1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the plan for personal responsibility signed by the head of a household pursuant to NRS 422A.535 includes a requirement that the head of the household complete a program of job training, the Division may exempt the head of the household from that requirement upon determining that:

(a) The head of the household:

(1) Is ill or physically incapacitated;

(2) Must care for an ill or incapacitated member of the household;

(3) Is receiving payments or is awaiting approval for the receipt of payments pursuant to the Supplemental Security Income Program;

(4) Is a single custodial parent of a child who is less than 1 year of age;

(5) Is not a recipient of benefits but receives benefits on behalf of a member of the household who is a dependent;

(6) Is a person who is:

(I) Sixty years of age or older;

(II) The caretaker of a child; and

(III) A relative, other than a parent, of that child; or

(7) Is pregnant and has been deemed unable to work by her physician; or

(b) Any other good cause exists to exempt the head of the household from the requirement to complete the program of job training.

2. A head of a household may not claim the exemption prescribed in subparagraph (4) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 for more than 12 months during his or her lifetime, regardless of whether those months are consecutive or cumulative.

3. The Division shall not exempt a head of a household pursuant to this section if the exemption would violate a requirement of federal law or a condition to the receipt of federal money.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 16)