1. Each person desiring a license must:
(a) Make application to the Board upon a form, and in a manner, prescribed by the Board pursuant to NRS 641.117. The application must be accompanied by the application fee prescribed by the Board and include all information required to complete the application.
(b) As part of the application and at his or her own expense:
(1) Arrange to have a complete set of fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency or other authorized entity acceptable to the Board; and
(2) Submit to the Board:
(I) 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 a report on the applicant’s background, and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Board deems necessary for a report on the applicant’s background; or
(II) Written verification, on a form prescribed by the Board, stating that the set of fingerprints of the applicant was taken and directly forwarded electronically or by other means to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and that the applicant provided written permission authorizing the law enforcement agency or other authorized entity taking the fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicant’s background, and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Board deems necessary for a report on the applicant’s background.
2. The Board may:
(a) Unless the applicant’s fingerprints are directly forwarded pursuant to sub-subparagraph (II) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, submit those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Board deems necessary; and
(b) Request from each agency to which the Board submits the fingerprints any information regarding the applicant’s background as the Board deems necessary.
3. An application is not considered complete and received for purposes of evaluation pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 641.170 until the Board receives a complete set of fingerprints or verification that the fingerprints have been forwarded electronically or by other means to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, and written authorization from the applicant pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 191; A 1989, 1541; 1997, 2153; 2005, 2756, 2807; 2009, 2988; 2017, 2237, 4246)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 641.010 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 641.021 - "Board" defined.
NRS 641.022 - "Community" defined.
NRS 641.023 - "Gross malpractice" defined.
NRS 641.024 - "Malpractice" defined.
NRS 641.0243 - "National examination" defined.
NRS 641.0245 - "Patient" defined.
NRS 641.025 - "Practice of psychology" defined.
NRS 641.026 - "Professional incompetence" defined.
NRS 641.0263 - "Psychological assistant" defined.
NRS 641.0265 - "Psychological intern" defined.
NRS 641.0267 - "Psychological trainee" defined.
NRS 641.027 - "Psychologist" defined.
NRS 641.0295 - Applicability of chapter: Practice by nonresident psychologist as consultant.
NRS 641.030 - Creation; number and appointment of members.
NRS 641.035 - Terms of members; limitation on consecutive terms.
NRS 641.040 - Qualifications of members; conflict of interest.
NRS 641.070 - Meetings; quorum.
NRS 641.100 - Rules and regulations.
NRS 641.111 - Deposit and expenditure of money.
NRS 641.115 - Offices; employees; prohibition on payment of expenses out of State General Fund.
NRS 641.117 - Forms for licensure.
NRS 641.125 - Hearings and investigations; taking evidence.
NRS 641.135 - Civil liability.
NRS 641.160 - Application and fee for license.
NRS 641.180 - Examination of applicant for license as psychologist; waiver.
NRS 641.2265 - Requirement; regulations; penalty.
NRS 641.227 - Text of Compact.
NRS 641.2295 - Practice by nonresident psychologist as consultant.
NRS 641.230 - Grounds for disciplinary action.
NRS 641.243 - Service of process.
NRS 641.250 - Complaints: Filing; retention.
NRS 641.270 - Complaints: Review; investigation.
NRS 641.273 - Examination regarding competency to practice.
NRS 641.285 - Requirements for proof.
NRS 641.312 - Judicial review; duration of Board’s order; priority of petition for judicial review.
NRS 641.316 - Injunction against person practicing without license, authorization or registration.
NRS 641.318 - Immunity of certain persons from civil liability.
NRS 641.390 - Representation or practice without license prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 641.410 - Practice by nonresident psychologist as consultant.