Title 54

NRS 648.160 Investigation of complaints; issuance of notice of violation; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas. 1. The Board may, upon its own motion: (a) Investigate the actions of any person holding or claiming to hold a license or registration. (b) Authorize a representative …

NRS 648.162 Notice of violation: Contents; appeal. 1. Each notice of violation must: (a) Be in writing and describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including a reference to the section of this chapter or the provision of the standard, rule, regulation or order all…

NRS 648.164 Failure to comply with notice of violation is grounds for suspension, revocation or denial of license, registration or application. 1. The failure of a licensee or registered employee to comply with a notice of violation after it is final is a ground for suspension or…

NRS 648.165 Issuance of citations for unauthorized practice; cease and desist order; administrative fines; appeal. 1. The Board may issue to a person who has violated NRS 648.060 a citation. 2. Such a citation must be in writing and describe with particularity the nature of the v…

NRS 648.1655 Unlicensed person prohibited from engaging in business of process server during period in which cease and desist order is in effect. If a person who is not licensed as a process server pursuant to this chapter has been issued a citation pursuant to NRS 648.165 that c…

NRS 648.166 Hearing after receipt of appeal of notice of violation or citation; notice of hearing. 1. The Board shall conduct a hearing within 90 days after receiving a notice of appeal from a person who has received a notice of violation or a citation except that: (a) If the Boa…

NRS 648.170 Contents and service of complaint; answer; effect of failure to answer or appear; notice and hearing. 1. The complaint referred to in NRS 648.160 must be a written statement of charges which must set forth in ordinary and concise language the acts or omissions with wh…

NRS 648.174 Action not precluded by correction of conditions resulting from wrongful acts. If a licensee or registered employee, or an applicant for a license or registration, has engaged in repeated acts which would be grounds for disciplinary action, but has corrected the condi…

NRS 648.175 Authorized disciplinary action; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. 1. If, after notice and a hearing as required by law, the Board finds that cause exists, the Board may: (a) Revoke the license of the licensee. (b) Suspend the license of the licensee fo…

NRS 648.177 Duty to immediately surrender license or registration upon notice of suspension, revocation or refusal to renew. Upon receiving written notification of a suspension, revocation or refusal to renew a license or registration, the holder of the license or registration sh…

NRS 648.183 Polygraphic examination must meet minimum standards and be administered by licensed or exempt and qualified person before considered or accepted into evidence. In any matter involving the well-being, employment or liability of a person, another person shall not consid…

NRS 648.185 Approval of polygraph required; conditional approval. 1. Each instrument used to conduct a polygraphic examination must be of a type approved by the Board. The Board shall approve instruments which: (a) Are of commercial manufacture; (b) Visually, permanently and simu…

NRS 648.186 Waiver of liability prohibited. A person shall not request any person examined to sign a waiver limiting the liability of the examiner or intern. Any such waiver is void. (Added to NRS by 1989, 15)

NRS 648.187 Person examined must be advised of right to refuse to answer incriminating or degrading questions. Except in the case of an investigation of its own affairs conducted by a law enforcement agency, an examiner or intern shall, before beginning a polygraphic examination,…

NRS 648.189 Explanation of purpose of examination; consent; prohibited purposes. A polygraphic examination must not be conducted: 1. Unless the person examined is advised of the purpose of the examination. 2. Unless the person examined consents to it in writing. 3. For the purpos…

NRS 648.191 Technique for conducting examination. In conducting a polygraphic examination, an examiner or intern shall use only standard and widely accepted techniques based on comparison of the reaction to relevant questions and to questions asked as a control or techniques base…

NRS 648.193 Inquiries into examinee’s religion, political affiliation, sexual activities, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or affiliation with labor organization prohibited; exception. During a polygraphic examination, the examiner or intern shall not make inquir…

NRS 648.195 Opinion of examiner or intern. 1. An examiner or intern shall not render a written or oral opinion based upon his or her analysis of polygraphic charts without administering two or more charts with the same questions on at least two of the charts. 2. An examiner or in…

NRS 648.197 Chronological log; polygraph charts; records; release of results of polygraphic examination. 1. Each examiner or intern shall maintain a chronological log of all polygraphic examinations which he or she administers. The log must include the date of each examination, t…

NRS 648.199 Availability of charts and records of examination to other examiners and interns. An examiner or intern may make charts and other records of an examination available to another polygraphic examiner or intern or group of polygraphic examiners or interns, including the …

NRS 648.200 Divulgence of information; false reports. It is unlawful for any licensee or any registered employee or other employee, security guard, officer or member of any licensee: 1. To divulge to anyone, except as he or she may be so required by law to do, any information acq…

NRS 648.203 Unlawful to allow unregistered employee to work; use of fingerprints to determine criminal history. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 253.220, it is unlawful for a person to allow an employee to perform any work regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapte…

NRS 648.210 Criminal penalties. A person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 648.060 to 648.203, inclusive: 1. For the first violation is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. For the second and subsequent violations, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [Part 5:85:1947; 1943 NCL § 5175…

NRS 648.220 Injunctive relief; civil penalty. 1. The Board may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any person who has engaged or is about to engage in any act which violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the Board. 2. Such an injunc…