Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
SUMMARY--Requires certain safety drills to be performed in child care facilities. (BDR 38-1156)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to child care facilities; requiring persons who operate child care facilities to provide certain safety drills for certain children; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 432A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Each person who is licensed to operate a child care facility by the bureau or by an agency for the licensing of child care facilities shall provide drills for all children who attend the facility who are 2 years of age or older to instruct those children in the appropriate procedures to be followed in the event of a fire or other emergency. The drills must be conducted at least once each month. Not more than three drills each year may include instruction in the appropriate procedures to be followed in the event of a chemical explosion, related emergencies and other natural disasters.
2. In all cities or towns which have regularly organized, paid fire departments or voluntary fire departments, the drills required by subsection 1 must be conducted under the supervision of the chief of the fire department of the city or town.
3. The state fire marshal shall:
(a) Adopt regulations governing the drills; and
(b) With the cooperation of the bureau and each agency for the licensing of child care facilities, arrange for the supervision of drills in child care facilities where the drills are not supervised pursuant to subsection 2.
4. A diagram of the approved escape route and any other information related to the drills which is approved by:
(a) The chief of the fire department; or
(b) If there is no fire department, the state fire marshal,
must be kept posted in every classroom of every child care facility by the person in charge thereof.
5. A person who operates a child care facility who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 2 On or before October 1, 1997, the state fire marshal shall adopt the regulations required by section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3 The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses that are committed before October 1, 1997.
Sec. 4 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5 1. This section and section 2 of this act become effective on July 1, 1997, to facilitate the adoption of the prescribed regulations.
2. Sections 1, 3 and 4 of this act become effective on October 1, 1997.