NRS 622.085
Development and implementation of process for preliminary determination of whether person’s criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining license

  • fee
  • posting of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes for licensure on Internet website
  • request for criminal history record
  • prohibition on submission of false or misleading information.

1.

Except as otherwise provided in chapters 624 and 648 of NRS, a regulatory body shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the regulatory body to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the person’s criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a license from the regulatory body.

2.

Not later than 90 days after a petition is submitted to a regulatory body pursuant to subsection 1, a regulatory body shall inform the person of the determination of the regulatory body of whether the person’s criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a license. A regulatory body is not bound by its determination of disqualification or qualification and may rescind such a determination at any time.

3.

A regulatory body may provide instructions to a person who receives a determination of disqualification to remedy the determination of disqualification. A person may resubmit a petition pursuant to subsection 1 not earlier than 6 months after receiving instructions pursuant to this subsection if the person remedies the determination of disqualification.

4.

A person with a criminal history may petition the regulatory body at any time, including, without limitation, before obtaining any education or paying any fee required to obtain a license from the regulatory body.

5.

A person may submit a new petition to the regulatory body not earlier than 2 years after the final determination of the initial petition submitted to the regulatory body.

6.

A regulatory body may impose a fee of up to $50 upon the person to fund the administrative costs in complying with the provisions of this section. A regulatory body may waive such fees or allow such fees to be covered by funds from a scholarship or grant.

7.

A regulatory body may post on its Internet website:

(a)

The requirements to obtain a license from the regulatory body; and

(b)

A list of crimes, if any, that would disqualify a person from obtaining a license from the regulatory body.

8.

A regulatory body may request the criminal history record of a person who petitions the regulatory body for a determination pursuant to subsection 1. To the extent consistent with federal law, if the regulatory body makes such a request of a person, the regulatory body shall require the person to submit his or her criminal history record which includes a report from:

(a)

The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; and

(b)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

9.

A person who petitions a regulatory body for a determination pursuant to subsection 1 shall not submit false or misleading information to the regulatory body.

Source: Section 622.085 — Development and implementation of process for preliminary determination of whether person’s criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining license; fee; posting of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes for licensure on Internet website; request for criminal history record; prohibition on submission of false or misleading information., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-622.­html#NRS622Sec085.

Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 622.085’s source at nv​.us