1. A division facility which provides residential treatment to children shall secure from appropriate law enforcement agencies information on the background and personal history of each employee of the facility to determine:
(a)Whether the employee has been convicted of:
(1)Murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter or mayhem;
(2)Any other felony involving the use or threatened use of force or violence or the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;
(3)Assault with intent to kill or to commit sexual assault or mayhem;
(4)Battery which results in substantial bodily harm to the victim;
(5)Battery that constitutes domestic violence that is punishable as a felony;
(6)Battery that constitutes domestic violence, other than a battery described in subparagraph (5), within the
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1. A division facility which provides residential treatment to children shall secure from appropriate law enforcement agencies information on the background and personal history of each employee of the facility to determine:
(a) Whether the employee has been convicted of:
(1) Murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter or mayhem;
(2) Any other felony involving the use or threatened use of force or violence or the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;
(3) Assault with intent to kill or to commit sexual assault or mayhem;
(4) Battery which results in substantial bodily harm to the victim;
(5) Battery that constitutes domestic violence that is punishable as a felony;
(6) Battery that constitutes domestic violence, other than a battery described in subparagraph (5), within the immediately preceding 3 years;
(7) Sexual assault, statutory sexual seduction, incest, lewdness, indecent exposure, an offense involving pornography and a minor or any other sexually related crime;
(8) A crime involving pandering or prostitution, including, without limitation, a violation of any provision of NRS 201.295 to 201.440 , inclusive, other than a violation of NRS 201.354 by engaging in prostitution;
(9) Abuse or neglect of a child, including, without limitation, a violation of any provision of NRS 200.508 or 200.5083 ;
(10) A violation of any federal or state law regulating the possession, distribution or use of any controlled substance or any dangerous drug as defined in chapter 454 of NRS within the immediately preceding 3 years;
(11) A violation of any federal or state law prohibiting driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance that is punishable as a felony;
(12) A violation of any federal or state law prohibiting driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, other than a violation described in subparagraph (11), within the immediately preceding 3 years;
(13) Abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older persons or vulnerable persons, including, without limitation, a violation of any provision of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995 , inclusive, or a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct; or
(14) Any offense involving arson, fraud, theft, embezzlement, burglary, robbery, fraudulent conversion, misappropriation of property or perjury within the immediately preceding 7 years; or
(b) Whether there are criminal charges pending against the employee for a crime listed in paragraph (a).
2. An employee must submit to the Division a complete set of fingerprints and written authorization to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
3. The Division may exchange with the Central Repository or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any information concerning the fingerprints submitted.
4. The Division may charge an employee investigated pursuant to this section for the reasonable cost of that investigation.
5. When a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation is received by the Central Repository, the Central Repository shall immediately forward a copy of the report to the Division for a determination of whether the employee has criminal charges pending against him or her for a crime listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 or has been convicted of a crime listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1.
6. An employee who is required to submit to an investigation required pursuant to this section shall not have contact with a child in a division facility without supervision before the investigation of the background and personal history of the employee has been conducted.
7. The division facility shall conduct an investigation of each employee pursuant to this section at least once every 5 years after the initial investigation.
8. For the purposes of this section, the period during which criminal charges are pending against an employee for a crime listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 begins when the employee is arrested for such a crime and ends when:
(a) A determination is made as to the guilt or innocence of the employee with regard to such a crime at a trial or by a plea; or
(b) The prosecuting attorney makes a determination to:
(1) Decline charging the employee with a crime listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1; or
(2) Proceed with charges against the employee for only one or more crimes not listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1.