{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-622.085","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 622.085","heading":"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.","body":"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.\n2. 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.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.\n5. 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.\n6. 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.\n7. A regulatory body may post on its Internet website:\n(a) The requirements to obtain a license from the regulatory body; and\n(b) A list of crimes, if any, that would disqualify a person from obtaining a license from the regulatory body.\n8. 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:\n(a) The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; and\n(b) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.\n9. 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.","path":["TITLE 54 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 622 - GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING REGULATORY BODIES","REGULATORY DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-622.html#NRS622Sec085","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"1e8e96a94064afda6cbbe89c724404afbee845698e32ee5c7993b8fee94624d2","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-622.080","next":"us-nv/nrs-622.087"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}