Section 449.Sec. 14 - NEW1. Pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 449.103, within 30 business days after the course or program is assigned a course number by the Division pursuant to section 18 of this regulation or within 30 business days of any agent or employee being contracted or hired, whichever is later, and at least once each year thereafter, a facility shall conduct training relating specifically to cultural competency for any agent or employee of the facility who provides care to a patient or resident of the facility so that the agent or employee may: (a) More effectively treat patients or care for residents, as applicable; and(b) Better understand patients or residents who have different cultural backgrounds, including, without limitation, patients or residents who fall within one or more of the categories in paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 449.103.2. The facility shall provide the training required by subsection 1 through a course or program that is approved by the Director of the Department or his or her designee pursuant to section 17 of this regulation and is assigned a course number by the Division pursuant to section 18 of this regulation.3. The facility shall keep documentation in the personnel file of any agent or employee of the facility of the completion of the cultural competency training required pursuant to subsection 1.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 14
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R016-20A, eff. 11/2/2020