1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 394.157, 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:

(a) A complete set of the applicant’s, employee’s or volunteer’s fingerprints and written permission authorizing the administrator to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for its report on the criminal history of the applicant, employee or volunteer and for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report on the criminal history of the applicant, employee or volunteer; and

(b) 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:

(a) Submit the fingerprints of the applicant to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the administrator deems necessary; and

(b) 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. In conducting an investigation into the criminal history of an applicant, employee or volunteer, the administrator of a private school may cooperate with any appropriate law enforcement agency to obtain information relating to the criminal history of the applicant, employee or volunteer, including, without limitation, any record of warrants or applications for protective orders.

4. 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, 201.560, 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.

5. 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 or 4 or NRS 394.157.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2090, 3157; A 2019, 1524)