Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 637.300 Change of employer. (NRS 637.070, 637.100) An amended application on a form prescribed by the Board must be submitted by an apprentice dispensing optician within 10 days after his or her employment changes. The Board will not approve more than 10 days of experience ga…

NAC 637.310 Scope. (NRS 637.070) NAC 637.310 to 637.700, inclusive, govern practice and procedure before the Board. [Bd. of Dispensing Opt., No. 1.1, eff. 10-6-78] — (NAC A by R042-02, 8-29-2002)

NAC 637.320 Communications. (NRS 637.070) Any formal written communication, payment or document must be addressed to the Board at its office and is deemed filed or made on the date of the postmark on the envelope in which it was mailed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 238…

NAC 637.333 Authority to file complaint. (NRS 637.070) Any member of the Board or public may file a written complaint with the Board if he or she believes: 1. A licensee has violated a provision of this chapter or chapter 637 of NRS; 2. An unlicensed person is engaged in activiti…

NAC 637.335 Complaint: Contents; review and investigation. (NRS 637.070, 637.1535) 1. A complaint filed pursuant to NRS 637.1535 must include the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the complaint. 2. The Executive Director of the Board, an authorized employee …

NAC 637.337 Review and investigation of complaint; filing of charging document. (NRS 637.070) 1. The Executive Director of the Board: (a) Shall review each complaint to determine whether the information, alone or taken together with other evidence, documentary or otherwise, is su…

NAC 637.340 Classification of parties. (NRS 637.070) 1. A party in a proceeding before the Board must be called applicant, petitioner, complainant or respondent, according to the nature of the proceeding and the relationship of the party thereto. 2. An “applicant” is a person who…

NAC 637.350 Staff of Board may be party to proceeding. (NRS 637.070) The Board’s staff may appear at any hearing and has the right to participate as a party to the proceeding. [Bd. of Dispensing Opt., No. 3.8, eff. 10-6-78]

NAC 637.390 Service of process on attorney. (NRS 637.070) Following the entry of an appearance by an attorney for a party, all notices, pleadings and orders must be served upon the attorney and such service is effective for all purposes upon the party represented by the attorney.…

NAC 637.410 Conduct required of persons appearing in proceeding; removal of person from proceeding. (NRS 637.070) 1. A person appearing in a proceeding before the Board shall conform to the standards of ethical and courteous conduct required in the courts of this State. 2. The Bo…

NAC 637.420 Pleadings: Captions, amendments and construction. (NRS 637.070) 1. Pleadings before the Board must be called applications, petitions, charging documents, motions, briefs or answers. 2. The Board may, when substantial rights of the parties are not violated, allow any p…

NAC 637.430 Pleadings: General requirements for petitions. (NRS 637.070) A “petition” is a pleading other than an application, charging document or answer, praying for affirmative relief, including requests for declaratory orders, advisory opinions, and requests for the adoption,…

NAC 637.450 Motions. (NRS 637.070) 1. The provisions of NRS 622A.360 and 622A.390 govern a motion which may be filed pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the time for the filing of the motion. 2. A decision on a motion will be rendered without oral argument un…

NAC 637.460 Filing. (NRS 637.070) 1. At least one copy of all pleadings, motions and briefs must be filed with the Board by mailing or delivering the copy or copies to the office of the Board. 2. A copy of all pleadings, motions and briefs filed with the Board must also be mailed…

NAC 637.470 Service of process. (NRS 637.070) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all notices, documents, advisory opinions and declaratory orders required to be served by the Board will be served by mail to the last known home address provided to the Board by the ad…

NAC 637.480 Proof of service. (NRS 637.070) There will be included with all charging documents and orders required to be served by the Board an acknowledgment of service or the following certificate: I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon all par…

NAC 637.550 Testimony must be under oath. (NRS 637.070) All testimony to be considered by the Board in any proceeding, except matters noticed officially or entered by stipulation, must be sworn testimony. Each witness must swear or affirm that the testimony he or she is about to …

NAC 637.590 Stipulations. (NRS 637.070) With the approval of the Board, the parties may stipulate as to any fact at issue, either by written stipulation introduced in evidence as an exhibit or by oral statement shown upon the record. Any such stipulation will be binding upon all …

NAC 637.600 Official notice of Board. (NRS 637.070) In addition to the facts mentioned in subsection 5 of NRS 233B.123, the Board may take official notice of regulations, official reports, decisions, orders, standards or records of the Board, and any regulatory agency of the Stat…

NAC 637.620 Order or decision by Board. (NRS 637.070) 1. A proceeding stands submitted for decision by the Board after the taking of evidence, the filing of briefs or motions, or the presentation of such oral argument permitted by the Board. 2. Orders or decisions will be rendere…

NAC 637.650 Petition for declaratory order or advisory opinion. (NRS 637.070) 1. The Board will consider petitions for declaratory orders or advisory opinions as to the applicability of a statutory provision or a regulation or decision of the Board. 2. All petitions for declarato…

NAC 637.660 Procedure for consideration of petition. (NRS 637.070) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon receiving a petition for a declaratory order or an advisory opinion, the Board will place the matter on the agenda for discussion at the next regularly schedul…

NAC 637.670 Draft of order or opinion by member of Board; approval by Board. (NRS 637.070) If the Board grants a petition pursuant to subsection 4 of NAC 637.660, the Board will issue a declaratory order or advisory opinion, as applicable. The President of the Board or other pres…

NAC 637.680 Notice. (NRS 637.070) After the Board renders its order or opinion, the Board will serve notice of it to the petitioner pursuant to NAC 637.470 and 637.480. [Bd. of Dispensing Opt., No. 11.4, eff. 10-16-80] — (NAC A by R042-02, 8-29-2002; R073-12, 6-3-2013)

NAC 637.690 Compliance with opinion or order. (NRS 637.070) A petitioner must comply with the provisions of a declaratory order or advisory opinion rendered by the Board. [Bd. of Dispensing Opt., No. 11.5, eff. 10-16-80] — (NAC A by R073-12, 6-3-2013) Petitions for Adoption, Fili…

NAC 637.700 Petition for adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of regulation. (NRS 637.070) 1. A petition for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of a regulation must be in writing on a form prescribed by the Board and include: (a) The name, telephone number and address of …

NAC 637B.001 Definitions. (NRS 637B.132) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 637B.0015 to 637B.008, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Spee…

NAC 637B.0015 “Applicant” defined. (NRS 637B.150) “Applicant” means a person who applies for any privilege, license, approval or authority from the Board. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R219-03, eff. 9-16-2004)

NAC 637B.003 “Client” defined. (NRS 637B.132) “Client” means a person who receives services from an audiologist, speech-language pathologist or hearing aid specialist. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R219-03, eff. 9-16-2004; A by Speech-Language Pa…

NAC 637B.0045 “Licensee” defined. (NRS 637B.132) “Licensee” means any person who holds a license as an audiologist, speech-language pathologist or hearing aid specialist pursuant to chapter 637B of NRS. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R219-03, eff.…

NAC 637B.008 “Standard license” defined. (NRS 637B.132) “Standard license” means a license to engage in the practice of audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids that is not a provisional license, a temporary license or a limited license. (Added …

NAC 637B.011 Authority to use designation related to degree of doctor of audiology. (NRS 637B.150) A person who has obtained a degree of doctor of audiology from an accredited college or university may refer to himself or herself as a “doctor of audiology” and use the correspondi…

NAC 637B.014 Applicability of provisions to person who holds credential issued by Department of Education. (NRS 637B.080, 637B.132) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for the purposes of subsection 1 of NRS 637B.080, the provisions of chapter 637B of NRS do not appl…

NAC 637B.025 Executive Director and staff: Appointment; duties; salary. (NRS 637B.150) The Board may: 1. Appoint an Executive Director and employ such staff as it deems necessary to carry out its duties; 2. Establish the duties of the Executive Director and the staff; and 3. Fix …

NAC 637B.030 Schedule of fees. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.175) The Board will charge and collect the following fees: Application fee...................................................................................................................... $150 Fee for a standard license or p…

NAC 637B.033 Creation; number of members; terms; reappointment. (NRS 637B.132) The Advisory Committee on Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids is hereby created. The Committee consists of not less than three and not more than five members appointed by the Board for a term of 2 year…

NAC 637B.034 Membership; qualifications; chair; duties; quorum; compensation. (NRS 637B.132) 1. The Advisory Committee on Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids is composed of the following members: (a) At least two members of the Board, one of whom must represent dispensing audiolo…

NAC 637B.035 Application: Payment of fee. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.160, 637B.175, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. Any person seeking licensure by the Board or seeking to renew, reinstate or change the type of a license issued by the Board must submit a completed application on a form provided …

NAC 637B.0355 Application: Attachment of transcript and other proof of qualifications; provision of additional information. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.160, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. An applicant who is required to provide the Board with: (a) An official transcript from an educational progr…

NAC 637B.0356 Application: Proof of passage of examination concerning laws and regulations relevant to practice area. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.160, 637B.191, 637B.194) The Board may require an applicant for any category of license issued by the Board to submit with his or her applicat…

NAC 637B.036 Expiration and renewal of standard or provisional license; combined application for renewal of license as audiologist and speech-language pathologist. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.160, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. Each standard and provisional license issued by the Board, including…

NAC 637B.0363 Renewal of provisional license to engage in practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Board may renew a provisional license to engage in the practice of fitting and dispen…

NAC 637B.0364 Retroactive renewal of standard or provisional license. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.191, 637B.194) A standard license or provisional license that has been expired less than 30 days may be renewed retroactively to the date of expiration of the license if the licensee satisfi…

NAC 637B.0365 Reinstatement: Application; proof of completion of continuing education and certification; fees; deadline for submission of application. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.160, 637B.175, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. An applicant for reinstatement of his or her license shall include with…

NAC 637B.0368 Conversion of standard license to inactive status; duty of holder of inactive license to obtain continuing education; renewal of inactive license; conversion of inactive license to active status. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. A licensee who holds a standard …

NAC 637B.037 Application for license expired 3 years or more. (NRS 637B.150) If a person’s license has been expired for 3 years or more, he or she must apply for a license as an applicant for an original license. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R03…

NAC 637B.0373 Examination for license to engage in practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids: Contents; eligibility; passing score; authorization to retake upon payment of fee. (NRS 637B.132, 637B.175, 637B.191, 637B.194) 1. The examination prescribed by the Board pursuant …