1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.03017, a person must obtain a license from the Board to operate an employment agency that contracts with persons to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities in the home.
2. The Board shall adopt:
(a) Standards for licensing of employment agencies that provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities in the home;
(b) Standards relating to the fees charged by such employment agencies;
(c) Regulations governing the licensing of such employment agencies; and
(d) Regulations establishing requirements for training the persons who contract with such employment agencies to provide such nonmedical services.
3. An employment agency that is licensed pursuant to this section shall not refer a person to a home to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities if that person has not met the requirements set forth in NRS 449.115 to 449.125, inclusive.
4. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 3 is liable for a civil penalty to be recovered by the Attorney General in the name of the Board for the first offense of not more than $10,000 and for a second or subsequent offense of not less than $10,000 nor more than $20,000. Unless otherwise required by federal law, the Board shall deposit all civil penalties collected pursuant to this section into a separate account in the State General Fund to be used to administer and carry out the provisions of NRS 449.001 to 449.430, inclusive, 449.435 to 449.531, inclusive, and chapter 449A of NRS and to protect the health, safety, well-being and property of the persons served by employment agencies.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1569)
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