NRS218G.580. Scope of inspection, review and survey.

  The Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee, in performing his or her duties pursuant to NRS 218G.575, shall:

      1.  Receive and review copies of all guidelines used by governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of children;

      2.  Receive and review copies of each complaint that is filed by any child or other person on behalf of a child who is under the care of a governmental facility for children or private facility for children concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of the child;

      3.  Perform unannounced site visits and on-site inspections of governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children;

      4.  Review reports and other documents prepared by governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children concerning the disposition of any complaint which was filed by any child or other person on behalf of a child concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of the child;

      5.  Review the practices, policies and procedures of governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children for filing and investigating complaints made by children under their care or by any other person on behalf of such children concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of the children; and

      6.  Receive, review and evaluate all information and reports from a governmental facility for children or private facility for children relating to a child who suffers a fatality or near fatality while under the care or custody of the facility.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 3)