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NRS 608.009 — “Domestic service employee” defined.
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 608 — COMPENSATION, WAGES AND HOURS
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“Domestic service employee” means an employee who performs any household service in or about a private residence or any other location at which a person resides. The term includes, without limitation:
1. Caregivers and other persons who are employed at a residential facility for groups, as defined in NRS 449.017; and
2. Companions, babysitters, cooks, waiters, valets, housekeepers, nannies, nurses, janitors, persons employed to launder clothes and linens, caretakers, persons who perform minor repairs, gardeners, home health aides, personal care aides and chauffeurs of automobiles for family use.