1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.3405, the Board may issue a license by endorsement to practice as a practical nurse to an applicant who meets the requirements set forth in this section. An applicant may submit to the Board an application for such a license if the applicant holds a corresponding valid and unrestricted license to practice as a practical nurse in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States.
2. An applicant for a license by endorsement pursuant to this section must submit to the Board with his or her application:
(a) Proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant:
(1) Satisfies the requirements of subsection 1;
(2) Has not been disciplined or investigated by the corresponding regulatory authority of the District of Columbia or any state or territory in which the applicant currently holds or has held a license to practice as a practical nurse; and
(3) Has not been held civilly or criminally liable for malpractice in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States;
(b) A complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Board to forward the fingerprints in the manner provided in NRS 632.344;
(c) An affidavit stating that the information contained in the application and any accompanying material is true and correct; and
(d) Any other information required by the Board.
3. Not later than 15 business days after receiving an application for a license by endorsement to practice as a practical nurse pursuant to this section, the Board shall provide written notice to the applicant of any additional information required by the Board to consider the application. Unless the Board denies the application for good cause, the Board shall approve the application and issue a license by endorsement to practice as a practical nurse to the applicant not later than:
(a) Forty-five days after receiving the application; or
(b) Ten days after the Board receives a report on the applicant’s background based on the submission of the applicant’s fingerprints,
whichever occurs later.
4. A license by endorsement to practice as a practical nurse may be issued at a meeting of the Board or between its meetings by the President and Executive Director of the Board. Such an action shall be deemed to be an action of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3004; A 2019, 4277)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 632.005 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 632.011 - "Accredited school of nursing" defined.
NRS 632.0112 - "Accredited school of practical nursing" defined.
NRS 632.0114 - "Accredited school of professional nursing" defined.
NRS 632.012 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined.
NRS 632.0125 - "Agency to provide nursing in the home" defined.
NRS 632.0126 - "Approved school of nursing" defined.
NRS 632.01262 - "Approved school of practical nursing" defined.
NRS 632.01264 - "Approved school of professional nursing" defined.
NRS 632.01265 - "Authorized medications" defined.
NRS 632.0127 - "Basic nursing services" defined.
NRS 632.013 - "Board" defined.
NRS 632.0135 - "Certificate" defined.
NRS 632.014 - "Certified registered nurse anesthetist" defined.
NRS 632.0143 - "Dermal or soft tissue filler" defined.
NRS 632.0145 - "Designated facility" defined.
NRS 632.015 - "Emergency" defined.
NRS 632.0155 - "Facility for long-term care" defined.
NRS 632.016 - "Licensed practical nurse" defined.
NRS 632.0162 - "Licensee" defined.
NRS 632.0164 - "Medical facility" defined.
NRS 632.0165 - "Medication aide - certified" defined.
NRS 632.0166 - "Nursing assistant" defined.
NRS 632.0168 - "Nursing assistant trainee" defined.
NRS 632.0169 - "Practice of nursing" defined.
NRS 632.017 - "Practice of practical nursing" defined.
NRS 632.018 - "Practice of professional nursing" defined.
NRS 632.019 - "Registered nurse" defined.
NRS 632.0193 - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" defined.
NRS 632.0195 - "System for the delivery of health care" defined.
NRS 632.020 - Creation; number of members.
NRS 632.030 - Members: Qualifications; appointment; terms; vacancies.
NRS 632.040 - Time for filling vacancies.
NRS 632.050 - Removal of member.
NRS 632.060 - Officers; Executive Director.
NRS 632.065 - Offices and employees of Board.
NRS 632.068 - Limitations on liability of members, employees and agents of Board.
NRS 632.070 - Meetings; examinations; quorum.
NRS 632.100 - Records and publications of Board.
NRS 632.120 - Duties; regulations; additional fees.
NRS 632.122 - Acceptance of gifts, grants and payments; contracts.
NRS 632.126 - Inspection of premises by Board.
NRS 632.140 - Qualifications and fee for applicants for license.
NRS 632.150 - Examination of applicants and issuance of licenses.
NRS 632.160 - Admission to practice without examination.
NRS 632.161 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
NRS 632.170 - Validity of licenses or certificates of registration issued on or before July 1, 1947.
NRS 632.270 - Qualifications of applicant for license; regulations.
NRS 632.280 - Issuance of license; admission without examination.
NRS 632.281 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
NRS 632.285 - Practicing or offering to practice without certificate unlawful; enforcement.
NRS 632.2856 - Training programs; tests; regulations.
NRS 632.2858 - Examination of applicants.
NRS 632.291 - Practicing or offering to practice without certificate unlawful; enforcement.
NRS 632.300 - Temporary license or certificate.
NRS 632.305 - Interim permit; regulations.
NRS 632.315 - Practicing or offering to practice nursing without license unlawful; enforcement.
NRS 632.316 - Exemptions from provisions requiring licensure.
NRS 632.330 - Regulations concerning reissuance of license or certificate after revocation.
NRS 632.342 - Renewal of certificate.
NRS 632.3425 - Renewal of suspended license or certificate.
NRS 632.344 - Applicant for license or certificate required to submit set of fingerprints to Board.
NRS 632.360 - Issuance of subpoenas; service of process.
NRS 632.380 - Depositions of witnesses.
NRS 632.400 - Time for rendering decision; notice of decision required; effective date of decision.
NRS 632.460 - Schools of professional nursing: Survey and written report required before approval.
NRS 632.473 - Treatment of patients by nurse employed by Department of Corrections.
NRS 632.474 - Pronouncement of death by registered nurse.
NRS 632.475 - Unlawful to require participation in abortion; penalty.
NRS 632.477 - Identification including surname of licensee prohibited.
NRS 632.480 - Injunctive relief against violations of chapter.