1. 1. An applicant for a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home must receive training to recognize and prevent the abuse of older persons before a license to operate such an agency is issued to the applicant. If an applicant has completed such training within the year preceding the date of the application for a license and the application includes evidence of the training, the applicant shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this subsection.
2. 2. A licensee who holds a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home must annually receive training to recognize and prevent the abuse of older persons before the license to operate such an agency may be renewed.
3. 3. If an applicant or licensee who is required by this section to obtain training is not a natural person, the person in charge of the agency must receive the training required by this section.
4. 4. An administrator or other person in charge of an agency to provide personal care services in the home must receive training to recognize and prevent the abuse of older persons before the agency provides care to a person and annually thereafter.
5. 5. An employee who will provide care for an agency to provide personal care services in the home must receive training to recognize and prevent the abuse of older persons before the employee provides care to a person in the agency and annually thereafter.

6. 6. The topics of instruction that must be included in the training required by this section must include, without limitation:

   1. (a) Recognizing the abuse of older persons, including sexual abuse and violations of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive;
   2. (b) Responding to reports of the alleged abuse of older persons, including sexual abuse and violations of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive; and

   3. (c) Instruction concerning the federal, state and local laws, and any changes to those laws, relating to:

      1. (1) The abuse of older persons; and
      2. (2) Agencies to provide personal care services in the home for the person.
7. 7. The agency to provide personal care services in the home is responsible for the costs related to the training required by this section.
8. 8. The holder of a license to operate an agency to provide personal care services in the home shall ensure that each person who is required to comply with the requirements for training pursuant to this section complies with those requirements. The Division may, for any violation of this section, take disciplinary action against an agency pursuant to NRS 449B.400 and 449B.410.

(Added to NRS by 2025, 926)