2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 391 - Personnel
NRS 391.033 - Issuance of licenses; fingerprinting of applicants; provisional licensure authorized. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. All licenses for teachers and other educational personnel are granted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission and as otherwise provided by law.

2. An application for the issuance of a license must include the social security number of the applicant.

3. Every applicant for a license must submit with his or her application a complete set of his or her fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Superintendent to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for its initial report on the criminal history of the applicant and for reports thereafter upon renewal of the license pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 179A.075, and for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report on the criminal history of the applicant.

4. The Superintendent may issue a provisional license pending receipt of the reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History if the Superintendent determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.

5. A license must be issued to, or renewed for, as applicable, an applicant if:

(a) The Superintendent determines that the applicant is qualified;

(b) The reports on the criminal history of the applicant from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History:

(1) Do not indicate that the applicant has been convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude; or

(2) Indicate that the applicant has been convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude but the Superintendent determines that the conviction is unrelated to the position within the county school district or charter school for which the applicant applied or for which he or she is currently employed, as applicable; and

(c) For initial licensure, the applicant submits the statement required pursuant to NRS 391.034.

[324:32:1956] (NRS A 1967, 817; 1969, 128; 1977, 223; 1979, 1601; 1987, 997; 1995, 1909; 1997, 2050; 2003, 2848; 2005, 2420; 2011, 993)

NRS 391.033 Issuance of licenses; fingerprinting of applicants; provisional licensure authorized. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. All licenses for teachers and other educational personnel are granted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission and as otherwise provided by law.

2. Every applicant for a license must submit with his or her application a complete set of his or her fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Superintendent to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for its initial report on the criminal history of the applicant and for reports thereafter upon renewal of the license pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 179A.075, and for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report on the criminal history of the applicant. The Superintendent may issue a provisional license pending receipt of the reports if the Superintendent determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.

3. A license must be issued to, or renewed for, as applicable, an applicant if the Superintendent determines that the applicant is qualified and:

(a) The reports on the criminal history of the applicant from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History do not indicate that the applicant has been convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude; or

(b) The Superintendent determines, in his or her discretion, that any conviction indicated in the reports on the criminal history of the applicant is unrelated to the position within the county school district or charter school for which the applicant applied or for which he or she is currently employed, as applicable.

[324:32:1956] (NRS A 1967, 817; 1969, 128; 1977, 223; 1979, 1601; 1987, 997; 1995, 1909; 1997, 2050; 2003, 2848; 2005, 2420, 2421; 2011, 993, effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)