NRS424.094. Licensing; fees.

      1.  A licensing authority may license foster care agencies within its jurisdiction in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Division pursuant to NRS 424.093.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a licensing authority licenses foster care agencies, a person shall not operate a foster care agency within the jurisdiction of the licensing authority or otherwise assist an agency which provides child welfare services in placing or in arranging the placement of any child in foster care until the foster care agency has obtained a license pursuant to NRS 424.095.

      3.  This section does not prohibit a parent or guardian of a child from placing or arranging the placement of, or assisting in placing or arranging the placement of, the child in foster care.

      4.  A licensing authority that licenses foster care agencies pursuant to this section may charge a fee of not more than $150 for the issuance of a provisional license, not more than $300 for the issuance of a license and not more than $150 for the renewal of a license. Any fee so charged must not exceed the actual cost incurred by the authority for providing or renewing the license.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 1486)