NRS 394.1696
Responsible person to contact appropriate agencies to respond to crisis, emergency or suicide

  • notification to Division of Emergency Management of Department of Public Safety
  • duties of Division
  • local law enforcement agency that responds to determine whether to notify any other school.

1.

If a crisis or an emergency that requires immediate action occurs at a private school or a suicide occurs, the principal or other person in charge of the private school involved, or his or her designated representative, shall, in accordance with the plan developed for the school pursuant to NRS 394.1687 and in accordance with any deviation approved pursuant to NRS 394.1692, contact all appropriate local agencies, including, without limitation, a provider of mental health services which is operated by a state or local agency, to respond to the crisis, emergency or suicide.

2.

If a local agency that is responsible for responding to a crisis or an emergency is contacted pursuant to subsection 1 and the local agency determines that the crisis or the emergency requires assistance from a state agency, the local agency may:

(a)

If a local organization for emergency management has been established in the city or county in which the local agency that was contacted is located, through such local organization for emergency management, notify the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety of the crisis or the emergency and request assistance from the Division in responding to the crisis or the emergency; or

(b)

If a local organization for emergency management has not been established in the city or county in which the local agency that was contacted is located, directly notify the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety of the crisis or the emergency and request assistance from the Division in responding to the crisis or the emergency.

3.

If the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety receives notification of a crisis or an emergency and a request for assistance pursuant to subsection 2 and the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative determines that the crisis or the emergency requires assistance from a state agency, the Division shall carry out its duties set forth in the model plan developed pursuant to NRS 388.253 and its duties set forth in chapter 414 of NRS, including, without limitation, addressing the immediate crisis or emergency and coordinating the appropriate and available local, state and federal resources to provide support services and counseling to pupils, teachers, and parents or legal guardians of pupils, and providing support for law enforcement agencies, for as long as is reasonably necessary.

4.

If a local law enforcement agency responds to a crisis, emergency or suicide that occurs at a private school or notifies a private school regarding a crisis, emergency or suicide that occurs outside of the private school, the local law enforcement agency must consider whether it is necessary and appropriate to notify any public school or any other private school of the crisis, emergency or suicide. Such notification must include, without limitation, any information necessary for the public school or private school to appropriately respond to the crisis, emergency or suicide.

Source: Section 394.1696 — Responsible person to contact appropriate agencies to respond to crisis, emergency or suicide; notification to Division of Emergency Management of Department of Public Safety; duties of Division; local law enforcement agency that responds to determine whether to notify any other school., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-394.­html#NRS394Sec1696.

394.168
Definitions. 394.169
School committee: Establishment 394.1681
“Crisis” defined. 394.1682
“Development committee” defined. 394.1683
“School committee” defined. 394.1684
“Suicide” defined. 394.1685
Development committee: Establishment by private school 394.1687
Development committee: Development of plan to be used by private school in responding to crisis or emergency 394.1688
Annual review and update of plan for responding to crisis or emergency 394.1691
School committee: Annual review of plan prepared by development committee 394.1692
Review by development committee of proposed deviation from plan 394.1693
Development of policy for prevention of suicide in certain grades 394.1694
Adoption of regulations concerning development of plans in responding to crisis or emergency, review of proposed deviations and requirements for training. 394.1696
Responsible person to contact appropriate agencies to respond to crisis, emergency or suicide 394.1697
Notification of primary law enforcement agency regarding location of school. 394.1698
Confidentiality of plans, approved deviations and certain other information. 394.1699
Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to development committee, school committee and certain meetings of State Board related to crisis and emergency response. 394.16823
“Emergency” defined. 394.16825
“Local organization for emergency management” defined. 394.16965
Contract with school district for provision of school police officers 394.16975
Provision of blueprint to public safety agency upon request
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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