of the Department of Health and Human Services.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1278; A 1979, 212; 1983, 1657; 1985, 930, 1736; 1991, 1974; 1993, 1213; 1999, 114, 125; 2001, 57, 546, 2519, 2522)