1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, this chapter does not apply to:
(a) Agencies, bureaus, commissions, officers or personnel in the Legislative Department or the Judicial Department of State Government, including the Commission on Judicial Discipline;
(b) Any person who is employed by a board, commission, committee or council created in chapters 445C, 590, 623 to 625A, inclusive, 628, 630 to 644A, inclusive, 648, 652, 654 and 656 of NRS; or
(c) Officers or employees of any agency of the Executive Department of the State Government who are exempted by specific statute.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the terms and conditions of employment of all persons referred to in subsection 1, including salaries not prescribed by law and leaves of absence, including, without limitation, annual leave and sick and disability leave, must be fixed by the appointing or employing authority within the limits of legislative appropriations or authorizations.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, leaves of absence prescribed pursuant to subsection 2 must not be of lesser duration than those provided for other state officers and employees pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of this subsection do not govern the Legislative Commission with respect to the personnel of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
4. Any board, commission, committee or council created in chapters 445C, 590, 623 to 625A, inclusive, 628, 630 to 644A, inclusive, 648, 652, 654 and 656 of NRS which contracts for the services of a person, shall require the contract for those services to be in writing. The contract must be approved by the State Board of Examiners before those services may be provided.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.4086, to the extent that they are inconsistent or otherwise in conflict, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to any terms and conditions of employment that are properly within the scope of and subject to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or a supplemental bargaining agreement that is enforceable pursuant to the provisions of NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 485; A 1971, 768; 1979, 1697; 1981, 1277, 1828; 1983, 179; 1989, 1710; 1991, 993; 1995, 801; 1999, 3064; 2003, 908; 2005, 1137; 2019, 3727; 2021, 1610, 1914)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 284 - State Personnel System
NRS 284.010 - Legislative declaration of purpose.
NRS 284.012 - Policy concerning employment of persons with disabilities.
NRS 284.022 - Inclusion of employees of certain governmental agencies in State Personnel System.
NRS 284.025 - Division of Human Resource Management: Creation; administration of chapter.
NRS 284.030 - Personnel Commission: Creation; appointment of members and alternate members.
NRS 284.040 - Personnel Commission: Terms and removal of members.
NRS 284.045 - Personnel Commission: Salaries and expenses of members.
NRS 284.060 - Personnel Commission: Rules for management.
NRS 284.065 - Personnel Commission: Powers and duties.
NRS 284.068 - Employee-Management Committee: Creation; appointment and terms of members.
NRS 284.071 - Employee-Management Committee: Chair; rules; meetings; secretarial services.
NRS 284.073 - Employee-Management Committee: Duties.
NRS 284.074 - Employee-Management Committee: Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.
NRS 284.075 - Administrator: Qualifications; other employment prohibited.
NRS 284.091 - Hearing officers: Appointment; duties.
NRS 284.100 - Employees of Division.
NRS 284.105 - Duties of Administrator.
NRS 284.110 - Personnel Operating Fund: Creation; sources; uses.
NRS 284.123 - Reports of appointing authorities concerning equity in workplace.
NRS 284.125 - Investigation of duplication of work; duties of Administrator.
NRS 284.130 - Assistance of state and local officers.
NRS 284.135 - Services and facilities of Division available to political subdivisions.
NRS 284.139 - Unclassified service: "Agency" defined.
NRS 284.140 - Unclassified service: Composition.
NRS 284.145 - Appointment to position in unclassified service from registers of eligible persons.
NRS 284.155 - Regulations for classified service.
NRS 284.165 - Allocation of positions; hearing; review by Commission.
NRS 284.171 - Index of broad occupational groups.
NRS 284.185 - Certification of payroll by Administrator.
NRS 284.200 - Proceeding to compel Administrator to certify payroll.
NRS 284.205 - Competitive examinations: Regulations.
NRS 284.210 - Competitive examinations: Requirements; contents; persons conducting examinations.
NRS 284.215 - Examination of persons with disabilities.
NRS 284.220 - Certificates of general or special qualifications.
NRS 284.230 - Time and place of holding examination; use of public buildings.
NRS 284.235 - Designation of persons to assist in examinations.
NRS 284.240 - Grounds for refusal to examine or certify.
NRS 284.245 - Statement of Administrator upon refusal to examine or certify; appeal to Commission.
NRS 284.253 - Preference on list for residents of Nevada.
NRS 284.254 - Preference on list for person separated from service because agency terminated.
NRS 284.255 - Appointments to be made from appropriate lists.
NRS 284.281 - Unclassified service: Policies and procedures.
NRS 284.283 - Classified service: Policies and procedures.
NRS 284.295 - Vacancy filled by promotion; eligibility; competitive examinations.
NRS 284.307 - Automatic advancement of person in training or preparatory position.
NRS 284.309 - Waiver of examination if fewer than five qualified applicants.
NRS 284.310 - Provisional appointment.
NRS 284.315 - Emergency appointment.
NRS 284.317 - Appointment of persons with disabilities.
NRS 284.320 - Appointments requiring exceptional scientific, professional or expert qualifications.
NRS 284.325 - Temporary appointment.
NRS 284.327 - Temporary limited appointment of persons with disabilities; limitations; regulations.
NRS 284.330 - Reinstatement of permanent appointee after separation without prejudice.
NRS 284.335 - Standards; records and ratings for service.
NRS 284.337 - Reports: Duties of supervisor.
NRS 284.338 - Reports: Training in proper preparation.
NRS 284.340 - Reports: Duties of appointing authority.
NRS 284.359 - Military leave of absence; reinstatement.
NRS 284.360 - Leave of absence without pay.
NRS 284.362 - Catastrophic leave: Definitions.
NRS 284.3623 - Catastrophic leave: Approval of transfer of hours to employee.
NRS 284.3625 - Catastrophic leave: Maintenance of records; reports to Administrator.
NRS 284.3626 - Catastrophic leave: Regulations of Commission.
NRS 284.376 - Involuntary transfer; hearing; remedies.
NRS 284.379 - Separation or disability retirement of employee with disability.
NRS 284.380 - Layoffs; reemployment lists.
NRS 284.381 - Limitation on revocation of resignation by employee.
NRS 284.385 - Dismissals, demotions and suspensions; regulations.
NRS 284.391 - Hearings: Issuance of subpoenas; discovery; oaths; examination of witnesses.
NRS 284.393 - Hearings: Fees, mileage and expenses of witnesses.
NRS 284.405 - Hearings and investigations may be held in public buildings.
NRS 284.406 - Policy concerning use of alcohol or drugs by state employees.
NRS 284.4065 - Screening tests: General provisions.
NRS 284.4067 - Screening tests: Requirements for administration; use; results.
NRS 284.4069 - Training for supervisors.
NRS 284.410 - False statement or report; fraud.
NRS 284.415 - Receipt or payment of consideration for appointment or promotion.