Title 34

NRS 394.443 Procedure for grievances; receipt for payment by student; annual report to Commission. A postsecondary educational institution shall: 1. Post in a conspicuous place a notice supplied by the Administrator stating that grievances may be submitted to the Administrator fo…

NRS 394.445 Financial condition; false or misleading advertising prohibited; employment of personnel. A postsecondary educational institution: 1. Must be financially sound and capable of fulfilling its commitments to students. 2. Shall not engage in advertising, sales, collection…

NRS 394.447 Accreditation as evidence of compliance with minimum standards. Accreditation may be accepted as evidence of compliance with the minimum standards established by the Commission, or the Administrator may require further evidence and make further investigation as in the…

NRS 394.448 Recruiting activities: Where permitted and prohibited. A postsecondary educational institution: 1. Shall not engage in recruiting activities where prospective students cannot reasonably be expected to make informed decisions regarding enrollment. 2. May engage in recr…

NRS 394.449 Requirements of policy for refunds by postsecondary educational institutions. 1. Each postsecondary educational institution shall have a policy for refunds which at least provides: (a) That if the institution has substantially failed to furnish the training program ag…

NRS 394.450 Quality and content of courses and programs; adequate facilities, materials and personnel; compliance with ordinances and laws; adequate housing for students. A postsecondary educational institution shall ensure that: 1. The quality and content of each vocational or a…

NRS 394.455 Evaluation prerequisite to licensing of unaccredited institution; panel of evaluators; reports; response by institution; acceptance or rejection of recommendations of panel. 1. The Commission shall not issue a license to operate an unaccredited institution which grant…

NRS 394.460 License: Application; issuance; provisional license; term; change in ownership or location; addition to facilities; renewal. 1. Each person required to be licensed as a postsecondary educational institution by the Commission or each postsecondary educational instituti…

NRS 394.463 Payment by institution of subsistence and travel for inspections and certain meetings of Commission; claims. 1. The institution shall pay the per diem allowance and travel expenses allowed for state officers and employees generally to the members of the panel of evalu…

NRS 394.465 Background investigation of certain applicants for employment with postsecondary educational institution; confidentiality of results; payment of cost by applicant; exception to requirements for certain applicants. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, befor…

NRS 394.470 Agent’s permit: Requirements for issuance and renewal; term. [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 recreat…

NRS 394.473 Additional requirements for issuance and renewal of agent’s permit: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial of permit; duty of Administrator. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state t…

NRS 394.474 Additional requirements for renewal of agent’s permit: Information regarding whether applicant has state business license; grounds for nonrenewal. 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of an agent’s permit mus…

NRS 394.475 Authorization by Administrator for employment of agents by postsecondary educational institution. Before a postsecondary educational institution employs agents or contracts with persons to act as agents for the institution, it must apply for and receive from the Admin…

NRS 394.480 Surety bond required of certain institutions; Commission authorized to require additional bond; release of surety on bond; suspension of agent’s permit if institution not covered by bond. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 100.065 to the contrary, each: (a) Post…

NRS 394.490 Denial of license, permit or authorization: Notice; extension of time to correct deficiencies. 1. If the Commission, upon review and consideration of a person required to be licensed or of an application for a license to operate, or the Administrator, upon review and …

NRS 394.500 Denial of permit or authorization: Hearing. Any person aggrieved by the denial of an agent’s permit or by the denial of authorization to employ agents is entitled to a hearing before the Commission, if the person submits a written request for a hearing within 15 days …

NRS 394.510 Revocation of or conditions on license or permit: Grounds; notification; cessation of operations; administrative fine. 1. The Commission may impose an administrative fine of not more than $10,000 against a licensee, revoke a license, or make a license conditional afte…

NRS 394.515 Mandatory suspension of agent’s permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for …

NRS 394.520 Complaint of violation: Procedure; hearing; remedies. 1. Until 1 year after the last date of attendance or date on which the damage occurred, whichever is later, a person claiming damage as a result of any act by a postsecondary educational institution or its agent, o…

NRS 394.525 Suspension of approval of course for training of veterans; notification of institution; rescission of suspension; hearing; decision of Commission final; regulations. 1. The Commission may suspend the approval of a course for the training of veterans approved pursuant …

NRS 394.530 Postponement of effective date of action pending review. If the Commission or the Administrator determines that irreparable injury would result from putting into immediate effect a final action or penalty, the Commission or Administrator, as appropriate, shall postpon…

NRS 394.540 Fees. 1. The fees imposed pursuant to this section must be collected by the Administrator and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State General Fund, and no fees so collected are subject to refund. 2. The fees are: (a) For a new license...............…

NRS 394.545 Location, equipment and insurance requirements of driving school; action by Department of Motor Vehicles authorized. 1. A driving school: (a) Must be located more than 200 feet from any office of the Department of Motor Vehicles; (b) Must have the equipment necessary …

NRS 394.550 Discontinuance of operations: Academic records filed with Administrator; seizure of records. If any postsecondary educational institution operating in this state discontinues or proposes to discontinue its operation, the chief administrative officer of the institution…

NRS 394.553 Account for Student Indemnification. 1. The Account for Student Indemnification is hereby created in the State General Fund. The existence of the Account does not create a right in any person to receive money from the Account. The Administrator shall administer the Ac…

NRS 394.557 Fee to be paid to Administrator for students who enroll in certain programs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each postsecondary educational institution licensed in this state shall pay to the Administrator a fee of $5 for each student the institution …

NRS 394.560 Unlawful acts. It is unlawful for any person: 1. To operate or claim to operate a postsecondary educational institution which is required to be licensed by the Commission, unless the institution has a currently valid license to operate. 2. To act as or perform the ser…

NRS 394.570 Legislative appropriations. Funds to carry out the provisions of NRS 394.201 to 394.610, inclusive, shall be provided by legislative appropriation from the General Fund, and shall be paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid. (Added to NRS by 1975,…

NRS 394.580 Jurisdiction; service of process. 1. Any person, private school or postsecondary educational institution, whether or not a resident of or having a place of business in this state, that instructs or educates, or offers to instruct or educate, enrolls or offers to enrol…

NRS 394.590 Documents of indebtedness and related agreements: Restrictions and requirements. 1. If the person to whom a private school or postsecondary educational institution is to provide educational services is a resident of this state when any contract, instrument or document…

NRS 394.600 Action for enforcement; injunctive relief. 1. The Attorney General or any district attorney, at the request of the Commission or Board or on his or her own motion, may bring any appropriate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcemen…

NRS 394.610 Penalty. Unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided, a person who willfully violates the provisions of NRS 394.005 to 394.560, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Each day’s failure to comply with the provisions of these sections is a separate offense. (…

NRS 394.620 Definitions. As used in NRS 394.620 to 394.670, inclusive: 1. “Degree” means any statement, diploma, certificate or other writing in any language which indicates or represents, or which is intended to indicate or represent, that the person named thereon is learned in …

NRS 394.625 Use of “university,” “college” and similar terms; regulations. 1. Except for the Nevada System of Higher Education, no person may use the term “university” or “college” or any term or abbreviation which represents that the person is a university or college as part of …

NRS 394.630 Awarding degrees. A person, firm, association, partnership or corporation shall not award, bestow, confer, give, grant, convey or sell to another person a degree or honorary degree upon which is inscribed, in any language, the word “associate,” “bachelor,” “baccalaure…

NRS 394.640 Advertising awarding of degrees. No person may: 1. Advertise or otherwise represent that it awards, bestows, confers, gives, grants, conveys or sells degrees or honorary degrees; or 2. Solicit enrollment in courses of instruction or study by making any such representa…

NRS 394.650 Civil penalty. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or any other organization which violates any of the provisions of NRS 394.620 to 394.640, inclusive, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, which shall be recovered …

NRS 394.660 Injunction. The Attorney General or any district attorney may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction, either as a part of any action brought pursuant to NRS 394.650 or as a separate action, to enjoin any violation of the provisions of NRS 394.620 to 39…

NRS 394.670 Criminal penalty. Every person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 394.620 to 394.640, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Each day’s violation is a separate offense. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1027; A 1979, 699; 1985, 1004) USE OF FALSE OR MISLEADING DEGRE…

NRS 394.700 Prohibition; penalty. 1. It is unlawful for a person knowingly to use or attempt to use: (a) A false or misleading degree or honorary degree conferred by a private entity, regardless of whether that entity is located in this State and regardless of whether that entity…