1. The Board shall adopt:
(a) Licensing standards for child care facilities.
(b) In consultation with the State Fire Marshal, plans and requirements to ensure that each child care facility and its staff is prepared to respond to emergencies, including, without limitation:
(1) The conducting of fire drills on a monthly basis;
(2) The adoption of plans to respond to natural disasters and emergencies other than those involving fire; and
(3) The adoption of plans to provide for evacuation of child care facilities in an emergency.
(c) Any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 432A.1756 or to ensure the safe operation of small child care establishments.
(d) Such other regulations as it deems necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2. The Board shall require that the practices and policies of each child care facility provide adequately for the protection of the health and safety and the physical, moral and mental well-being of each child accommodated in the facility.
3. If the Board finds that the practices and policies of a child care facility are substantially equivalent to those required by the Board in its regulations, it may waive compliance with a particular standard or other regulation by that facility.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 884; A 1985, 1472; 1997, 1267; 2017, 1702)
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