Nevada Code § 244.3549

Duty to adopt certain terms related to group homes by ordinance
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections 2 and 3, each board of county commissioners shall adopt an
ordinance using the following terms to describe the following types of
facilities, homes, houses and institutions:
(a) Child care institution, as that term is used
in NRS 432A.0245 .
(b) Facility for transitional living for released
offenders, as that term is used in NRS
449.0055 .
(c) Group foster home, as that term is used in NRS 424.015 .
(d) Home for individual residential care, as that
term is used in NRS 449.0105 .
(e) Recovery house for persons recovering from
alcohol or other substance use disorders, as that term is defined in NRS 278.02374 .
(f) Residential facility for groups, as that term
is used in NRS 449.017 .
(g) Facility for skilled nursing, as that term is
used in NRS 449.0039 .
2. Subsection 1 requires the board of
county commissioners to use the specified terms solely for the purpose of
referring to the named facilities, homes, houses and institutions and does not
require the board to adopt the States definition for the purpose of regulating
or imposing any requirement with respect to such a facility, home, house or
institution.
3. A board of county commissioners is not
required to include a term set forth in subsection 1 in the ordinance if:
(a) A facility, home, house or institution of the
type corresponding to the term does not exist in the county; or
(b) The countys ordinances do not otherwise, by
whatever name, refer to a facility, home, house or institution of the type
corresponding to the term.

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