62B.250 - Training required for certain employees; regulations. - Nevada Statutes

62B.250  Training required for certain employees; regulations.

      1.  A public or private institution or agency to which a juvenile court commits a child, including, without limitation, a facility for the detention of children, shall ensure that each employee who comes into direct contact with children who are in custody receives training within 30 days after employment and annually thereafter. Such training must include, without limitation, instruction concerning:

      (a) Controlling the behavior of children;

      (b) Policies and procedures concerning the use of force and restraint on children;

      (c) The rights of children in the institution or agency;

      (d) Suicide awareness and prevention;

      (e) The administration of medication to children;

      (f) Applicable state and federal constitutional and statutory rights of children in the institution or agency;

      (g) Policies and procedures concerning other matters affecting the health, welfare, safety and civil and other rights of children in the institution or agency; and

      (h) Such other matters as required by the Division of Child and Family Services.

      2.  The Division of Child and Family Services shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 1193)