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NRS 424.075 - Right of provider of foster care to refuse to accept placement of child and to request removal of child.

NV Rev Stat § 424.075 (2019) (N/A)
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1. A provider of foster care may:

(a) Refuse to accept the placement of a child in the foster home; or

(b) Request that a child placed in the foster home be removed,

unless the provider has a written agreement with the licensing authority to the contrary.

2. If a provider of foster care refuses to accept the placement of a child in, or requests the removal of a child from, a foster home, the licensing authority may not, based solely on that refusal or request:

(a) Revoke the license of the provider to conduct a foster home;

(b) Remove any other child placed in the foster home;

(c) Refuse to consider future placements of children in the foster home; or

(d) Refuse or deny any other rights of the provider as may be provided by the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 1786; A 2001 Special Session, 27; 2013, 1450)

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