2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 640C - Massage Therapists
NRS 640C.440 - Reduction of duplication in licensing procedure.

1. The Board of Massage Therapists and the State Board of Cosmetology shall, to the extent practicable, reduce duplication in the licensing procedure for a qualified applicant who is applying to the Board of Massage Therapists for a license to practice pursuant to this chapter and who is also applying to the State Board of Cosmetology for a license to practice pursuant to chapter 644 of NRS, if both applications are filed not more than 60 days apart.

2. If a qualified applicant submits an application to the State Board of Cosmetology for a license to practice pursuant to chapter 644 of NRS and, not later than 60 days after that application, the applicant also submits an application to the Board of Massage Therapists for a license to practice pursuant to this chapter:

(a) The applicant is not required to submit a set of fingerprints to the Board of Massage Therapists if the applicant submitted a set of fingerprints with the application to the State Board of Cosmetology;

(b) The Board of Massage Therapists shall request from the State Board of Cosmetology a copy of any reports relating to a background investigation of the applicant;

(c) Upon receiving such a request, the State Board of Cosmetology shall provide to the Board of Massage Therapists any reports relating to a background investigation of the applicant; and

(d) The Board of Massage Therapists shall use the reports provided by the State Board of Cosmetology in reviewing the application for a license to practice pursuant to this chapter, except that the Board of Massage Therapists may conduct its own background investigation of the applicant if the Board of Massage Therapists deems it to be necessary.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1127)