1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall establish and maintain a center with a toll-free telephone number to receive reports of abuse or neglect of a child in this State and reports pursuant to NRS 392.303 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Any reports made to this center must be promptly transmitted to the agency which provides child welfare services in the community where the child is located.

2. The Division of Child and Family Services shall design a poster to be displayed in public and private schools as required by NRS 392.385 and 394.176, which:

(a) Prominently displays in bold type the toll-free telephone number established and maintained pursuant to subsection 1 and, if available, a county or other local child abuse or neglect hotline maintained for the county in which the school is located;

(b) Consists of simple, clear and easy to follow directions written in English, Spanish and in any other language the Division of Child and Family Services determines is appropriate based on the demographic characteristics of this State;

(c) Is at least 11 by 17 inches in size;

(d) Includes text in a type and font that is easy to read;

(e) Contains instructions for accessing the Internet website of the Division of Child and Family Services to obtain more information on reporting abuse or neglect of a child; and

(f) Contains instructions for calling 911 in an emergency.

3. The Division of Child and Family Services shall distribute the poster designed pursuant to subsection 2 to the boards of trustees of school districts, the governing bodies of charter schools and the governing bodies of private schools in a printed format or an electronic format that may be printed.

4. As used in this section, “abuse or neglect of a child” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 392.281.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 1371; A 1993, 2706; 2001 Special Session, 36; 2017, 482, 2059)