So, which are they?
From the Nevada Regs
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-432A ... 432ASec024NRS 424.013 ?Family foster home? defined. ?Family foster home? means a family home in which one to six children under 18 years of age not related within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to the person or persons maintaining the home are received, cared for and maintained, for compensation or otherwise, including the provision of permanent free care. The term includes a family home in which such a child is received, cared for and maintained pending completion of proceedings for the adoption of the child by the person or persons maintaining the home.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2695; A 2001 Special Session, 23)
NRS 424.014 ?Foster home? defined. ?Foster home? includes a family foster home and group foster home.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2695)
NRS 424.015 ?Group foster home? defined. ?Group foster home? means a natural person, partnership, firm, corporation or association who provides full-time care for 7 to 15 children who are:
1. Under 18 years of age;
2. Not related within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to any natural person maintaining or operating the home; and
3. Received, cared for and maintained for compensation or otherwise, including the provision of permanent free care.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2695; A 2001 Special Session, 23)
NAC 424.075 ?Treatment home? defined. (NRS 424.020) ?Treatment home? means a specialized type of foster home that is capable of handling children who require special care for physical, mental or emotional reasons.
[Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care part § 102.3, 10 7 88, eff. 1 1 89]?(NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R044 02, 7 23 2002)
NAC 424.160 Limitations on number of children. (NRS 424.020)
1. No family foster home may be licensed for more than six children, excluding any children who are related to the foster parent, reside in the home and are not foster children.
2. No group foster home may be licensed for more than 15 children.
3. The total number of children for which a foster home may be licensed must be determined by a licensing authority representative based upon the following factors:
(a) The staff?s own children under the age of 16 who live in the foster home and the individual needs of these children.
(b) The physical facilities, equipment and available space for activities.
(c) The skills and abilities of the foster parents and the staff, as applicable.
(d) The characteristics of the children in foster care.
(e) The services provided and the program description.
(f) Other factors the licensing authority determines to be relevant.
4. Foster care must not be provided for more than two children who are under the age of 18 months or four children who are under the age of 5 years, including in that total any children of the foster parents under the age of 18 months or 5 years, without the approval of the licensing authority representative.
[Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care part § 106.3, 10 7 88, eff. 1 1 89]?(NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, 8 27 92; 11-14-97; R066 99, 11 8 99; R044 02, 7 23 2002)
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-424. ... S424Sec013http://www.dcfs.state.nv.us/DCFS_ResDayTreatment.htmNRS 432A.024 ?Child care facility? defined.
1. ?Child care facility? means:
(a) An establishment operated and maintained for the purpose of furnishing care on a temporary or permanent basis, during the day or overnight, to five or more children under 18 years of age, if compensation is received for the care of any of those children;
(b) An on-site child care facility; or
(c) An outdoor youth program.
2. ?Child care facility? does not include:
(a) The home of a natural parent or guardian, foster home as defined in chapter 424 of NRS or maternity home;
(b) A home in which the only children received, cared for and maintained are related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity by blood, adoption or marriage to the person operating the facility; or
(c) A home in which a person provides care for the children of a friend or neighbor for not more than 4 weeks if the person who provides the care does not regularly engage in that activity.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2300; A 1993, 870; 1997, 3322)
NAC 432A.070 ?Child care institution? defined. (NRS 432A.077) ?Child care institution? means a facility in which the licensee provides care during the day and night and provides developmental guidance to 16 or more children who do not routinely return to the homes of their parents or guardians.
[Bd. for Child Care, Child Care Facilities Reg. § 1.10, eff. 2 28 80]
NAC 432A.100 ?Family home? defined. (NRS 432A.077) ?Family home? means any facility in which the licensee regularly provides care without the presence of parents, for at least five and not more than six children.
[Bd. for Child Care, Child Care Facilities Reg. § 1.14, eff. 2 28 80; A 1 21 81]
NAC 432A.110 ?Group home? defined. (NRS 432A.077) ?Group home? means any facility in which the licensee regularly provides care for no less than seven and no more than twelve children.
[Bd. for Child Care, Child Care Facilities Reg. § 1.15, eff. 2 28 80; A 1 21 81]
NAC 432A.130 ?Institution? defined. (NRS 432A.077) ?Institution? means a child care institution.
[Bd. for Child Care, Child Care Facilities Reg. § 18.1, eff. 2 28 80]
NAC 432A.165 ?Special needs facility? defined. (NRS 432A.077) ?Special needs facility? means a child care facility providing care to children with special needs in which those children comprise 40 percent or more of the total number of children for whom the facility is licensed to provide care.
(Added to NAC by Bd. for Child Care, eff. 5 14 90)
