Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 625 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
NRS 625.390 - Application for licensure or certification: Contents; fees; renewal of license; penalty for late renewal of license; regulations.


1. An applicant for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor or for certification as an engineer intern or land surveyor intern must:
(a) Complete a form furnished and prescribed by the Board;
(b) Answer all questions on the form under oath;
(c) Provide a detailed summary of his or her technical training and education;
(d) Pay the fee established by the Board; and
(e) Submit all information required to complete an application for licensure or certification.
2. Unless the requirement is waived by the Board, an applicant for licensure must provide the names of not less than four references who have knowledge of the background, character and technical competence of the applicant. None of the persons named as references may be members of the Board. If the applicant is:
(a) Applying for licensure as a professional engineer, the persons named as references must be professional engineers licensed in this State or any other state, three of whom must be licensed in the same discipline of engineering for which the applicant is applying for licensure.
(b) Applying for licensure as a professional land surveyor, the persons named as references must be professional land surveyors licensed in this State or any other state.
3. The Board shall, by regulation, establish the fee for licensure as a professional engineer and professional land surveyor in an amount not to exceed $200. The fee is nonrefundable and must accompany the application.
4. The Board shall charge and collect from each applicant for certification as an engineer intern or land surveyor intern a fee fixed by the Board of not more than $100, which includes the cost of examination and the issuance of a certificate.
5. A nonresident applying for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor is subject to the same fees as a resident.
6. The Board shall require the biennial renewal of each license of a professional engineer or professional land surveyor and collect a fee for renewal of not more than $100, prescribed by regulation of the Board, except that the Board may prescribe shorter periods and prorated fees in setting up a system of staggered renewals.
7. An applicant for the renewal of a license must submit with the fee for renewal all information required to complete the renewal.
8. In addition to the fee for renewal, the Board shall require a holder of an expired license to pay, as a condition of renewal, a penalty in an amount established by regulation of the Board.
[Part 3:198:1919; A 1937, 491; 1947, 797; 1949, 639; 1951, 459; 1955, 391]—(NRS A 1961, 314; 1965, 1327; 1967, 952; 1975, 814, 975; 1977, 743; 1979, 344, 1100; 1983, 806; 1989, 786; 1991, 2244; 1993, 127; 1995, 47; 1997, 1050, 2114; 2005, 2709, 2807; 2019, 4261)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 625 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

NRS 625.005 - Purpose.

NRS 625.008 - Definitions.

NRS 625.010 - "Board" defined.

NRS 625.025 - "Discipline" defined.

NRS 625.030 - "Engineer intern" defined.

NRS 625.033 - "Intern" defined.

NRS 625.035 - "Land surveyor intern" defined.

NRS 625.038 - "Licensee" defined.

NRS 625.040 - "Practice of land surveying" defined.

NRS 625.050 - "Practice of professional engineering" defined.

NRS 625.060 - "Professional engineer" defined.

NRS 625.070 - "Professional land surveyor" defined.

NRS 625.080 - "Responsible charge of work" defined.

NRS 625.090 - "Subordinate" defined.

NRS 625.095 - Applicability of chapter: Persons exempt from provisions concerning licensure.

NRS 625.096 - Applicability of chapter: Persons exempt from provisions concerning practice of land surveying.

NRS 625.100 - Creation; number, qualifications and appointment of members; oath.

NRS 625.110 - Officers; quorum; salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of salaries; Executive Director; regulations.

NRS 625.120 - Offices.

NRS 625.130 - Seal.

NRS 625.135 - Employees.

NRS 625.140 - Bylaws and regulations; code of conduct.

NRS 625.145 - Fiscal year.

NRS 625.150 - Deposit and use of money received by Board; delegation of authority concerning disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees or cost of investigation; action concerning certain notification received by Board.

NRS 625.152 - Duties: Issuance of licenses and certificates; implementation of provisions of chapter; provision of certain information.

NRS 625.154 - Duties: Examinations for license.

NRS 625.170 - Roster: Preparation; contents; availability, filing and distribution or sale.

NRS 625.175 - Authority of Board to define scope of disciplines of engineering by regulation.

NRS 625.177 - Authority of Board to require persons who are not natural persons to register with Board before engaging in practice of professional engineering; fee; regulations.

NRS 625.179 - Authority of Board to require persons who are not natural persons to register with Board before engaging in practice of land surveying; fee; regulations.

NRS 625.183 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional engineer.

NRS 625.193 - Examination for licensure as professional engineer: Scope; waiver; administration.

NRS 625.250 - Duties of Board concerning professional land surveyors; regulations.

NRS 625.270 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional land surveyor.

NRS 625.280 - Examination for licensure as professional land surveyor: Scope; waiver; administration.

NRS 625.320 - Oaths: Administration; record.

NRS 625.335 - Entry upon land or water to perform duties: Authority; notice; approval; civil liability.

NRS 625.340 - Record of survey: Filing; disclosures.

NRS 625.350 - Record of survey: Form and contents.

NRS 625.360 - Record of survey: Record not required in certain circumstances.

NRS 625.370 - Record of survey: Charge for filing and indexing; filing and indexing by county recorder; records provided by county recorder to county assessor.

NRS 625.380 - Requirements for monuments.

NRS 625.381 - Licenses: Issuance to applicant who complied with requirements of chapter; content; effect.

NRS 625.382 - Licenses: Issuance to licensee of another state or country.

NRS 625.383 - Stamp.

NRS 625.384 - Minimum grade required on each examination for licensure or certification.

NRS 625.385 - Engineer intern and land surveyor intern: Certification; authorized practice; credit toward required experience.

NRS 625.386 - Engineer intern and land surveyor intern: Qualifications for certification.

NRS 625.387 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license or certificate; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to e...

NRS 625.390 - Application for licensure or certification: Contents; fees; renewal of license; penalty for late renewal of license; regulations.

NRS 625.395 - Renewal of expired license.

NRS 625.397 - Board may require examination for reinstatement or renewal of license.

NRS 625.398 - Regulations concerning continuing education for professional engineers and professional land surveyors.

NRS 625.400 - Replacement of revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated license; fee.

NRS 625.403 - Use of word "certify" or "certification" in practice of professional engineering or land surveying.

NRS 625.405 - Immunity from civil liability.

NRS 625.407 - Conditions under which business organization or association may practice engineering or land surveying; exceptions.

NRS 625.410 - Grounds for disciplinary or other action.

NRS 625.415 - Suspension of license or certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license or certificate. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the f...

NRS 625.420 - Filing of charges; commencement of action.

NRS 625.425 - Certain records relating to investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records.

NRS 625.430 - Hearing; notice; summary suspension of license.

NRS 625.440 - Subpoenas: Issuance by Chair of Board or designee.

NRS 625.450 - Subpoenas: Issuance by district court.

NRS 625.460 - Authorized disciplinary or other action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.

NRS 625.470 - Reissuance of revoked license.

NRS 625.510 - Board required to investigate complaint or violation of chapter and take steps necessary for prosecution of violation.

NRS 625.520 - Unlawful practice of engineering: Penalty; order to cease and desist; injunctive relief.

NRS 625.530 - Restrictions upon public works; preferences for contracts.

NRS 625.540 - Unlawful practice of land surveying; penalty.

NRS 625.550 - Intentional removal or defacement of monument unlawful; exception; penalty.

NRS 625.560 - Unlawful signing or stamping of document concerning land surveying.

NRS 625.565 - Unlawful use of signature or stamp of professional engineer or professional land surveyor; regulations; penalty.

NRS 625.570 - Public officer or employee prohibited from engaging in private practice of professional engineering or land surveying during certain hours.

NRS 625.580 - Violation of chapter by public officer; penalties.

NRS 625.590 - Additional civil penalty; enforcement.