1. The Director may suspend, pending inquiry, for not longer than 10 days, and, after opportunity for a hearing, may revoke, suspend or modify any business license or license issued to an applicator under NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, if the Director finds that:
(a) The licensee is no longer qualified;
(b) The licensee has engaged in fraudulent business practices in pest control;
(c) The licensee has made false or fraudulent claims through any media by misrepresenting the effect of materials or methods to be used;
(d) The licensee has applied known ineffective or improper materials;
(e) The licensee has operated faulty or unsafe equipment;
(f) The licensee has made any application of materials in a manner inconsistent with labeling or any restriction imposed by regulation of the Director, or otherwise in a faulty, careless or negligent manner;
(g) The licensee has violated any of the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
(h) The licensee has engaged in the business of pest control without having a licensed agent, operator, primary principal or principal in direct on-the-job supervision;
(i) The licensee has aided or abetted a licensed or an unlicensed person to evade the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, combined or conspired with such a licensee or an unlicensed person to evade the provisions, or allowed the license to be used by an unlicensed person;
(j) The licensee was intentionally guilty of fraud or deception in the procurement of the license;
(k) The licensee was intentionally guilty of fraud, falsification or deception in the issuance of an inspection report on wood-destroying pests or other report or record required by regulation;
(l) The licensee has been convicted of, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to, a category A or B felony or a category C, D or E felony if the conviction occurred or the plea was entered for the category C, D or E felony during the immediately preceding 10 years in any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States or any other country; or
(m) The licensee has failed to provide adequate instruction or supervision to any unlicensed applicator working under the supervision of the licensee.
2. A business license and any license issued to a principal of the business as an applicator is suspended automatically, without action of the Director, if the proof of public liability and property damage or drift insurance filed pursuant to NRS 555.330 is cancelled, and the licenses remain suspended until the insurance is re-established.
3. If the licensee is a natural person, any licensee against whom the Director initiates disciplinary action pursuant to this section shall, within 30 days after receiving written notice of the disciplinary action from the Director and in accordance with any regulations adopted by the Department, submit to the Director any document or other information required by the Department to perform a background check of the licensee. Any document or other information submitted pursuant to this subsection must be accompanied by the appropriate fees, if any, specified in regulations adopted by the Department for performing the background check. A willful failure of a licensee to comply with the requirements of this subsection constitutes an additional ground for the revocation, suspension or modification of the license pursuant to this section.
[Part 3:215:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 244; 1961, 531; 1965, 66; 1967, 369; 1969, 353; 1971, 1255; 1975, 358; 1981, 612; 1993, 1717; 1999, 3649; 2003, 540; 2007, 984; 2013, 1327; 2017, 349; 2019, 2946; 2021, 157)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds
NRS 555.021 - Director: Cooperation for suppression of vertebrate pests.
NRS 555.130 - Declaration of noxious weeds; temporary designation; limitations.
NRS 555.150 - Control of noxious weeds by owner or occupant of land.
NRS 555.200 - Control of noxious weeds from public domain; reimbursement by Federal Government.
NRS 555.202 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 555.205 - Board of directors: Appointment; number; qualifications; terms; vacancies.
NRS 555.207 - Board of directors: Powers.
NRS 555.23515 - "Broker" defined.
NRS 555.23523 - "Dangerously injurious plant pest" defined.
NRS 555.23525 - "Dealer of nursery stock" defined.
NRS 555.23537 - "Hold" defined.
NRS 555.2354 - "Infested" defined.
NRS 555.23542 - "Inspecting officer" defined.
NRS 555.23544 - "Inspection certificate" defined.
NRS 555.2355 - "License" defined.
NRS 555.23551 - "Licensee" defined.
NRS 555.2356 - "Nursery" defined.
NRS 555.23562 - "Nursery stock" defined.
NRS 555.2357 - "Peddler" defined.
NRS 555.23575 - "Phytosanitary certificate" defined.
NRS 555.23577 - "Quarantine pest" defined.
NRS 555.2358 - "Sell" defined.
NRS 555.237 - Application for license; transfer of license prohibited; display of license.
NRS 555.238 - Schedule of annual fees for licenses.
NRS 555.239 - Renewal of license; fee.
NRS 555.241 - Revocation or suspension of or refusal to issue or renew license; notice and hearing.
NRS 555.242 - Terminal inspection of nursery stock.
NRS 555.243 - Regulations; standards.
NRS 555.244 - Inspection of businesses, invoices and applicable certificates.
NRS 555.245 - Certification of pest conditions or quality of nursery stock for shipment; fees.
NRS 555.247 - Labeling of containers of nursery stock; bulk shipments.
NRS 555.248 - Infected or infested nursery stock: Shipment from State; destruction; treatment.
NRS 555.261 - "Agent" defined.
NRS 555.2615 - "Aircraft" defined.
NRS 555.26155 - "Applicator" defined.
NRS 555.26157 - "Authorized commercial applicator" defined.
NRS 555.2616 - "Business license" defined.
NRS 555.2617 - "Certificate" defined.
NRS 555.2618 - "Certified applicator" defined.
NRS 555.2619 - "Commercial applicator" defined.
NRS 555.2625 - "Defoliant" defined.
NRS 555.263 - "Desiccant" defined.
NRS 555.2634 - "Environment" defined.
NRS 555.264 - "Fungi" defined.
NRS 555.2641 - "General-use pesticide" defined.
NRS 555.2642 - "Government applicator" defined.
NRS 555.2643 - "Governmental agency certificate" defined.
NRS 555.2645 - "Ground equipment" defined.
NRS 555.265 - "Insect" defined.
NRS 555.2654 - "Location principal" defined.
NRS 555.2655 - "Nematode" defined.
NRS 555.2657 - "Non-private applicator" defined.
NRS 555.266 - "Person" defined.
NRS 555.2667 - "Pest control" defined.
NRS 555.267 - "Pesticide" defined.
NRS 555.2675 - "Plant regulator" defined.
NRS 555.2677 - "Primary principal" defined.
NRS 555.2679 - "Principal" defined.
NRS 555.2681 - "Private applicator" defined.
NRS 555.2683 - "Restricted-use pesticide" defined.
NRS 555.2685 - "Snails or slugs" defined.
NRS 555.2687 - "Supervision" defined.
NRS 555.2688 - "Unlicensed employee" defined.
NRS 555.2695 - "Wildlife" defined.
NRS 555.270 - Policy of this State; purpose of provisions.
NRS 555.273 - Applicability of provisions concerning restricted-use pesticides.
NRS 555.277 - Exemption from certain provisions for farmer-owners and gardeners.
NRS 555.2771 - Governmental agency certificate.
NRS 555.2772 - License as government applicator.
NRS 555.2773 - Application for governmental agency certificate or license as government applicator.
NRS 555.305 - Petition to review criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report.
NRS 555.310 - Fees established by regulation.
NRS 555.3507 - Primary principal required for licensee’s business.
NRS 555.351 - Restricted-use pesticides: Certificate and permits required for use; exceptions.
NRS 555.353 - Restricted-use pesticides: Application for certificate.
NRS 555.360 - Judicial review of action of Director.
NRS 555.370 - Inspection of equipment; repairs.
NRS 555.380 - Regulations of Director: Materials and methods for application.
NRS 555.390 - Regulations of Director: Records and reports of licensees and other applicators.
NRS 555.400 - Regulations of Director: General authority; limitations.
NRS 555.420 - Authority of Director and inspectors to enter and inspect public or private premises.
NRS 555.460 - Violation of provisions: Criminal penalty; administrative fine.
NRS 555.500 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 555.510 - Creation of district: Petition; notice and hearing; exclusion of land.
NRS 555.520 - Board of directors: Number; qualifications; appointment; terms; vacancies.
NRS 555.530 - Board of directors: Powers.