Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 118A § 118A.335

1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 6, a landlord of dwelling units intended and operated exclusively
for persons 55 years of age and older may not employ any person who will work
36 hours or more per week and who will have access to all dwelling units to
perform work on the premises unless the person has obtained a work card issued
pursuant to subsection 2 by the sheriff of the county in which the dwelling units
are located and renewed that work card as necessary.
2. The sheriff of a county shall issue a
work card to each person who is required by this section to obtain a work card
and who complies with the requirements established by the sheriff for the
issuance of such a card. A work card issued pursuant to this section must be
renewed:
(a) Every 5 years; and
(b) Whenever the person changes his or her
employment to perform work for an employer other than the employer for which
the person’s current work card was issued.
3. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 4, if the sheriff of a county requires an applicant for a work card
to be investigated:
(a) The applicant must submit with his or her
application a complete set of his or her fingerprints and written permission
authorizing the sheriff to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository
for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for its report.
(b) The sheriff shall submit the fingerprints to
the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine the criminal history of the
applicant.
(c) The sheriff may issue a temporary work card
pending the determination of the criminal history of the applicant by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
4. The sheriff of a county shall not
require an investigation of the criminal history of an employee or independent
contractor of an agency, facility or organization governed by NRS 449.122 to 449.125, inclusive, and 449.174, 449B.300 to 449B.340, inclusive, and 449B.440, or 449B.700 to 449B.750, inclusive, as applicable, who
has had his or her fingerprints submitted to the Central Repository for Nevada
Records of Criminal History pursuant to NRS
449.123, 449B.310 or 449B.710, as applicable, for an
investigation of his or her criminal history within the immediately preceding 6
months.
5. The sheriff shall not issue a work card
to any person who:
(a) Has been convicted of a category A, B or C
felony or of a crime in another state which would be a category A, B or C
felony if committed in this State;
(b) Has been convicted of a sexual offense;
(c) Has been convicted of a crime against any
person who is 60 years of age or older or against a vulnerable person for which
an additional term of imprisonment may be imposed pursuant to NRS 193.167 or the laws of any other
jurisdiction;
(d) Has been convicted of a battery punishable as
a gross misdemeanor; or
(e) Within the immediately preceding 5 years:
(1) Has been convicted of a theft; or
(2) Has been convicted of a violation of
any state or federal law regulating the possession, distribution or use of a
controlled substance.
6. The following persons are not required
to obtain a work card pursuant to this section:
(a) A person who holds a permit to engage in
property management pursuant to chapter 645 of
NRS.
(b) An independent contractor. As used in this
paragraph, “independent contractor” means a person who performs services for a
fixed price according to the person’s own methods and without subjection to the
supervision or control of the landlord, except as to the results of the work,
and not as to the means by which the services are accomplished.
(c) An offender in the course and scope of his or
her employment in a work program directed by the warden, sheriff, administrator
or other person responsible for administering a prison, jail or other detention
facility.
(d) A person performing work through a
court-assigned restitution or community-service program.
7. If the sheriff does not issue a work
card to a person because the information received from the Central Repository
for Nevada Records of Criminal History indicates that the person has been
convicted of a crime listed in subsection 5 and the person believes that the
information provided by the Central Repository is incorrect, the person may
immediately inform the sheriff. If the sheriff is so informed, the sheriff
shall give the person at least 30 days in which to correct the information
before terminating the temporary work card issued pursuant to subsection 3.
8. As used in this section, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) “Sexual offense” has the meaning ascribed to
it in NRS 179D.097.
(b) “Vulnerable person” has the meaning ascribed
to it in NRS 200.5092.