NRS 432B.394: Agency which provides child welfare services required to provide or deny consent required for child in custody of agency to receive certain medical care within certain time after receiving recommendation for care; agency to make reasonable efforts to obtain consent of other persons or court order if required for care; notice.

1. If an agency which provides child welfare services is required to provide consent before a child who is in the custody of the agency may receive non-emergency medical care that is recommended by a provider of health care, the agency which provides child welfare services shall provide or deny such consent not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the recommendation or referral for such care.

2. If any person or entity, including, without limitation, a person legally responsible for the psychiatric care of a child appointed pursuant to NRS 432B.4685, is required to provide consent before a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services may receive medical or mental health treatment, the agency which provides child welfare services shall:

(a) Make reasonable efforts to obtain such consent not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the need for the treatment, which may be demonstrated by, without limitation, a referral for the treatment; and

(b) Notify the person or entity with whom the child is placed as soon as practicable and without delay after obtaining such consent or the denial of such consent.

3. If an order of the court is required before a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services may receive non-emergency medical care that is recommended by a provider of health care, the agency which provides child welfare services shall:

(a) Make reasonable efforts to initiate such an order not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the recommendation or referral for such care; and

(b) Notify the person or entity with whom the child is placed as soon as practicable and without delay after obtaining such an order or the denial of a request for such an order.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a party with proper standing from seeking a court order for the medical treatment of a child in the custody of a child welfare agency.

5. As used in this section, “provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.