2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 641D - Applied Behavior Analysis
NRS 641D.360 - Renewal: Application; fee; investigation of criminal history; continuing education; regulations. [Effective through June 30, 2026.] Renewal: Application; fee; investigation of criminal history; continuing education; regulations. [Effective July 1, 2026.]
1. To renew a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst or registration as a registered behavior technician, each person must, on or before the first day of January of each odd-numbered year:
(a) Apply to the Board for renewal;
(b) Pay the biennial fee for the renewal of a license or registration;
(c) Submit evidence to the Board:
(1) Of completion of the requirements for continuing education as set forth in regulations adopted by the Board, if applicable; and
(2) That the person’s certification or registration, as applicable, by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., or its successor organization, remains valid and the holder remains in good standing; and
(d) Submit all information required to complete the renewal.
2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, to renew registration as a registered behavior technician for the third time and every third renewal thereafter, a person must submit to an investigation of his or her criminal history in the manner prescribed in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 641D.300.
3. The Board shall adopt regulations that require, as a prerequisite for the renewal of a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst, each holder to complete continuing education, which must:
(a) Be consistent with nationally recognized standards for the continuing education of behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts, as applicable.
(b) Include, without limitation, a requirement that the holder of a license receive at least 2 hours of instruction on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness.
(c) Include, without limitation, a requirement that the holder of a license as a behavior analyst receive at least 6 hours of instruction relating to cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion. Such instruction:
(1) May include the training provided pursuant to NRS 449.103, where applicable.
(2) Must be based upon a range of research from diverse sources.
(3) Must address persons of different cultural backgrounds, including, without limitation:
(I) Persons from various gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds;
(II) Persons from various religious backgrounds;
(III) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons;
(IV) Children and senior citizens;
(V) Veterans;
(VI) Persons with a mental illness;
(VII) Persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disability or physical disability; and
(VIII) Persons who are part of any other population that a behavior analyst may need to better understand, as determined by the Board.
4. The Board shall not adopt regulations requiring a registered behavior technician to receive continuing education.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4229; A 2019, 2543; 2021, 892, 1635; 2023, 1183)
1. To renew a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst or registration as a registered behavior technician, each person must, on or before the first day of January of each odd-numbered year:
(a) Apply to the Board for renewal;
(b) Pay the biennial fee for the renewal of a license or registration;
(c) Submit evidence to the Board:
(1) Of completion of the requirements for continuing education as set forth in regulations adopted by the Board, if applicable; and
(2) That the person’s certification or registration, as applicable, by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., or its successor organization, remains valid and the holder remains in good standing; and
(d) Submit all information required to complete the renewal.
2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, to renew registration as a registered behavior technician for the third time and every third renewal thereafter, a person must submit to an investigation of his or her criminal history in the manner prescribed in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 641D.300.
3. The Board shall adopt regulations that require, as a prerequisite for the renewal of a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst, each holder to complete continuing education, which must:
(a) Be consistent with nationally recognized standards for the continuing education of behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts, as applicable.
(b) Include, without limitation, a requirement that the holder of a license as a behavior analyst receive at least 6 hours of instruction relating to cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion. Such instruction:
(1) May include the training provided pursuant to NRS 449.103, where applicable.
(2) Must be based upon a range of research from diverse sources.
(3) Must address persons of different cultural backgrounds, including, without limitation:
(I) Persons from various gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds;
(II) Persons from various religious backgrounds;
(III) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons;
(IV) Children and senior citizens;
(V) Veterans;
(VI) Persons with a mental illness;
(VII) Persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disability or physical disability; and
(VIII) Persons who are part of any other population that a behavior analyst may need to better understand, as determined by the Board.
4. The Board shall not adopt regulations requiring a registered behavior technician to receive continuing education.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4229; A 2017, 4263; 2019, 2543; 2021, 892, 1635; 2023, 1183, effective July 1, 2026)
