Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 432A - Services and Facilities for Care of Children
STANDARDS OF OPERATION
Facilities That Provide Care for Ill Children
Section 432A.600 - Admission of child: Medical conditions requiring approval of appropriate health authority
Current through September 16, 2024
The director of a facility that provides care for ill children shall not admit a child who has one or more of the following conditions unless the admittance is approved by the appropriate health authority:
1. Diarrhea:
2. Difficulty breathing or rapid breathing.
3. Asthma and a severe upper respiratory infection, unless the parent provides evidence that the child is under the care of a physician.
4. Episodes of vomiting for a period of longer than 6 hours.
5. Yellowish skin or eyes.
6. An axillary temperature of 101° Fahrenheit or higher and:
7. Severe coughing.
8. Chicken pox, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria or herpes simplex and is contagious.
9. Untreated scabies, tinea corporis or capitis (ringworm).
10. An ear infection, unless the parent provides evidence that the child is under the care of a physician.
11. Untreated head lice.
12. Any other condition that precludes admission of the child to the facility, as determined by the director.
Added to NAC by Bd. for Child Care, eff. 3-11-92
NRS 432A.077
