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
Chapter 625 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
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 625.100 - Creation; number, qualifications and appointment of members; oath.
NRS 625.140 - Bylaws and regulations; code of conduct.
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 625.183 - 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 625.320 - Oaths: Administration; record.
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 625.380 - Requirements for monuments.
NRS 625.382 - Licenses: Issuance to licensee of another state or country.
NRS 625.384 - Minimum grade required on each examination for licensure or certification.
NRS 625.386 - Engineer intern and land surveyor intern: Qualifications for certification.
NRS 625.395 - Renewal of expired license.
NRS 625.397 - Board may require examination for reinstatement or renewal of license.
NRS 625.400 - Replacement of revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated license; fee.
NRS 625.405 - Immunity from civil liability.
NRS 625.410 - Grounds for disciplinary or other action.
NRS 625.420 - Filing of charges; commencement of action.
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 625.470 - Reissuance of revoked license.
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 625.580 - Violation of chapter by public officer; penalties.