1. Each person desiring a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst or registration as a registered behavior technician must:
(a) Make application to the Board upon a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The application must be accompanied by the application fee prescribed by the Board pursuant to NRS 641D.380 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 4 of NRS 641D.310 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 2017, 4225; A 2019, 2539; 2021, 1630)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 437.200)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 641D - Applied Behavior Analysis
NRS 641D.020 - "Assistant behavior analyst" defined.
NRS 641D.030 - "Behavior analyst" defined.
NRS 641D.040 - "Board" defined.
NRS 641D.050 - "Community" defined.
NRS 641D.060 - "Gross malpractice" defined.
NRS 641D.070 - "Malpractice" defined.
NRS 641D.080 - "Practice of applied behavior analysis" defined.
NRS 641D.090 - "Professional incompetence" defined.
NRS 641D.100 - "Registered behavior technician" defined.
NRS 641D.110 - Applicability of chapter.
NRS 641D.120 - Exemptions from requirements for licensure and registration.
NRS 641D.200 - Creation; membership; terms; meetings; officers; immunity.
NRS 641D.220 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees.
NRS 641D.230 - Deposit and use of money received by Board.
NRS 641D.240 - Rules and regulations.
NRS 641D.250 - Duty to enforce chapter; general powers.
NRS 641D.260 - Board authorized to contract to carry out provisions of chapter.
NRS 641D.270 - Records: Duties of Board; inspection; confidentiality of certain records; exceptions.
NRS 641D.300 - Application and fee; investigation of applicant.
NRS 641D.380 - Fees; regulations.
NRS 641D.700 - Grounds for disciplinary action.
NRS 641D.710 - Regulations concerning additional grounds for disciplinary action.
NRS 641D.740 - Service of process; publication of notice.
NRS 641D.760 - Complaints: Filing; retention.
NRS 641D.770 - Complaints: Review; authority to retain Attorney General to investigate.
NRS 641D.830 - Requirements for proof.
NRS 641D.840 - Judicial review; duration of Board’s order; priority of petition for judicial review.
NRS 641D.860 - Injunction against practicing applied behavior analysis without license.
NRS 641D.870 - Immunity of certain persons from civil liability.