Screening required for child detained in facility for detention of children; exception; time and method for conducting screening; report of commercial sexual exploitation to agency which provides child welfare services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 62C.035
in effect1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each child who is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer and detained in a local facility for the detention of children while awaiting a detention hearing pursuant to NRS 62C.040 or 62C.050 must be screened to determine whether the child:
(a) Is in need of mental health services;
(b) Has an alcohol or other substance use disorder; or
(c) Is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.
2. The facility in which the child is detained shall:
(a) Cause the screening required pursuant to subsection 1 to be conducted as soon as practicable after the child has been detained in the facility; and
(b) Report the commercial sexual exploitation of the child to an agency which provides child welfare services as soon as practicable after conducting the screening if the results of the screening indicate that the child is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.
3. The method for conducting the screening required pursuant to:
(a) Paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 must satisfy the requirements of NRS 62E.516 .
(b) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1 must:
(1) Satisfy the requirements of NRS 62E.516 ; and
(2) Be reliable and valid for identifying whether a child who is the same age as the child to whom the requirement applies is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.
4. The requirement prescribed by paragraph (c) of subsection 1 does not apply if the method for conducting the screening is not reliable and valid for identifying whether a child who is the same age as the child to whom the requirement applies is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.
5. If a local facility for the detention of children reports the commercial sexual exploitation of a child pursuant to subsection 2, the report made pursuant to subsection 2 shall be deemed to be a report of the commercial sexual exploitation of the child that has been made pursuant to NRS 432C.110 and:
(a) The child welfare agency shall act upon the report pursuant to chapter 432C of NRS; and
(b) The report may be used in the same manner as other reports that are made pursuant to NRS 432C.110 .
6. As used in this section, commercial sexual exploitation has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432C.050 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-062C.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026