Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 641A - Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors
NRS 641A.285 - Inactive license; regulations.


1. Upon written request to the Board and payment of the fee for the placement of a license on inactive status prescribed by the Board, a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor in good standing may have his or her name and license transferred to an inactive list for a period not to exceed 3 continuous years. A marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor shall not practice marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling, as applicable, during the time the license is inactive. If an inactive marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor desires to resume the practice of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling, as applicable, the Board must reactivate the license upon the:
(a) Completion of an application for reactivation;
(b) Payment of the fee for the biennial renewal of the license; and
(c) Demonstration, if deemed necessary by the Board, that the marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor is then qualified and competent to practice.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor is not required to pay the fee for the biennial renewal of a license or the fee for the late payment of the biennial renewal for any year while the license was inactive.
2. Any license to practice as a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor that remains inactive for a period which exceeds 3 continuous years is deemed:
(a) To effect a revocation for the purposes of NRS 641A.270.
(b) To have lapsed at the beginning of that period for the purposes of NRS 641A.280.
3. The Board may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including without limitation, regulations governing the renewal of such inactive licenses, the imposition of a fee for the renewal of an inactive license and any requirement of continuing education for inactive marriage and family therapists or clinical professional counselors.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1201; A 2007, 3059; 2019, 2669)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 641A - Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors

NRS 641A.010 - Legislative declaration.

NRS 641A.020 - Definitions.

NRS 641A.025 - "Approved supervisor" defined.

NRS 641A.030 - "Board" defined.

NRS 641A.031 - "Clinical professional counselor" defined.

NRS 641A.040 - "License" defined.

NRS 641A.050 - "Licensee" defined.

NRS 641A.060 - "Marriage and family therapist" defined.

NRS 641A.065 - "Practice of clinical professional counseling" defined.

NRS 641A.080 - "Practice of marriage and family therapy" defined.

NRS 641A.090 - Creation; number and appointment of members.

NRS 641A.100 - Qualifications of members; removal for misconduct.

NRS 641A.110 - Eligibility for membership.

NRS 641A.115 - Required orientation for new members of Board; policies concerning compensation and performance reviews of staff.

NRS 641A.130 - Meetings; quorum.

NRS 641A.140 - Officers.

NRS 641A.150 - Duties of Secretary-Treasurer.

NRS 641A.160 - Regulations.

NRS 641A.170 - General powers; prohibition on participation in preparing, conducting or grading examination.

NRS 641A.180 - Courses of study: Regulations specifying criteria; evaluation.

NRS 641A.183 - Annual report to Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and Chairs of regional behavioral health policy boards.

NRS 641A.185 - Subpoenas: Issuance; enforcement.

NRS 641A.191 - Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions.

NRS 641A.200 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees; source of payment of compensation and expenses of members and employees.

NRS 641A.205 - Deposit and use of money.

NRS 641A.207 - Board may enter into agreement with Department of Health and Human Services for certain types of administrative assistance.

NRS 641A.210 - Application and fees; forms.

NRS 641A.215 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proce...

NRS 641A.217 - Renewal of license: Duty of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided.

NRS 641A.220 - Marriage and family therapists: Qualifications of applicants.

NRS 641A.230 - Marriage and family therapists: Examinations.

NRS 641A.231 - Clinical professional counselors: Qualifications of applicants.

NRS 641A.233 - Application for license: Submission of official transcripts by alternate means.

NRS 641A.235 - License: Issuance; expiration; proration of fee.

NRS 641A.241 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance.

NRS 641A.242 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on application.

NRS 641A.260 - Renewal of license: Application; fee; continuing education. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Renewal of license: Application; fee; continuing education. [Effective January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026.] Renewal of license: Appl...

NRS 641A.262 - Renewal of license: Duty of Board to require applicant to report receipt of training in treatment of mental and emotional trauma and willingness to respond during emergency or disaster; maintenance and provision of related lists of nam...

NRS 641A.265 - Waiver of requirements for continuing education.

NRS 641A.270 - Automatic revocation of license for failure to pay fee for renewal; reinstatement.

NRS 641A.280 - Reinstatement of license after 5-year lapse.

NRS 641A.285 - Inactive license; regulations.

NRS 641A.287 - Marriage and family therapist interns: License required; qualifications of applicants.

NRS 641A.2872 - Marriage and family therapist interns: Issuance, period of validity, expiration and renewal of license.

NRS 641A.2874 - Marriage and family therapist interns: Scope of authorized activities.

NRS 641A.2876 - Marriage and family therapist interns: Disclosure to client.

NRS 641A.2878 - Marriage and family therapist interns: Change in or termination of supervision agreement.

NRS 641A.288 - Clinical professional counselor interns: License required; qualifications of applicants.

NRS 641A.2882 - Clinical professional counselor interns: Issuance, period of validity, expiration and renewal of license.

NRS 641A.2884 - Clinical professional counselor interns: Scope of authorized activity.

NRS 641A.2886 - Clinical professional counselor interns: Disclosure to client.

NRS 641A.2888 - Clinical professional counselor interns: Change in or termination of supervision agreement.

NRS 641A.290 - Fees.

NRS 641A.295 - Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult clients by marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services.

NRS 641A.297 - Recording of certain training activities: Retention; requirements; compliance with and applicability of provisions governing health care records; regulations.

NRS 641A.310 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license.

NRS 641A.313 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each sta...

NRS 641A.315 - Examination to determine fitness to practice: Order; consent; confidentiality of testimony or reports; immediate suspension for failure to submit; costs.

NRS 641A.320 - Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.

NRS 641A.330 - Complaints: Filing; retention.

NRS 641A.340 - Notice of hearing.

NRS 641A.360 - Decision of Board.

NRS 641A.370 - Rehearing after revocation or suspension of license.

NRS 641A.400 - Reinstatement of license after revocation.

NRS 641A.410 - Engaging in practice of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling without license unlawful; exceptions.

NRS 641A.430 - Unlawful to use certain terms without license.

NRS 641A.440 - Penalty.

NRS 641A.450 - Injunctive relief.