1. The Division, in consultation with each agency which provides child welfare services, shall adopt regulations setting forth the criteria to be used by an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency for determining whether a prospective adoptive home is suitable or unsuitable for the placement of a child for adoption.

2. Upon the completion of an investigation conducted by an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency pursuant to NRS 127.120 or 127.2805, the agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency shall inform the prospective adoptive parent or parents of the results of the investigation. If, pursuant to the investigation, a determination is made that a prospective adoptive home is unsuitable for placement or detrimental to the interest of the child, the agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency shall provide the prospective adoptive parent or parents with an opportunity to review and respond to the investigation with the agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency before the issuance of the results of the investigation. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, the identity of those persons who are interviewed or submit information concerning the investigation must remain confidential.

3. An agency which provides child welfare services or a child placing agency shall not determine that a prospective adoptive home is unsuitable for placement or detrimental to the interest of the child solely because the prospective adoptive parent or parents:

(a) Are deaf, are blind or have another physical disability; or

(b) Are the holders of a valid registry identification card.

4. As used in this section:

(a) “Blind” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.082.

(b) “Holder of a valid registry identification card” means a person who holds a valid registry identification card as defined in NRS 453A.140 that identifies the person as:

(1) Exempt from state prosecution for engaging in the medical use of cannabis; or

(2) A designated primary caregiver as defined in NRS 453A.080.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 238; A 1993, 2731; 2001, 1112; 2001 Special Session, 12; 2007, 2075; 2019, 2757, effective July 1, 2020)