Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 391.265 Endorsement as professional school library media specialist. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an endorsement as a professional school library media specialist, a person must: 1. Hold a master’s degree in any field; 2. Have met all the requirements for an endorsement …

NAC 391.270 Endorsement to teach music. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an endorsement to teach music, a person must have a bachelor’s degree and: 1. Have completed an approved program of preparation for teaching music; or 2. Have completed: (a) Twenty-two semester hours of pro…

NAC 391.275 Endorsement as professional teacher of music. (NRS 385.080) To receive an endorsement as a professional teacher of music, a person must: 1. Meet all the requirements for an endorsement to teach music; 2. Hold a master’s degree; and 3. Have 3 years of verified experien…

NAC 391.276 Endorsement to serve as music therapist. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to serve as a music therapist, a person must hold a valid license to practice music therapy issued by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 640D.110. 2. An endorsement issued pursu…

NAC 391.277 Endorsement to teach occupational therapy. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to teach pupils in a program of occupational therapy, a person must: (a) Hold a: (1) Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy; (2) Master’s degree in occupational therapy; or (3) Ba…

NAC 391.279 Endorsement to teach physical therapy. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to teach pupils in a program of physical therapy, a person must: (a) Hold a: (1) Bachelor’s degree in physical therapy; (2) Master’s degree in physical therapy; or (3) Bachelor’s or mast…

NAC 391.280 Endorsement to teach physical education. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an endorsement to teach physical education, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree and have completed: 1. An approved program of preparation for teaching physical education in kindergarten thro…

NAC 391.281 Endorsement to teach physical education and health. (NRS 391.019) To receive an endorsement to teach physical education and health, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree and have completed: 1. An approved program of preparation for teaching physical education and hea…

NAC 391.282 Endorsement to teach dance education. (NRS 391.019) On or after September 1, 1996, an applicant for an endorsement to teach dance education must: 1. Hold a bachelor’s degree; 2. Hold a secondary license, excluding a business and industry endorsement, an elementary or …

NAC 391.285 Endorsement to teach reading. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an endorsement to teach reading, a person must: 1. Hold a bachelor’s degree; 2. Hold a valid secondary license to teach, excluding a business and industry endorsement, a valid elementary or special licens…

NAC 391.290 Endorsement as specialist in teaching reading. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an endorsement as a specialist in teaching reading, a person must: 1. Hold a master’s degree; 2. Have 3 years of verified experience as a teacher in state-approved schools; 3. Hold a vali…

NAC 391.305 Endorsement to serve as school nurse. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 391.307 and this section, to receive an endorsement to serve as a school nurse, a person must hold a valid license issued by the State Board of Nursing to practice as a…

NAC 391.307 Authorization to serve as school nurse without endorsement. (NRS 391.019) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize a person who has not received an endorsement pursuant to NAC 391.305 to serve as a nurse in a school district whose enrollment is less t…

NAC 391.310 Endorsement as professional nurse for schools. (NRS 385.080) 1. To receive an endorsement to serve as a professional nurse for schools, a person must: (a) Have met all of the requirements for an endorsement as a school nurse with a bachelor’s degree; (b) Hold a master…

NAC 391.312 Endorsement to serve as mental health professional in a school. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to serve as a mental health professional in a school, a person must: (a) Hold: (1) A current license as a mental health professional issued by an agency or board…

NAC 391.315 Endorsement to serve as school psychologist: General qualifications; renewal. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. To qualify for an endorsement to serve as a school psychologist, a person must: (a) Have accomplished each of the following: (1) Hold a graduate degree from an accr…

NAC 391.316 Endorsement to serve as school psychologist: Required areas of study. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) The required areas of study for an endorsement to serve as a school psychologist are as follows: 1. In the area of psychology and education of the normal child: (a) Child deve…

NAC 391.317 Endorsement to serve as school psychologist: Optional areas of study. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) Credit earned by completing any of the following optional areas of study may be counted toward meeting the requirements for an endorsement as a school psychologist: 1. In the …

NAC 391.318 Endorsement to serve as school psychologist: Requirements for practicum. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive credit for completing a practicum, an applicant seeking an endorsement to serve as a school psychologist must be able to show that the practicum: 1. Was taken co…

NAC 391.319 Endorsement to serve as school psychologist: Internship in psychology. (NRS 385.080) 1. The internship in psychology which is prerequisite to an endorsement as a school psychologist must meet the criteria set forth in this section. 2. The intern’s period of service mu…

NAC 391.320 Endorsement to serve as social worker. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to serve as a social worker, a person must: (a) Hold a current license issued by the Board of Examiners for Social Workers or hold a current equivalent license issued by a simil…

NAC 391.323 Endorsements as specialist or professional specialist in social, emotional and academic development. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement as a specialist in social, emotional and academic development, a person must: (a) Hold a valid elementary, secondary or spec…

NAC 391.325 Endorsement to serve as staff specialist. (NRS 385.080) 1. The Department will, in an appropriate case, issue an endorsement authorizing a person to serve as a staff specialist. The holder of the endorsement is entitled to perform technical, nonteaching or nonsupervis…

NAC 391.330 Endorsement as emergency substitute teacher. (NRS 391.019) [Replaced in revision by NAC 391.0896.]

NAC 391.332 Qualifications to serve as substitute teacher; endorsement as substitute teacher; period for which substitute teacher may be hired; provisional nonrenewable special license; renewal. (NRS 391.019) [Replaced in revision by NAC 391.0897.] LICENSES AND ENDORSEMENTS FOR T…

NAC 391.3393 License to teach special education: Qualifications. (NRS 391.019) To receive a license to teach special education, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree or a higher degree from an accredited college or university and must satisfy the requirements for any endorsement…

NAC 391.3395 Limitations on issuance and renewal of special license with endorsement in special education. (NRS 391.019) The Department will not issue or renew a special license with an endorsement in special education on or after November 1, 2011. A special license with an endor…

NAC 391.340 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have hearing impairments. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have hearing impairments, a person must hold an endorsement issued pursuant to this section. 2. To receive the endo…

NAC 391.343 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have specific learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, health impairments, orthopedic impairments or traumatic brain injuries. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching p…

NAC 391.347 Limited endorsement to teach pupils who have specific learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, health impairments, orthopedic impairments or traumatic brain injuries. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. To receive a lim…

NAC 391.360 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have intellectual disabilities and moderate to intense needs for assistance and intervention. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching pupils who have intellectual disabilities and have moderate to intense needs for ass…

NAC 391.363 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have disabilities and who are under 8 years of age in program of early childhood special education; endorsement to teach pupils in such program. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, bef…

NAC 391.367 Qualifications for teaching adapted physical education to pupils who have disabilities. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching adapted physical education to pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have disabilities in a setting other than the regular classroo…

NAC 391.370 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have speech and language impairments. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have speech and language impairments, a person must hold an endorsement issued pursuant to this section…

NAC 391.376 Endorsement as professional teacher of pupils who have disabilities. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an endorsement as a professional teacher of pupils who have disabilities, a person must: 1. Hold one of the endorsements described in NAC 391.340, 391.343, 391.360, …

NAC 391.378 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have autism; endorsement to teach such pupils. (NRS 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have autism, a person must: (a) Hold an endorsement issued pursuant to this section; or (b) Hold a teac…

NAC 391.386 Requirement for approval of field experience. (NRS 391.019) The field experience of a person must be approved by the appropriate department of the college or university that the person is attending. (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, eff. 1-24-92…

NAC 391.390 Qualifications for teaching pupils who have visual impairments. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Before teaching pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have visual impairments, a person must hold an endorsement issued pursuant to this section. 2. To receive the endors…

NAC 391.391 Endorsement to teach pupils in program of orientation and mobility. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to teach pupils in a program of orientation and mobility, a person must hold a: (a) Bachelor’s or graduate degree in: (1) Orientation and mobility; or (2) An…

NAC 391.392 Endorsement to teach program of alternative education. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. To receive an endorsement to teach a program of alternative education, a person must: (a) Hold a valid: (1) Elementary license; (2) License to teach middle school or junior high school ed…

NAC 391.393 Limited endorsement to teach core academic subjects exclusively to pupils with disabilities. (NRS 391.019, 391.032) 1. A special education teacher, whether new or not new to the profession, providing instruction at an elementary, middle, junior high or high school may…

NAC 391.394 Endorsement to teach in program for gifted and talented pupils. (NRS 391.019) 1. Beginning September 1, 1995, to receive an endorsement to teach in a program for gifted and talented pupils, a teacher or other educational personnel must: (a) Hold a license for the leve…

NAC 391.398 Substitute teacher of special education: Application for additional extension of period of hire. (NRS 391.019) 1. If a school district is unable to hire a licensed special education teacher at the expiration of an extension granted pursuant to subsection 4 of NAC 391.…

NAC 391.400 Types of endorsements. (NRS 388.360, 391.019) The types of career and technical education endorsements which the Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue to qualified applicants are: 1. A business and industry endorsement; and 2. An endorsement as a substitute t…

NAC 391.420 Business and industry endorsement: Program areas for which endorsement may be issued. (NRS 388.360, 391.019) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue to a qualified applicant a business and industry endorsement for a specific program area in: 1. Any progra…

NAC 391.425 Business and industry endorsement: Qualifications for receipt and first renewal. (NRS 388.360, 391.019, 391.032) 1. To receive a business and industry endorsement, the applicant must: (a) Have earned a high school diploma or its equivalent; (b) Provide to the Departme…

NAC 391.430 Business and industry endorsement: Authorized activities of holder. (NRS 388.360, 391.019) A person who holds a business and industry endorsement may: 1. Provide instruction to pupils enrolled in a program of career and technical education in middle school, junior hig…