Licensing process is up and running in Nevada The application process is now open for anyone interested in licensing as a Peer-Support Recovery Organization (PRSO) in Nevada.
The Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) has set up its online licensing system with checklists and other items necessary for someone to apply to form a PRSO at any time. During the 2015 Legislative Session, Senate Bill 489 was passed defining Peer Support Services (PSS) and persons or agencies that provide these services as a PSRO. SB489 placed these definitions in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 449 (Health Facilities) and put the definition of a PSRO under the general category of a facility for the dependent. In addition, SB489 required the Board of Health to adopt regulations concerning licensure standards for PSROs. Finally, Section 4 of SB489 excluded facilities already licensed as medical facilities and facilities for the dependent from obtaining an additional license as a PSRO. Regulations were developed and adopted by the Board of Health on Sept. 8, 2017. Those same regulations were presented to the Legislative Commission and were approved on Sept. 21, 2017. Employees and volunteers of these organizations who provide peer-support services must complete no fewer than 16 hours of initial training before they can provide care. Organizations are required to maintain certificates of completion showing evidence of the training. The University of Nevada, Reno has a peer support specialist certification course that HCQC can accept as meeting this requirement, and HCQC staff are working to make other training options available.
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AuthorThe Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) licenses medical and other health facilities, child care facilities and personnel, and medical laboratories and personnel in Nevada. HCQC also conducts compliance surveys and takes complaints. Archives
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