Nevada Revised Statutes Section 449.249 - Public Health and Safety

License required for operation of home; application for license; minimal standards for licensing.

1. A person, state or local government or agency thereof shall not operate a home for individual residential care without first obtaining a license for the home from the Health Division. An application for the license must be made in the manner provided in NRS 449.040.

2. The State Board of Health shall adopt minimal standards for licensing that provide for care and sanitation to prevent the abuse, neglect or exploitation of residents of homes for individual residential care.

Last modified: February 26, 2006