Title 54

NRS 624.965 Grounds for disciplinary action; unlawful acts; penalties. 1. A violation of any provision of NRS 624.900 to 624.965, inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Board with respect to contracts for work concerning a residential pool or spa by a contractor constitutes …

NRS 624.970 Mandatory elements and required information in contracts; contractor required to furnish copy of signed documents and receipt for money paid; certain contracts void; contractor required to apply for and obtain necessary permits; regulations. 1. The Board may adopt by …

NRS 625.005 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to safeguard life, health and property and to promote the public welfare by providing for the licensure of qualified and competent professional engineers and professional land surveyors. (Added to NRS by 1991, 2236; A 1997, 1040…

NRS 625.008 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 625.010 to 625.090, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1991, 2236; A 1997, 1040)

NRS 625.010 “Board” defined. “Board” means the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. [Part 2:198:1919; A 1937, 491; 1947, 797; 1949, 639; 1951, 459]—(NRS A 1979, 1101; 1991, 2237; 1993, 125)

NRS 625.025 “Discipline” defined. “Discipline” means a recognized field of study in professional engineering as determined by the Board. (Added to NRS by 1991, 2237)

NRS 625.030 “Engineer intern” defined. “Engineer intern” means a person who has satisfied the requirements of NRS 625.386 and subsection 1 of NRS 625.390. [Part 2:198:1919; A 1937, 491; 1947, 797; 1949, 639; 1951, 459]—(NRS A 1977, 740; 1989, 778; 1991, 2237; 1995, 45; 1997, 1040…

NRS 625.033 “Intern” defined. “Intern” means an engineer intern or a land surveyor intern. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1038)

NRS 625.035 “Land surveyor intern” defined. “Land surveyor intern” means a person who has satisfied the requirements of NRS 625.386 and subsection 1 of NRS 625.390. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1099; A 1991, 2237; 1995, 45; 1997, 1040)

NRS 625.038 “Licensee” defined. “Licensee” means a professional engineer or professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1038)

NRS 625.040 “Practice of land surveying” defined. 1. A person who, in a private or public capacity, does or offers to do any one or more of the following practices land surveying: (a) Locates, relocates, establishes, re-establishes or retraces any property line or boundary of any…

NRS 625.050 “Practice of professional engineering” defined. 1. “The practice of professional engineering” includes, but is not limited to: (a) Any professional service which involves the application of engineering principles and data, such as surveying, consultation, investigatio…

NRS 625.060 “Professional engineer” defined. “Professional engineer” means a person who by reason of his or her professional education and practical experience is granted a license by the Board to practice professional engineering. [Part 2:198:1919; A 1937, 491; 1947, 797; 1949, …

NRS 625.070 “Professional land surveyor” defined. “Professional land surveyor” means a person who by reason of his or her professional education and practical experience is granted a license by the Board to practice land surveying in this State. [Part 11 1/2:198:1919; added 1947,…

NRS 625.080 “Responsible charge of work” defined. “Responsible charge of work” means the independent control and direction, by the use of initiative, skill and independent judgment, of the investigation or design of professional engineering or land-surveying work or the supervisi…

NRS 625.090 “Subordinate” defined. “Subordinate” means any person directly supervised by a professional land surveyor or professional engineer who assists a professional land surveyor or professional engineer in the practice of land surveying or professional engineering. [Part 11…

NRS 625.095 Applicability of chapter: Persons exempt from provisions concerning licensure. 1. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter which require licensure: (a) Any subordinate of a professional engineer of this State if he or she acts as a subordin…

NRS 625.096 Applicability of chapter: Persons exempt from provisions concerning practice of land surveying. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter concerning the practice of land surveying: 1. Any state, county, city or district employee directly res…

NRS 625.100 Creation; number, qualifications and appointment of members; oath. 1. The Governor shall appoint nine persons, six of whom must be engaged in the practice or teaching of professional engineering in any of its disciplines except military engineering, and two of whom mu…

NRS 625.110 Officers; quorum; salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of salaries; Executive Director; regulations. 1. The Board shall elect officers from its members and, by regulation, establish the: (a) Offices to which membe…

NRS 625.120 Offices. The Board may maintain offices in as many localities in the State as it finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. [Part 3:198:1919; A 1937, 491; 1947, 797; 1949, 639; 1951, 459; 1955, 391]—(NRS A 1963, 147; 1989, 779)

NRS 625.130 Seal. The Board shall adopt and have an official seal. [Part 3:198:1919; A 1937, 491; 1947, 797; 1949, 639; 1951, 459; 1955, 391]

NRS 625.135 Employees. The Board may employ and fix the compensation to be paid to attorneys, investigators and other professional consultants and clerical personnel necessary to the discharge of its duties and may reimburse such employees for actual expenses they incur while act…

NRS 625.140 Bylaws and regulations; code of conduct. The Board may adopt all bylaws and regulations, including the adoption of a code of conduct which is binding on any person licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, not inconsistent with the constitution and l…

NRS 625.145 Fiscal year. The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal year commencing on July 1 and terminating on June 30. (Added to NRS by 1963, 146)

NRS 625.150 Deposit and use of money received by Board; delegation of authority concerning disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees or cost of investigation; action concerning certain notification received by Board. 1. The Board shall deposit in banks, cre…

NRS 625.152 Duties: Issuance of licenses and certificates; implementation of provisions of chapter; provision of certain information. The Board shall: 1. Issue licenses to qualified and competent persons as professional engineers and professional land surveyors and certify qualif…

NRS 625.154 Duties: Examinations for license. 1. The Board shall hold examinations of applicants for licenses at least once each year in localities determined by the number of applications received. 2. The examinations must be written and administered in English. 3. The Board sha…

NRS 625.170 Roster: Preparation; contents; availability, filing and distribution or sale. 1. The Executive Director of the Board shall, once each year or at intervals established by the Board, prepare a roster that shows, for each: (a) Professional engineer, his or her name and l…

NRS 625.175 Authority of Board to define scope of disciplines of engineering by regulation. The Board may by regulation define the scope of each discipline of professional engineering for which licensure is required pursuant to this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1975, 816; A 1991, 22…

NRS 625.177 Authority of Board to require persons who are not natural persons to register with Board before engaging in practice of professional engineering; fee; regulations. 1. The Board may require a firm, partnership, corporation or any other person who is not a natural perso…

NRS 625.179 Authority of Board to require persons who are not natural persons to register with Board before engaging in practice of land surveying; fee; regulations. 1. The Board may require a firm, partnership, corporation or any other person who is not a natural person to regis…

NRS 625.183 Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional engineer. 1. A person who is 21 years of age or older may apply to the Board, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the Board, for licensure as a professional engineer…

NRS 625.193 Examination for licensure as professional engineer: Scope; waiver; administration. 1. The examination for licensure as a professional engineer must consist of: (a) An examination on the fundamentals of engineering administered by the National Council of Examiners for …

NRS 625.250 Duties of Board concerning professional land surveyors; regulations. The Board shall: 1. Administer the provisions and requirements of this chapter concerning professional land surveyors. 2. Make and enforce such regulations as are necessary to carry out those provisi…

NRS 625.270 Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional land surveyor. 1. A person who is 21 years of age or older may apply to the Board, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the Board, for licensure as a professional lan…

NRS 625.280 Examination for licensure as professional land surveyor: Scope; waiver; administration. 1. The examination for licensure as a professional land surveyor must consist of: (a) An examination on the fundamentals of land surveying administered by the National Council of E…

NRS 625.320 Oaths: Administration; record. 1. Every professional land surveyor may administer and certify oaths when: (a) It is necessary to take testimony for the identification or establishment of old, lost or obliterated corners; (b) A corner or monument is found in a perishab…

NRS 625.335 Entry upon land or water to perform duties: Authority; notice; approval; civil liability. 1. A surveyor may enter public or private land, a water course or a body of water to: (a) Investigate, recover, establish, re-establish, rehabilitate, perpetuate or use evidence …

NRS 625.340 Record of survey: Filing; disclosures. After making a survey in conformity with the practice of land surveying, a professional land surveyor shall, within 90 days after the establishment of points or lines, file with the county recorder in the county in which the surv…

NRS 625.350 Record of survey: Form and contents. 1. A record of survey must be a map legibly drawn in waterproof ink on tracing cloth or produced by the use of other materials of a permanent nature generally used for that purpose in the engineering profession. The size of each sh…

NRS 625.360 Record of survey: Record not required in certain circumstances. A record of survey is not required of any professional land surveyor when a final map is recorded in compliance with the provisions of chapter 278 of NRS not later than 120 days after the establishment of…

NRS 625.370 Record of survey: Charge for filing and indexing; filing and indexing by county recorder; records provided by county recorder to county assessor. 1. The charge for filing and indexing any record of survey is $17 for the first page plus $10 for each additional page. 2.…

NRS 625.380 Requirements for monuments. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, monuments set must be sufficient in number and durability and efficiently placed so as not to be readily disturbed to ensure, together with monuments already existing, the perpetuation of fac…

NRS 625.381 Licenses: Issuance to applicant who complied with requirements of chapter; content; effect. 1. The Board shall issue a license to practice professional engineering or land surveying to any applicant who, in the opinion of the Board, has complied with all the requireme…

NRS 625.382 Licenses: Issuance to licensee of another state or country. 1. The Board may issue a license to practice professional engineering or land surveying to an applicant, upon presentation of evidence that the applicant is licensed to practice professional engineering or la…