1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 628.310, a certificate of certified public accountant must be granted by the Board to any person who:
(a) Is without any history of acts involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;
(b) Complies with the requirements of education and work experience as provided in NRS 628.200;
(c) Has submitted to the Board a complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Board to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; and
(d) Has passed the examination prescribed by the Board.
2. The Board may refuse to grant a certificate of certified public accountant to an applicant if he or she has been convicted of a felony in this State or an offense in another state or jurisdiction which would be a felony if committed in this State.
3. The Board may issue a provisional certificate to an applicant until the Board receives the report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 164; A 1971, 220, 737; 1975, 1295; 1981, 1383; 1989, 1602; 1993, 531; 1999, 1695; 2003, 2705; 2009, 313; 2017, 3463)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 628.005 - "Attest," "attesting" and "attestation" defined.
NRS 628.009 - "Board" defined.
NRS 628.013 - "Certificate" defined.
NRS 628.014 - "Compilation" defined.
NRS 628.017 - "Home office" defined.
NRS 628.019 - "Live permit" defined.
NRS 628.023 - "Practice of public accounting" defined.
NRS 628.031 - "Report" defined.
NRS 628.033 - "State" defined.
NRS 628.035 - Creation; number and appointment of members.
NRS 628.045 - Qualifications of members.
NRS 628.055 - Reappointment of members.
NRS 628.085 - Removal of member.
NRS 628.090 - Officers and employees.
NRS 628.110 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees.
NRS 628.160 - Regulations concerning professional conduct: Procedure for adoption; notice.
NRS 628.170 - Authority to establish certain committees by regulation.
NRS 628.190 - Qualifications of applicant for certificate of certified public accountant; issuance of provisional certificate.
NRS 628.200 - General requirements concerning education and work experience; regulations.
NRS 628.230 - Examination; regulations.
NRS 628.250 - Requirements for status as certified public accountant; related fees.
NRS 628.260 - Examination: Passage of sections; credit; regulations.
NRS 628.280 - Fee for examination; regulations.
NRS 628.340 - Requirements for registration as partnership of certified public accountants.
NRS 628.343 - Requirements for registration as corporation of certified public accountants.
NRS 628.370 - Annual registration of offices; fee; regulations.
NRS 628.375 - Registration of fictitious names; regulations.
NRS 628.385 - Legislative findings.
NRS 628.386 - Adoption of regulations.
NRS 628.388 - Committee on Continuing Education.
NRS 628.410 - Initiation of proceedings; notice; subpoenas; hearings; decision.
NRS 628.418 - Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions.
NRS 628.440 - Employees and assistants of accountants.
NRS 628.450 - Unlawful use of designation "certified public accountant" or "C.P.A."
NRS 628.470 - Unlawful use of designation "public accountant."
NRS 628.560 - Prima facie evidence of violation.
NRS 628.570 - Order to cease and desist; injunctive relief; issuance without bond.