Nevada Childcare Background Check Requirements (2026)

Nevada childcare licensing requires the following pre-employment screening for staff: Complete set of fingerprints for a criminal background check submitted within 24 hours of date of hire (or date of registration for subsidy providers) and repeated every 5 years (NAC 432A.200(4)(a); statutory authority NRS 432A.170 and NRS 432A.175).

Nevada childcare licensing requires the following pre-employment screening for staff: FBI national criminal history records check (fingerprint-based).

Nevada childcare licensing requires the following pre-employment screening for staff: Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.

Nevada childcare licensing requires the following pre-employment screening for staff: Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child (Child Abuse and Neglect System).

Nevada childcare licensing requires the following pre-employment screening for staff: Out-of-state criminal history and child abuse/neglect registry checks required for applicants who have not resided in Nevada for the prior 5 years.

Nevada childcare licensing requires the following pre-employment screening for staff: Submitted and tracked through the Nevada Automated Backgrounds System (NABS); required for every owner/applicant, licensee, operator, employee, volunteer, and resident 18 or older of the facility.

What background checks does Nevada require for childcare staff?

Nevada requires the following screenings: Complete set of fingerprints for a criminal background check submitted within 24 hours of date of hire (or date of registration for subsidy providers) and repeated every 5 years (NAC 432A.200(4)(a); statutory authority NRS 432A.170 and NRS 432A.175); FBI national criminal history records check (fingerprint-based); Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child (Child Abuse and Neglect System); Out-of-state criminal history and child abuse/neglect registry checks required for applicants who have not resided in Nevada for the prior 5 years; Submitted and tracked through the Nevada Automated Backgrounds System (NABS); required for every owner/applicant, licensee, operator, employee, volunteer, and resident 18 or older of the facility.

Do background checks need to be repeated in Nevada?

Many states require periodic re-screening (often every 5 years) in addition to the initial check. Confirm the current Nevada re-screening interval with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS), Child Care Licensing (CCL) program. (Statewide child care licensing is consolidated under DWSS; the last county program, Washoe, transferred to the state on July 1, 2024.).

Who must be screened at a Nevada center?

Any staff member, substitute, or volunteer with unsupervised access to children must clear the required Nevada screenings before working with children.