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______________________________________________________________________ DIVISION OF WELFARE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Child Care Policy Manual Third or subsequent Violation • the date of disqualification/penalty (date of the hearing officer’s notification letter) order; • until date of signed and approved Waiver (date signed by designated I&R staff member); or • until date of the JOC, regardless of the number of violations committed in between. 730 INTENTIONAL PROGRAM VIOLATION (IPV) PROCEDURES 731 Referring to DWSS for IPV Action Staff authorized by DWSS may recommend disqualification be initiated against an accused individual by completion and transmittal of Form 6021-AF, “Administrative Disqualification/Penalty Waiver.” All disqualification activities, including imposing IPVs, are completed by I&R. Disqualifications are imposed as soon as administratively possible after the signed waiver is received, a hearing decision is received, or a criminal court Judgement of Conviction (JOC) is received and after a written notice of disqualification is provided to the household member. 731.1 Signed IPV Waiver If a signed waiver is obtained, the worker shall: • Create an Investigations and Recovery Information referral by providing the applicable referral details and sending an email to irreferrals@dwss.nv.gov; and • Scan and attach the signed IPV waiver document to the referral. Upon submission of the I&R referral, the I&R Unit will determine case establishment and facilitate routing the case through the IPV process. 731.2 Request I&R Pursue IPV If the accused individual refuses to sign the Administrative Disqualification Hearing/Penalty Waiver, the child care worker must refer the case to the Investigations and Recovery Unit for an investigation to pursue an IPV by sending an I&R referral with all details to the I&R email: irreferrals@dwss.nv.gov. • Upon receipt of the referral, the I&R Unit will route the referral for case establishment and begin the investigative process. When completing Form 6021-AF, staff must limit their actions to one person per form and one program per form. Evidence to support the IPV is not required but can be included or attached to Form 6021-AF. Documentary evidence of prior occurrences must be included when other than a first program occurrence is marked. IPV issues may be resolved without a hearing or prior to a scheduled hearing date if the accused individual signs the Waiver of Right to Administrative Disqualification Hearing section of Form 6021-AF or if DWSS formally withdraws their request for a disqualification hearing. I&R Unit staff will pursue the administrative hearing by evaluating Form 6021-AF and completing the Request for Administrative 700- Program Violations, Overpayments, Hearings [7] MTL 01/24 July 1, 2024