Title 54

NRS 625A.115 Environmental health specialist trainee: Qualifications for provisional registration; expiration and extension of provisional registration; regulations. 1. To engage in the practice of environmental health as an environmental health specialist trainee, a person must …

NRS 625A.120 Examination for registration. Except for an applicant who may be issued a registration as an environmental health specialist without an examination pursuant to NRS 625A.110, an applicant who applies for a registration as an environmental health specialist and who is …

NRS 625A.125 Procedure upon denial of application. 1. Upon denial of an application for a registration, the Board shall give the person written notice of its decision mailed to the person at his or her last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice mus…

NRS 625A.130 Fees. 1. The Board shall charge and collect only the following fees whose amounts must be determined by the Board, but may not exceed: Initial application fee........................................................................................... $250 Registration…

NRS 625A.145 Registration: Period of validity; renewal; late renewal; reinstatement after expiration; inactive status; regulations. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations prescribing: (a) The period for which a registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is valid…

NRS 625A.150 Renewal of registration: Continuing education; exemptions; regulations. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations requiring participation in a program of continuing education as a prerequisite for the renewal of a registration as an environmental health specialist. 2. The…

NRS 625A.160 Grounds for disciplinary action. The grounds for initiating disciplinary action under this chapter are: 1. Unprofessional conduct; 2. Conviction of a felony relating to the practice of environmental health or any offense involving moral turpitude; 3. The suspension o…

NRS 625A.165 Suspension of registration for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of registration. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proced…

NRS 625A.170 Unprofessional conduct. The following acts, among others established by the Board, constitute unprofessional conduct: 1. Willfully making a false or fraudulent statement or submitting a forged or false document in applying for a registration; 2. Conduct that is harmf…

NRS 625A.175 Complaint against applicant or holder of registration; retention of complaints. 1. A complaint may be made against any applicant for a registration or any holder of a registration charging one or more of the grounds for disciplinary action with such particularity as …

NRS 625A.180 Authorized actions; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. 1. If the Board finds after notice and a hearing as required by law, or after providing an opportunity for such a hearing, that disciplinary or other action is necess…

NRS 625A.185 Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, a complaint filed with the Board, all documents and other information filed with the complaint and all documents and other information compiled …

NRS 625A.900 Unlawful to practice without appropriate registration; penalties. 1. A person shall not engage in the practice of environmental health in this State unless the person holds a registration as an environmental health specialist issued by the Board pursuant to NRS 625A.…

NRS 625A.910 Unlawful to use certain titles, abbreviations or letters without registration; penalties. 1. A person shall not use the title “registered environmental health specialist,” “environmental health specialist,” “registered sanitarian” or “sanitarian,” or the abbreviation…

NRS 625A.920 Inspection of premises by Board. Any member or agent of the Board may enter any premises in this State where a person who holds a registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter practices environmental health and inspect it to determine whether a viola…

NRS 627.010 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Construction Control Law. (Added to NRS by 1965, 1179)

NRS 627.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the words and terms defined in NRS 627.030 to 627.170, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1965, 1179)

NRS 627.030 “Categories of disbursements” defined. “Categories of disbursements” means categories of construction funds to be disbursed in payment of work, labor and material bills due for construction, repair, alteration or improvement of premises. Such categories shall be in wr…

NRS 627.040 “Complete plans and specifications” defined. “Complete plans and specifications” means all written instruments, diagrams, drawings, notations, provisions, statements and lists of materials used by artisans, workers, contractors or subcontractors in the construction, r…

NRS 627.050 “Construction control” defined. A “construction control” is any person that engages in the control or disbursement of any funds payable or paid to laborers, materialmen, material suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers or others, for the purpose …

NRS 627.060 “Construction loan deed of trust” defined. “Construction loan deed of trust” means any deed of trust recorded or to be recorded as security for a loan for the construction, repair, alteration or improvement of any premises, and includes a construction loan mortgage. (…

NRS 627.070 “Crossing categories of disbursement” defined. “Crossing categories of disbursement” means the exhausting by disbursement of funds held within a category of disbursement and thereafter the disbursement of funds out of another category to pay for bills applicable to th…

NRS 627.080 “General contract of construction” defined. “General contract of construction” means a written contract signed by the owner of premises and by a contractor who contracts with other contractors, subcontractors or material suppliers to perform work or labor, or supply m…

NRS 627.090 “Improvement” defined. “Improvement” means any existing or proposed structure, building, edifice or addition to real property added to or placed on or under the surface of real property. (Added to NRS by 1965, 1180)

NRS 627.100 “Lender” defined. “Lender” means any bank, savings and loan association or savings bank authorized to do business under the laws of the State of Nevada or laws of the United States of America making a loan or providing moneys for construction, repair, alteration or im…

NRS 627.110 “Owner-contractor contract” defined. “Owner-contractor contract” means any written contract entered into between an owner of premises who is a contractor having the work done and another person for the performance of work or labor, or the supplying of materials, or bo…

NRS 627.130 “Premises” defined. “Premises” means real property or any interests therein. (Added to NRS by 1965, 1180)

NRS 627.140 “Related construction control” defined. “Related construction control” means a construction control owned, in whole or in part, by the lender, by one or more of the stockholders of the lender, by one or more of the associates or partners of the lender, or designated b…

NRS 627.150 “Restored category of disbursement” defined. “Restored category of disbursement” means a category of disbursement that has been exhausted below a level sufficient to pay bills to which have been added other funds sufficient to cover such bills. (Added to NRS by 1965, …

NRS 627.160 “Subcontract” defined. A “subcontract” is a written contract signed by a contractor who is not the owner of premises and another person for the performance of work or labor or the supplying of materials to bring about the construction, repair, alteration or improvemen…

NRS 627.170 “Total cost of construction” defined. “Total cost of construction” means the total sum payable to a general contractor to complete the construction, repair, alteration or improvement of the premises, or the aggregate total sum payable to others under owner-contractor …

NRS 627.175 Applicability of chapter. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the following shall not be a construction control or subject to the provisions of this chapter: (a) A contractor licensed under the laws of the State of Nevada, paying a subcontractor, supplier…

NRS 627.180 Duty of construction control to deposit surety bond with State Contractors’ Board; form and amount of bond; exceptions. 1. The provisions of this section do not apply to: (a) Savings and loan associations, savings banks, state banks and national banking associations l…

NRS 627.183 Construction control may deposit substitute form of security in lieu of surety bond; amount deposited must equal amount of bond; interest or dividends accrue to depositor. 1. As a substitute for the surety bond required by NRS 627.180, a construction control may, in a…

NRS 627.190 Duties of construction control. Every construction control shall: 1. Obtain a true copy, certified as true by a registered architect or licensed professional engineer and signed by the person or persons who executed the general contract of construction or the owner-co…

NRS 627.200 Designation and appointment of construction control as agent; liability for violation of chapter; action by claimant of mechanic’s lien. Any lender desiring to use the services of a construction control shall first obtain the written assent of the borrower specifying …

NRS 628.002 Purpose. It is the policy of this State, and the purpose of this chapter: 1. To provide for the dependability of information which is used for guidance in financial transactions or for accounting for and assessing the status or performance of public and private entiti…

NRS 628.003 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 628.005 to 628.033, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1379; A 2009, 312; 2017, 3459)

NRS 628.005 “Attest,” “attesting” and “attestation” defined. “Attest,” “attesting” and “attestation” mean providing the following services: 1. An audit or other engagement to be performed in accordance with the Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) published by the American Inst…

NRS 628.009 “Board” defined. “Board” means the Nevada State Board of Accountancy. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1379)

NRS 628.013 “Certificate” defined. “Certificate” means the certificate issued by the Board to a person who is qualified to practice accounting as a certified public accountant. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1380)

NRS 628.014 “Compilation” defined. “Compilation” means providing a service to be performed in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, that is presented in the form …

NRS 628.019 “Live permit” defined. “Live permit” means a permit issued pursuant to NRS 628.380 which has not been revoked or suspended. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1380)

NRS 628.023 “Practice of public accounting” defined. “Practice of public accounting” means the offering to perform or the performance by a holder of a live permit or a natural person or certified public accounting firm granted practice privileges pursuant to NRS 628.315, for a cl…

NRS 628.031 “Report” defined. “Report,” when used with respect to any attest or compilation service, means an opinion, report or other form of language that states or implies assurance as to the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements, and that al…

NRS 628.033 “State” defined. “State” means any state, territory or possession of the United States and the District of Columbia. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1380; A 1999, 1695)