Nevada Code § 394.155

Investigation into the background of nonlicensed applicants for employment and employees and volunteers; use of certain information; immunity from liability
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1. Each applicant for employment with or
employee at a private school, except a licensed teacher or other person
licensed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or volunteer at a private
school who is likely to have unsupervised contact with pupils, must, before
beginning his or her employment or service as a volunteer and at least once
every 5 years thereafter, submit to the administrator of the private school
written authorization for the administrator to obtain any information
concerning the applicant, employee or volunteer that may be available from the
Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the
Abuse or Neglect of a Child established by NRS
432.100 and any equivalent registry maintained by a governmental entity in
a jurisdiction in which the applicant, employee or volunteer has resided within
the immediately preceding 5 years.
2. The administrator of the private school
shall request any information that may be available from the Statewide Central
Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a
Child established by NRS 432.100 and any
equivalent registry maintained by a governmental entity in a jurisdiction in
which the applicant, employee or volunteer has resided within the immediately
preceding 5 years.
3. The administrator or governing body of
a private school may use a substantiated report of the abuse or neglect of a
child, as defined in NRS 392.281 , or a
violation of NRS 201.540 , 201.553 , 201.560 , 392.4633 or 394.366 obtained from the Statewide Central
Registry or an equivalent registry maintained by a governmental agency in
another jurisdiction:
(a) In making determinations concerning assignments,
requiring retraining, imposing discipline, hiring, accepting a volunteer or
termination; and
(b) In any proceedings to which the report is
relevant, including, without limitation, an action for trespass or a
restraining order.
4. The administrator or governing body of
a private school may not be held liable for damages resulting from taking any
action authorized by subsection 3.

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