Emily Wallum

NAC 340

“1. Procedures for admission must provide the caregiver with sufficient information and instruction from the parents to enable the caregiver to prepare a record and to make decisions or act on behalf of the child. 2. Before the admission of a child to a facility, the parent shall give the following information to the caregiver: (a) The child ' s full legal name, date of birth, current address and preferred name; (b) The name, address and telephone number of each parent responsible for the child and any special instructions needed to reach the parent during the hours the child is in the facility; (c) The name, address and telephone number of any person who can assume responsibility for the child and is authorized to take the child from the facility if the parents cannot be reached; (d) Information concerning the health of the child, including any special needs of the child; and (e) A written authorization signed by a parent which allows emergency surgical and medical care. 3. The caregiver shall, unless the facility is an accommodation facility: (a) Make a record for each child that includes the date the record was prepared and the date the child is scheduled to attend the facility; and (b) Maintain each record in good order.”

NRS 178

“Child care facility required to maintain certain information; reporting of information to parents and guardians; notice of right to information. 1. A child care facility shall maintain a copy of: (a) The license issued to the facility by the Health Division or an agency for the licensing of child care facilities established by a county or incorporated city; (b) Any summaries of complaints provided to the facility pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 432A.190; (c) The report of any investigation conducted with respect to the complaints; and (d) The report of any disciplinary action taken against the facility pursuant to NRS 432A.190. 2. The information maintained pursuant to subsection 1 must be provided in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection 3: (a) To the parent or guardian of a child who enrolls the child in the facility, at or before the time of enrollment. (b) To the parent or guardian of a child, upon request, who is considering enrolling the child in the facility. (c) In the case of disciplinary action taken pursuant to NRS 432A.190, to the parents or guardians of all children admitted to the facility. Notice of disciplinary action must be provided to the parents or guardians of the children admitted to the facility within 3 working days after receipt by the licensed child care facility. 3. The Health Division shall develop a standard form for reporting the information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 2. The information reported on the form must include all required information for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the information is provided. 4. The Health Division and every agency for the licensing of child care facilities established by a county or incorporated city shall inform persons seeking information concerning child care facilities of their right to information pursuant to this section.”

NAC 360

“1. The licensee of a facility shall not disclose to any person who is not a member of the staff of the facility or a member of the licensing staff of the Health Division information pertaining to any child, unless: (a) The parent has given written permission for the disclosure; or (b) There is an emergency as determined by the director or the member of the staff who is in charge at the time of the emergency. 2. The licensee of a facility shall have available forms which allow a parent to release information pertaining to his or her child.”

NRS 230

“Certificate of immunization prerequisite to admission to child care facility; conditional admission; report to Health Division. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432A.235 for accommodation facilities: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and unless excused because of religious belief or medical condition, a child may not be admitted to any child care facility within this State, including a facility licensed by a county or city, unless the parents or guardian of the child submit to the operator of the facility a certificate stating that the child has been immunized and has received proper boosters for that immunization or is complying with the schedules established by regulation pursuant to NRS 439.550 <NRS-439.html> for the following diseases: (a) Diphtheria; (b) Tetanus; (c) Pertussis if the child is under 6 years of age; (d) Poliomyelitis; (e) Rubella; (f) Rubeola; and (g) Such other diseases as the local board of health or the State Board of Health may determine. 2. The certificate must show that the required vaccines and boosters were given and must bear the signature of a licensed physician or his or her designee or a registered nurse or his or her designee, attesting that the certificate accurately reflects the child ' s record of immunization. 3. A child whose parent or guardian has not established a permanent residence in the county in which a child care facility is located and whose history of immunization cannot be immediately confirmed by a physician in this State or a local health officer, may enter the child care facility conditionally if the parent or guardian: (a) Agrees to submit within 15 days a certificate from a physician or local health officer that the child has received or is receiving the required immunizations; and (b) Submits proof that the parent or guardian has not established a permanent residence in the county in which the facility is located. 4. If a certificate from the physician or local health officer showing that the child has received or is receiving the required immunizations is not submitted to the operator of the child care facility within 15 days after the child was conditionally admitted, the child must be excluded from the facility. 5. Before December 31 of each year, each child care facility shall report to the Health Division of the Department, on a form furnished by the Division, the exact number of children who have: (a) Been admitted conditionally to the child care facility; and (b) Completed the immunizations required by this section.”

NAC 385

“1. The staff of each facility shall: (a) Provide appropriate and adequate seating for the children at the facility during snacks and meals; (b) If a high chair is used, ensure that the chair: (1) Is in good condition; (2) Has a wide base; and (3) Has a safety belt for the child; (c) Wash with a detergent and disinfect before and after each use of any table that is used during a snack or meal; (d) Allow, encourage and assist each child to feed himself or herself, including, without limitation, encouraging a child to hold and drink from a cup, use a spoon and use his or her fingers to feed himself or herself; (e) Offer each child drinking water at times other than during his or her regular feedings; (f) Discard any food that is left in a dish after a meal; (g) Ensure that bottles and containers of food are not kept in water longer than 5 minutes, and stir, shake and test a bottle or container of food before using the bottle or container to feed an infant; (h) Not hold an infant while preparing food; (i) On a daily basis, empty, clean and sanitize any pot used to warm a bottle or food; (j) Store each bottle of formula and container of food in accordance with the instructions from the manufacturer of the formula or food; (k) Label each bottle of formula and container of food with the name of the child to whom it belongs and the date the formula or food was prepared by the facility or was prepared or purchased by the parent; (l) Immediately refrigerate and label each container of breast milk provided by a parent; (m) Return each bottle to the appropriate parent each day; (n) Return any unused, open container of food to the appropriate parent each day if the child was not fed directly from the container of food; and (o) Develop with the parents of a child a plan for feeding the child, which must include, without limitation: (1) Instructions for feeding; (2) Any special dietary restrictions, including, without limitation, any allergies to food; (3) A schedule of times for feeding; (4) Whether the child will be fed breast milk, formula or solid food; (5) If the child will be fed breast milk or formula, when to begin feeding solid food; and (6) Likes and dislikes of certain foods. 2. A child who is fed with a bottle and does not hold his or her own bottle must be held by a caregiver while being fed with a bottle. The bottle must not be propped for feeding. A child who demonstrates a preference for holding a bottle during feeding may hold his or her own bottle and need not be held by a caregiver if the caregiver is directly observing the child. 3. The staff of a facility may feed a child commercially prepared baby food directly from the jar in which it was packaged or from a separate dish. If the staff feeds the child from the jar, the staff shall discard the jar after it is used.”

NAC.370

“1. Evidence of each child ' s health must be presented to the director of a facility, other than an accommodation facility or a facility that provides care for ill children, within 30 days after the child ' s initial admission. The evidence must include a written statement from a licensed physician or registered nurse attesting to the status of the child ' s health and stating that all known special conditions are under treatment and the child is capable of adjusting to the programs of the facility. 2. A licensee of each such facility shall keep a record of each child which includes any pertinent information on the status of the child ' s health and any special needs of the child.”