Title 18

NRS 233B.032 “Contested case” defined. “Contested case” means a proceeding, including but not restricted to rate making and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing, or…

NRS 233B.033 “Emergency regulation” defined. “Emergency regulation” means a regulation adopted pursuant to NRS 233B.0613. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1382; A 1983, 1123)

NRS 233B.034 “License” and “licensing” defined. “License” means the whole or part of any agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or similar form of permission required by law. “Licensing” means the agency procedure whereby the license is granted, denied, revok…

NRS 233B.035 “Party” defined. “Party” means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party, in any contested case. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1383)

NRS 233B.036 “Permanent regulation” defined. “Permanent regulation” means a regulation which is not an emergency regulation or a temporary regulation. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1383)

NRS 233B.037 “Person” defined. “Person” includes any political subdivision or public or private organization of any character other than an agency. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1383; A 1985, 513)

NRS 233B.0375 “Preponderance of the evidence” defined. “Preponderance of the evidence” means evidence that enables a trier of fact to determine that the existence of the contested fact is more probable than the nonexistence of the contested fact. (Added to NRS by 2015, 706)

NRS 233B.038 “Regulation” defined. 1. “Regulation” means: (a) An agency rule, standard, directive or statement of general applicability which effectuates or interprets law or policy, or describes the organization, procedure or practice requirements of any agency; (b) A proposed r…

NRS 233B.0382 “Small business” defined. “Small business” means a business conducted for profit which employs fewer than 150 full-time or part-time employees. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2070)

NRS 233B.0385 “Temporary regulation” defined. “Temporary regulation” means: 1. A regulation adopted pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 233B.063; or 2. Any other regulation which is effective for 120 days or less and which is not an emergency regulation. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1383)

NRS 233B.039 Applicability. 1. The following agencies are entirely exempted from the requirements of this chapter: (a) The Governor. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 and NRS 209.221 and 209.2473, the Department of Corrections. (c) The Nevada System of Higher Educa…

NRS 233B.0395 Ratification of Nevada Administrative Code. The Nevada Administrative Code as most recently revised or supplemented before May 15, 1987, and the text of those regulations which have been prepared by the Legislative Counsel for inclusion in the Nevada Administrative …

NRS 233B.040 Regulations: Authority to adopt; enforcement; inclusion of citation of authority and agency contact information; adoption of material by reference; deadline for adoption of proposed regulations; agency to explain failure to adopt. 1. To the extent authorized by the s…

NRS 233B.045 Treatment of regulations adopted by certain entities other than agencies. The Legislative Counsel shall treat regulations adopted by entities other than agencies in the same manner as regulations adopted by agencies if the entity is required by statute to adopt the r…

NRS 233B.050 Adoption of rules of practice; public inspection and validity of rules of practice, regulations and final orders, decisions and opinions; review of rules of practice and regulations. 1. In addition to other regulation-making requirements imposed by law, each agency s…

NRS 233B.060 Agency to provide notice of intent to adopt, amend or repeal permanent or temporary regulation; procedure for adoption of permanent regulation after adoption of temporary regulation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 233B.061, before adopting, a…

NRS 233B.0601 Notice of meeting or workshop regarding adoption of permanent or temporary regulation: Agency to provide electronic copy to Legislative Counsel Bureau for posting on website. At the same time that an agency provides notice of any meeting or workshop relating to the …

NRS 233B.0603 Contents and form of notice of intent to adopt, amend or repeal permanent or temporary regulation; distribution of notice of intent to mailing list and Legislative Counsel; solicitation of comments from public or affected businesses. 1. The notice of intent to act u…

NRS 233B.0607 Proposed permanent or temporary regulation: Filing; availability; contents. 1. The agency shall at the time of giving the notice of intent to act upon a regulation required pursuant to NRS 233B.060: (a) Deposit one copy of the notice and text of the proposed regulat…

NRS 233B.0608 Proposed permanent or temporary regulation: Determination of impact on small businesses; consultation with owners and officers of small businesses; notification of certain chambers of commerce and trade associations; analysis of likely impact on small business; cons…

NRS 233B.0609 Proposed permanent or temporary regulation: Contents and certification of small business impact statement. 1. A small business impact statement prepared pursuant to NRS 233B.0608 must set forth the following information: (a) A description of the manner in which comm…

NRS 233B.061 Proposed permanent or temporary regulation: Public comment; workshop; public hearing; applicability of Open Meeting Law. 1. All interested persons must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments upon a proposed regulation, orally or in wr…

NRS 233B.0613 Emergency regulations. 1. If an agency determines that an emergency exists, it shall submit to the Governor a written statement of the emergency which sets forth the reasons for the determination. If the Governor endorses the statement of the emergency by written en…

NRS 233B.0617 Limitation on objections to regulation. No regulation adopted after July 1, 1965, is valid unless adopted in substantial compliance with this chapter but no objection to any regulation on the ground of noncompliance with the procedural requirements of NRS 233B.060 t…

NRS 233B.062 Policies for drafting and accessibility of regulations; guidelines; permanent regulations to be included in Nevada Administrative Code; distribution of emergency and temporary regulations. 1. It is the policy of this State that every regulation of an agency be made e…

NRS 233B.063 Submission of proposed permanent regulation to Legislative Counsel; duties of Legislative Counsel; adoption and expiration of temporary regulation. 1. An agency that intends to adopt, amend or repeal a permanent regulation must deliver to the Legislative Counsel a co…

NRS 233B.0633 Temporary regulation: Review by Legislative Commission or Subcommittee to Review Regulations; approval of or objection by Commission or Subcommittee; revision and resubmission by agency. 1. Upon the request of a Legislator, the Legislative Commission may examine a t…

NRS 233B.0635 Permanent regulation: Reimbursement of Legislative Counsel Bureau for cost of examination and revision. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each agency which submits a regulation for examination and revision pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 233B.063…

NRS 233B.064 Permanent regulation: Prohibition against adoption until text approved or revised by Legislative Counsel; agency to provide written notification to Legislative Counsel of date of adoption; agency to issue statement of reasons for adoption upon request. 1. An agency s…

NRS 233B.065 Production and distribution of Nevada Administrative Code. 1. The Legislative Counsel shall prescribe the numbering, page size, style and typography of the Nevada Administrative Code. For convenience of reproduction in the Nevada Administrative Code, the Legislative …

NRS 233B.0653 Register of Administrative Regulations: Contents; frequency of publication; distribution and sale; immunity for omissions. 1. The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and publish or cause to be prepared and published a Register of Administrative Regulations. The Regist…

NRS 233B.0656 Register of Administrative Regulations: Access via Internet. 1. The Legislative Counsel shall, without charge, make available for access on the Internet or its successor, if any, the information contained in the Register of Administrative Regulations created pursuan…

NRS 233B.0658 Explanatory statement required concerning emergency actions; contents of statement; inclusion in Register of Administrative Regulations. An agency that takes an emergency action as described in paragraph (l) of subsection 2 of NRS 233B.038 shall file with the Legisl…

NRS 233B.066 Informational statement required concerning adopted permanent or temporary regulation; contents of statement. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each adopted regulation which is submitted to the Legislative Counsel pursuant to NRS 233B.067 or filed with…

NRS 233B.0665 Failure to submit informational statement or small business impact statement concerning permanent regulation. If a regulation submitted to the Legislative Counsel Bureau pursuant to NRS 233B.067 is not accompanied by an informational statement which complies with th…

NRS 233B.067 Permanent regulation: Submission by agency of informational statement and copy of regulation to Legislative Counsel; endorsement of date and maintenance of copy by Legislative Counsel; statement by agency required if adoption of regulation is required by federal law;…

NRS 233B.0675 Permanent regulation: Revision and resubmission of regulation objected to by Legislative Commission or Subcommittee to Review Regulations; approval of or objection to revised regulation by Commission or Subcommittee. 1. If the Legislative Commission, or the Subcommi…

NRS 233B.0677 Meeting to review adopted temporary or permanent regulations: Written notice; list of regulations to be reviewed to be posted on website maintained by Legislative Counsel Bureau. 1. Before holding a meeting to review temporary regulations pursuant to NRS 233B.0633 o…

NRS 233B.0681 Early review of permanent regulation by Legislative Commission; waiver of review. The Legislative Commission may provide for: 1. Its early review of a proposed permanent regulation after the agency has given notice of a hearing on the regulation but before the heari…

NRS 233B.070 Effective date of permanent, temporary and emergency regulations; agency required to file copy of temporary or emergency regulation with Legislative Counsel; duty of Secretary of State to maintain originals of regulations and information concerning agency’s review of…

NRS 233B.080 Placement by Secretary of State of expired, amended or repealed regulation in inactive file upon notice by adopting agency. When any regulation filed with the Secretary of State expires by its own terms or is replaced by an amended regulation or repealed, and the ado…

NRS 233B.090 Rebuttable presumption of regularity of adoption and filing of regulation. The Secretary of State’s authenticated file stamp on the original of the final draft or revision of a regulation raises a rebuttable presumption that the regulation was adopted and filed in co…

NRS 233B.100 Petition for adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of regulation; amendment or suspension of regulation by Governor upon proclamation of water or energy emergency. 1. Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of…

NRS 233B.105 Objection to adopted regulation by small business; basis and procedure for objection; transmission of copy to Legislative Counsel; amendment of regulation. 1. A small business that is aggrieved by a regulation adopted by an agency on or after January 1, 2000, may obj…

NRS 233B.110 Declaratory judgment to determine validity or applicability of regulation. 1. The validity or applicability of any regulation may be determined in a proceeding for a declaratory judgment in the district court in and for Carson City, or in and for the county where the…

NRS 233B.115 Review of agency forms by Legislative Commission; review and resubmission by agency; procedure upon refusal of agency to revise form. 1. Any person who objects to the content of a form required by an agency to be used in submitting an application, making a declaratio…