Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 656A - Sign Language Interpreters and Realtime Captioning Providers

NRS 656A.010 - Legislative declaration. - The practice of sign language interpreting and the practice of...

NRS 656A.020 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

NRS 656A.023 - "Charter school" defined. - Repealed. (See chapter 285, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 656A.025 - "Communication Access Realtime Translation" and "realtime captioning" defined. - "Communication Access Realtime Translation" and "realtime captioning" mean the immediate,...

NRS 656A.027 - "Community setting" defined. - "Community setting" means any setting that is not a primary...

NRS 656A.028 - "Division" defined. - "Division" means the Aging and Disability Services Division of the...

NRS 656A.029 - "Educational setting" defined. - [Replaced in revision by NRS 656A.0625.]

NRS 656A.030 - "Interpreter" defined. - "Interpreter" means a person who is registered or provisionally registered...

NRS 656A.033 - Legal setting" defined. - "Legal setting" means: 1. A communication with a law enforcement...

NRS 656A.035 - Medical setting" defined. - "Medical setting" means any communication between a provider of health...

NRS 656A.040 - "Person who is deaf" defined. - "Person who is deaf" means a person who is not...

NRS 656A.050 - "Person whose hearing is impaired" defined. - "Person whose hearing is impaired" means a person: 1. Who...

NRS 656A.055 - "Postsecondary educational setting" defined. - "Postsecondary educational setting" means communication relating to participation by students...

NRS 656A.060 - "Practice of sign language interpreting" defined. - "Practice of sign language interpreting" means the facilitation of communication...

NRS 656A.062 - "Practice of realtime captioning" defined. - "Practice of realtime captioning" means the facilitation of communication between...

NRS 656A.0625 - "Primary or secondary educational setting" defined. - "Primary or secondary educational setting" means all communication relating to...

NRS 656A.063 - Private school" defined. - "Private school" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...

NRS 656A.064 - Public school" defined. - "Public school" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...

NRS 656A.065 - "Realtime captioning provider" defined. - "Realtime captioning provider" means a person who is registered with...

NRS 656A.070 - Applicability of chapter. - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a...

NRS 656A.080 - Registry of persons registered or provisionally registered to engage in practice of sign language interpreting or practice of realtime captioning. - The Division shall: 1. Establish a registry of persons who...

NRS 656A.088 - Deposit and use of money. - Any money received by the Division pursuant to this chapter...

NRS 656A.090 - Regulations. - The Division shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions...

NRS 656A.100 - Application; waiver of requirements; identification of professional classification requested; registration or provisional registration; limitation on duration of provisional registration. - 1. A person who wishes to register or provisionally register...

NRS 656A.110 - Regulations: Qualifications, scope of practice and ethical standards for interpreters; qualifications for professional mentors of interpreters; additional professional classifications of interpreters. - 1. The Division shall, by regulation: (a) Prescribe for each...

NRS 656A.400 - Application; registration. - 1. A person who wishes to engage in the practice...

NRS 656A.410 - Regulations: Qualifications to engage in realtime captioning; ethical standards. - The Division shall, by regulation: 1. Prescribe the level of...

NRS 656A.500 - Acts constituting cause for disciplinary action. - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action:...

NRS 656A.510 - Authorized disciplinary action; regulations. - 1. If an interpreter or realtime captioning provider has committed...

NRS 656A.515 - Filing of complaints; procedures for investigating and resolving complaints. - 1. A person who is dissatisfied with the services provided...

NRS 656A.520 - Investigation of complaint; action by Division. - 1. When a complaint is filed with the Division, it...

NRS 656A.530 - Limitations on time to file complaints. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a complaint...

NRS 656A.800 - Prohibited acts; penalties; action for enforcement; deposit of civil penalty; report of violation to district attorney or Attorney General. - 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, it is...