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CHAPTER 625A - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SPECIALISTS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 625A.010 Purpose
of registration; certificate revocable.
NRS 625A.020 Definitions.
NRS 625A.021 “Board”
defined.
NRS 625A.023 “Certificate
of registration” and “certificate” defined.
NRS 625A.025 “Environmental
health specialist” defined.
NRS 625A.026 “Environmental
health specialist trainee” defined.
NRS 625A.028 “Practice
of environmental health” defined.
BOARD OF REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS
NRS 625A.030 Creation;
appointment, terms, qualifications and removal of members; election of Chair
and Secretary.
NRS 625A.040 Meetings:
Purpose; manner of calling; quorum; majority required for decision.
NRS 625A.050 Compensation
of Secretary and other members; payment of per diem allowance and travel
expenses.
NRS 625A.055 Employment
and compensation of professionals and other personnel; reimbursement of certain
expenses.
NRS 625A.060 Deposit
and expenditure of money received by Board.
NRS 625A.070 Biennial
reports: Contents; distribution of copies.
NRS 625A.080 Records
of proceedings; annual audits; seal; regulations.
CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION
NRS 625A.090 Maintenance
of register of applicants and holders of certificates.
NRS 625A.095 Issuance
of certificates to qualified persons practicing in certain other fields.
NRS 625A.100 Application
for certificate; information to be submitted with application; nonrefundability
of fee.
NRS 625A.105 Payment
of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for
denial of certificate; duty of Board. [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 recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for
noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support
proceedings.]
NRS 625A.105 Payment
of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for
denial of certificate; duty of Board. [Effective on 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
recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with
certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings and
expires by limitation 2 years after that date.]
NRS 625A.110 Environmental
health specialist: Qualifications for certificate; exceptions; issuance of
certificate by reciprocity.
NRS 625A.115 Environmental
health specialist trainee: Qualifications for certificate; expiration and
extension of certificate.
NRS 625A.120 Examination:
Applicability; place and time; identification by number; retention;
reexamination.
NRS 625A.125 Procedure
upon denial of application.
NRS 625A.130 Fees;
annual payment and registration; effect of failure to pay fees or submit annual
registration.
NRS 625A.140 Contents
of certificate.
NRS 625A.150 Continuing
education; exemptions.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
NRS 625A.160 Grounds
for disciplinary action.
NRS 625A.165 Suspension
of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain
subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until 2 years
after 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 recreational licenses for child support
arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity
or child support proceedings.]
NRS 625A.170 Unprofessional
conduct.
NRS 625A.180 Authorized
actions; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed
public records.
NRS 625A.185 Confidentiality
of certain records of Board; exceptions.
UNLAWFUL ACTS; PENALTIES
NRS 625A.900 Unlawful
to practice without certificate; penalties.
NRS 625A.910 Unlawful
to use certain titles, abbreviations or letters without certificate; penalties.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 625A.010 Purpose of registration; certificate revocable. The purpose of registering environmental
health specialists and environmental health specialist trainees is to protect
the public health and safety and the general welfare of the people of this
State. Any certificate of registration issued pursuant to this chapter is a
revocable privilege, and no holder of such a certificate of registration
acquires thereby any vested right.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1157; A 1995, 89; 2005, 1986)
NRS 625A.020 Definitions. As
used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and
terms defined in NRS 625A.021 to 625A.028, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to
them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1157; A 1995, 89; 1997, 1057; 2005, 1987)
NRS 625A.021 “Board” defined. “Board”
means the Board of Registered Environmental Health Specialists.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1985)
NRS 625A.023 “Certificate of registration” and “certificate” defined. “Certificate of registration” or “certificate”
means a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist or
environmental health specialist trainee issued by the Board pursuant to this
chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1985)
NRS 625A.025 “Environmental health specialist” defined.
1. “Environmental health specialist” means
a person who is engaged in the practice of environmental health and who holds a
certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist issued by the
Board pursuant to this chapter.
2. The term does not include any person
who practices in a field excluded from the definition of the “practice of
environmental health” pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS
625A.028, unless the person holds a certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist issued by the Board pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1985)
NRS 625A.026 “Environmental health specialist trainee” defined. “Environmental health specialist trainee”
means a person who is engaged in the practice of environmental health and who
holds a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist
trainee issued by the Board pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1985)
NRS 625A.028 “Practice of environmental health” defined.
1. “Practice of environmental health”
means the use of public health principles in the application of the sanitary
sciences, the biological sciences or the physical sciences to investigate,
prevent or reduce environmentally acquired disease or illness.
2. The term does not include practice in
the field of:
(a) Environmental health by a person whose
primary work is performed by and for the Division of Environmental Protection
of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or for an entity
whose activities are limited solely to issues relating to air quality;
(b) Industrial hygiene, public education, indoor
air quality, health physics, mold assessment or mold remediation;
(c) Cleaning up and disposing of hazardous waste
and substances performed by a person who is certified by the State Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to NRS 459.400 to 459.600, inclusive, and the regulations
adopted pursuant thereto, unless the clean up and disposal of the hazardous
waste and substances is performed directly by and for a public health agency;
(d) Zoonotic disease ecology or vector-borne
disease ecology, or both, when the practice in that field is performed as a
specialty;
(e) Mining performed by an employee or contractor
of a mining company engaged in mining operations in this State;
(f) Building inspections performed by a person
whose primary purpose is to determine compliance with building and safety
codes; or
(g) Epidemiological investigations performed by a
person whose primary profession or employment is as an epidemiologist or
disease investigator.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1985)
BOARD OF REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS
NRS 625A.030 Creation; appointment, terms, qualifications and removal of
members; election of Chair and Secretary.
1. There is hereby created the Board of
Registered Environmental Health Specialists, consisting of the Chief Medical
Officer or his or her designated representative and four members appointed by
the Governor.
2. After the initial terms, each member
appointed by the Governor must be appointed for a term of 3 years.
3. Of the members of the Board appointed
by the Governor after the initial appointments:
(a) Two must represent the general public. These
members must not be:
(1) An environmental health specialist or
environmental health specialist trainee; or
(2) The spouse or the parent or child, by
blood, marriage or adoption, of an environmental health specialist or
environmental health specialist trainee.
(b) Two must be environmental health specialists,
one employed by the health district containing Washoe County and one employed
by the health district containing Clark County.
4. The Governor may, after notice and
hearing, remove any member of the Board for misconduct in office, incompetency,
neglect of duty or other sufficient cause.
5. The Board shall elect from its members
who are not employees of the State a Chair and a Secretary. The Chair must be elected
biennially on or before July 1 of each even-numbered year. The Secretary
continues in office at the pleasure of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1157; A 1995, 89; 2003, 1188; 2005, 1987)
NRS 625A.040 Meetings: Purpose; manner of calling; quorum; majority required
for decision.
1. The Board shall hold at least one
meeting annually to:
(a) Review and evaluate applications for
certificates of registration as environmental health specialists and
environmental health specialist trainees.
(b) Conduct examinations.
(c) Review expenditures by the Board.
(d) Prepare reports.
(e) Transact any other business necessary to
enable the Board to carry out its duties.
2. Special meetings of the Board may be
called by the Secretary upon the written request of any two members of the
Board or upon a written request signed by 10 environmental health specialists
or environmental health specialist trainees, or any combination thereof.
3. Three members of the Board constitute a
quorum to transact all business, and a majority of those present must concur on
any decision.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1157; A 1995, 90; 2005, 1987)
NRS 625A.050 Compensation of Secretary and other members; payment of per diem
allowance and travel expenses.
1. The Secretary of the Board is entitled
to receive:
(a) A salary in an amount fixed by the Board; and
(b) A per diem allowance and travel expenses at a
rate fixed by the Board, while engaged in the business of the Board. The rate
must not exceed the rate provided for state officers and employees generally.
2. All other members of the Board are
entitled to receive:
(a) A salary of not more than $150 per day, as
fixed by the Board, while engaged in the business of the Board; and
(b) A per diem allowance and travel expenses at a
rate fixed by the Board, while engaged in the business of the Board. The rate
must not exceed the rate provided for state officers and employees generally.
3. While engaged in the business of the
Board, each employee of the Board is entitled to receive a per diem allowance
and travel expenses at a rate fixed by the Board. The rate must not exceed the
rate provided for state officers and employees generally.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1157; A 1989, 1695; 2007, 2942)
NRS 625A.055 Employment and compensation of professionals and other
personnel; reimbursement of certain expenses. 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 those employees for
any actual expenses they incur while acting on behalf of the Board. Any
reimbursement paid pursuant to this section is in addition to any per diem
allowance or travel expenses paid to those employees pursuant to NRS 625A.050.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1986)
NRS 625A.060 Deposit and expenditure of money received by Board.
1. The Secretary of the Board shall
receive and account for all money paid to the Board and deposit it in banks,
credit unions and savings and loan associations in this state.
2. The compensation and expenses of the
members and employees of the Board and the expenses of administering the
provisions of this chapter must be paid from the fees received by the Board
upon approval by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1158; A 1989, 1696; 1999, 1529)
NRS 625A.070 Biennial reports: Contents; distribution of copies.
1. Before September 1 of each
even-numbered year, for the biennium ending June 30 of that year, the Board
shall file a written report of the activities of the Board with the Governor.
The report must include the results of the annual audits of the fiscal records
of the Board.
2. A copy of the report must be mailed by
the Board to:
(a) Each environmental health specialist; and
(b) Any other person who submits a written
request to the Board for a copy.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1158; A 1995, 90)
NRS 625A.080 Records of proceedings; annual audits; seal; regulations. The Board:
1. Shall keep a record of its proceedings.
2. Shall provide for an annual audit of
its fiscal records.
3. Shall procure a seal.
4. May adopt such regulations as are necessary
to enable it to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1158)
CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION
NRS 625A.090 Maintenance of register of applicants and holders of
certificates. The Board shall
maintain a register of all:
1. Applicants for a certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health
specialist trainee. The register must contain:
(a) The name, age and place of residence of the
applicant;
(b) The name and address of the employer of the
applicant or address of the place of business of the applicant;
(c) The date of the application;
(d) The educational qualifications, practical
training and experience of the applicant;
(e) The date on which the Board reviewed the
application and the action taken;
(f) The number of the certificate of
registration, if any, issued to the applicant; and
(g) Such other information as the Board considers
necessary.
2. Persons who hold certificates of
registration as environmental health specialists or environmental health
specialist trainees. The register must contain:
(a) The name of the person;
(b) The name and address of the employer of the
person or the address of the place of business of the person;
(c) The number of the certificate of
registration, if any, issued to the person; and
(d) Such other information as the Board considers
necessary.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1158; A 1995, 90; 2005, 1988)
NRS 625A.095 Issuance of certificates to qualified persons practicing in
certain other fields. The
provisions of this chapter do not preclude a person who practices in a field excluded
from the definition of the “practice of environmental health” pursuant to subsection
2 of NRS 625A.028 from being issued a certificate
of registration by the Board if the person otherwise meets the requirements for
the issuance of the certificate.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1986)
NRS 625A.100 Application for certificate; information to be submitted with
application; nonrefundability of fee.
1. An applicant for a certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health
specialist trainee shall submit to the Board, through its Secretary:
(a) A completed application on a form prescribed
and furnished by the Board;
(b) A complete set of fingerprints and written
permission authorizing the Board to forward the fingerprints to the Central
Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for its report;
(c) The required fee;
(d) Proof of the applicant’s educational
qualifications, practical training and experience; and
(e) All information required to complete the
application.
2. The fee is not refundable.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1158; A 1995, 90; 1997, 2117; 2005, 1988, 2710, 2807)
NRS 625A.105 Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by
applicant; grounds for denial of certificate; duty of Board. [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 recreational licenses for child support
arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity
or child support proceedings.]
1. In addition to any other requirements
set forth in this chapter, an applicant for a certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist trainee or
the holder of such a certificate shall:
(a) Include the social security number of the
applicant in the application submitted to the Board.
(b) Submit to the Board annually, through its
Secretary, the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be
completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Board shall include the statement
required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must
be submitted for the issuance of the certificate of registration; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Board.
3. A certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist trainee may
not be issued by the Board if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required
pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant
to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support
of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the
district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment
of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the
statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a
court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order
or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing
the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Board
shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public
agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take
to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2116; A 2005, 1989, 2710, 2807)
NRS 625A.105 Payment of child support:
Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of
certificate; duty of Board. [Effective on 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
recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with
certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings and
expires by limitation 2 years after that date.]
1. In addition to any other requirements
set forth in this chapter, an applicant for a certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist trainee or
the holder of such a certificate shall submit to the Board annually, through
its Secretary, the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and
Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be
completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Board shall include the statement
required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must
be submitted for the issuance of the certificate of registration; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Board.
3. A certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist trainee may
not be issued by the Board if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required
pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant
to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support
of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the
district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment
of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the
statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a
court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order
or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing
the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Board
shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public
agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take
to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2116; A 2005, 1989, 2710, 2711, 2807, effective
on 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 recreational licenses for child support
arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity
or child support proceedings)
NRS 625A.110 Environmental health specialist: Qualifications for certificate;
exceptions; issuance of certificate by reciprocity.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, to be eligible for a certificate of registration as an environmental
health specialist, an applicant:
(a) Must:
(1) Possess a baccalaureate or higher
degree from an institution of higher education approved by the Board;
(2) Have satisfactorily completed at least
45 quarter hours or 30 semester hours of academic work in basic science
courses, including biology, chemistry, physics, geology, sanitary engineering
or environmental engineering;
(3) Have passed the written examination
pursuant to NRS 625A.120; and
(4) Have at least 2 years of experience
approved by the Board in the practice of environmental health;
(b) Must possess a baccalaureate or higher degree
in environmental health or environmental health science from an institution of
higher education approved by the Board and have passed the written examination
pursuant to NRS 625A.120;
(c) Must possess a master’s degree in public
health from an institution of higher education approved by the Board and have
passed the written examination pursuant to NRS
625A.120; or
(d) Must possess training or experience obtained
during service in the military forces of this State or the United States which
the Board determines is equivalent to at least 2 years of experience in the
practice of environmental health and have passed the written examination
pursuant to NRS 625A.120.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the Board shall issue a certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist to a person who is not qualified under
subsection 1 if the Board determines to its satisfaction that the person:
(a) Was actively engaged in the practice of
environmental health in this State on July 1, 2005; and
(b) Has completed at least 2 years of successful
experience in the practice of environmental health.
Ê To be
eligible to be issued a certificate of registration pursuant to this
subsection, a person must apply to the Board for a certificate of registration
not later than July 1, 2007.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection 1 to the contrary, upon written application, the Board may issue a
certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist to a person
by reciprocity if the person is registered as:
(a) An environmental health specialist with the
National Environmental Health Association; or
(b) An environmental health specialist, environmental
health scientist or registered sanitarian in another jurisdiction recognized by
the Board as having requirements for that registration which are substantially
similar to the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of registration
as an environmental health specialist in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1158; A 1995, 91; 2005, 1989)
NRS 625A.115 Environmental health specialist trainee: Qualifications for
certificate; expiration and extension of certificate.
1. A person is eligible to engage in the
practice of environmental health as an environmental health specialist trainee
if the person possesses a baccalaureate or higher degree which includes the
satisfactory completion of at least 45 quarter hours, or 30 semester hours, of
academic work in basic science courses, including biology, chemistry, physics,
geology, sanitary engineering or environmental engineering, from an institution
of higher education approved by the Board.
2. To engage in the practice of
environmental health as an environmental health specialist trainee, a person:
(a) Must be employed as a part of a training
program in which the person engages in the practice of environmental health
under the direct supervision of one or more other persons who hold certificates
of registration as environmental health specialists; and
(b) Must file with the Board an application for a
certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist trainee not
later than 90 days after the date on which the person initially becomes
employed as a part of the training program.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the certificate of registration of a person as an environmental
health specialist trainee expires 3 years after the date on which the person
initially becomes employed as a part of the training program in which the
person engages in the practice of environmental health as an environmental
health specialist trainee. If, upon completion of the 3-year period, the person
has met all requirements to be issued a certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist other than passing the examination required pursuant
to NRS 625A.120, the Board may, upon a showing of
good cause, grant the person a 1-year extension of the person’s certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist trainee before the person
must pass the examination. A request for such an extension must be submitted by
the person in writing and received by the Board at least 60 days before the
date on which the person’s certificate of registration as an environmental health
specialist trainee expires.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1986)
NRS 625A.120 Examination: Applicability; place and time; identification by
number; retention; reexamination.
1. Except for an applicant who may be
issued a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist
without an examination pursuant to NRS 625A.110,
an applicant who applies for a certificate of registration as an environmental
health specialist and who is otherwise qualified for the issuance of the
certificate must appear personally and pass the written examination certified
by the National Environmental Health Association or an equivalent examination
prepared by the Board.
2. The examination must be administered by
the Board not less than once each year at such time and place in this State as
the Board specifies.
3. The name of the applicant must not
appear on the examination, and the applicant must be identified by a number
assigned by the Secretary of the Board.
4. All examinations and the records
pertaining to them must be filed with the Secretary of the Board and retained
for at least 5 years.
5. If an applicant fails the examination,
the applicant may be reexamined upon resubmission of an application accompanied
by the required fee.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1159; A 2005, 1990)
NRS 625A.125 Procedure upon denial of application.
1. Upon denial of an application for a
certificate of 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 must:
(a) State the reason for the denial; and
(b) Inform the person that he or she has the
right to a hearing before the Board.
2. A written request for a hearing must be
filed with the Board within 30 days after the notice is mailed. If a hearing is
requested, the Board shall set a time and place for a formal hearing and notify
the person of the time and place set for the hearing. The Board shall hold the
hearing at the time and place designated in the notice.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1161; A 1995, 92; 2005, 759, 1994)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 625A.190)
NRS 625A.130 Fees; annual payment and registration; effect of failure to pay
fees or submit annual registration.
1. Each applicant for a certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health
specialist trainee must pay a fee set by the Board not to exceed $250.
2. Each applicant for a certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist who fails an examination and
who desires to be reexamined must pay a fee set by the Board not to exceed $200
for each reexamination.
3. Each person who holds a certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health
specialist trainee must pay to the Secretary of the Board on or before the date
fixed by the Board an annual fee for the certificate of registration to be set
by the Board not to exceed $100. The annual fee for the certificate of
registration must be collected for the year in which the person is initially
issued the certificate of registration and for each year thereafter in which
the person holds the certificate of registration.
4. If a person holds a certificate of
registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health
specialist trainee and the person fails to pay the annual fee for the
certificate of registration within 60 days after it is due or submit all
information required to complete the annual registration, the person’s
certificate of registration is automatically suspended. The Board must notify
the person that the certificate of registration has been suspended pursuant to
this subsection. It may be reinstated pursuant to regulations adopted by the
Board.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1159; A 1995, 91; 1997, 2117; 2005, 1991, 2711, 2807)
NRS 625A.140 Contents of certificate. Each
certificate of registration issued by the Board must be numbered and contain:
1. The designation “Registered Environmental
Health Specialist” or “Environmental Health Specialist Trainee,” as applicable.
2. The name of the person registered.
3. The registration number.
4. The date of issuance.
5. The Great Seal of the State of Nevada.
6. The signatures of the Chair and
Secretary of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1160; A 1995, 91; 2005, 1992)
NRS 625A.150 Continuing education; exemptions.
1. The Board shall adopt regulations
requiring participation in a program of continuing education as a prerequisite
for the renewal of a certificate of registration as an environmental health
specialist.
2. The Board may exempt an environmental
health specialist from the requirements for continuing education if he or she
is able to show good cause why the requirements could not be met. The exemption
may not be granted to a person more than once in any 6-year period.
3. An environmental health specialist who
submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that he or she has retired and is no
longer engaged in the practice of environmental health is exempt from the
requirements for continuing education established pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1160; A 1995, 92; 2005, 1992)
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
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 or revocation of a
certificate or license as an environmental health specialist by any other
jurisdiction; or
4. Failure to meet the requirements for
continuing education.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1160; A 1995, 92; 2003, 2705; 2005, 1992)
NRS 625A.165 Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or
comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate.
[Effective until 2 years after 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 recreational
licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain
processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. If the Board receives a copy of a court
order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540
that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and
recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the
holder of a certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist
or environmental health specialist trainee, the Board shall deem the
certificate of registration issued to that person to be suspended at the end of
the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the
Board receives a letter issued to the holder of the certificate of registration
by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the
certificate of registration has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has
satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS
425.560.
2. The Board shall reinstate a certificate
of registration as an environmental health specialist or environmental health
specialist trainee that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the Board receives a letter
issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose
certificate of registration was suspended stating that the person whose
certificate of registration was suspended has complied with the subpoena or
warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2116; A 2005, 1993, 2807)
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
certificate of registration;
2. Habitual drunkenness or addiction to
the use of a controlled substance;
3. Engaging in any conduct in his or her
professional activities which is intended to deceive or which the Board has
determined is unethical; or
4. Violating or attempting to violate,
directly or indirectly, or assisting in or abetting the violation of or
conspiring to violate any provision of this chapter or a regulation of the
Board.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1160; A 2005, 1993)
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 action is necessary, it may by order:
(a) Place the environmental health specialist or
environmental health specialist trainee on probation for a specified period or
until further order of the Board;
(b) Administer a public reprimand; or
(c) Suspend or revoke his or her certificate of
registration.
2. If the order places an environmental
health specialist or environmental health specialist trainee on probation, the
Board may impose such limitations or conditions upon his or her professional
activities as the Board finds consistent to protect the public health.
3. The Board shall not administer a
private reprimand.
4. An order that imposes discipline and
the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting that order are public
records.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1160; A 1995, 92; 2003, 3424; 2005, 759, 1993)
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 as a result of an
investigation conducted to determine whether to initiate disciplinary action
against a person are confidential, unless the person submits a written
statement to the Board requesting that such documents and information be made
public records.
2. The charging documents filed with the
Board to initiate disciplinary action pursuant to chapter 622A of NRS and all documents and
information considered by the Board when determining whether to impose
discipline are public records.
3. The provisions of this section do not
prohibit the Board from communicating or cooperating with or providing any
documents or other information to any other licensing board or any other agency
that is investigating a person, including, without limitation, a law
enforcement agency.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 3424; A 2005, 759; 2007, 2133)
UNLAWFUL ACTS; PENALTIES
NRS 625A.900 Unlawful to practice without certificate; penalties.
1. On and after July 1, 2007, a person
shall not engage in the practice of environmental health in this State unless
the person holds a certificate of registration as an environmental health
specialist or an environmental health specialist trainee issued by the Board
pursuant to this chapter.
2. Any person who violates any provision
of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1985)
NRS 625A.910 Unlawful to use certain titles, abbreviations or letters without
certificate; penalties.
1. A person shall not use the title
“registered environmental health specialist,” “environmental health
specialist,” “registered sanitarian” or “sanitarian,” or the abbreviation
“R.E.H.S.,” “E.H.S.” or “R.S.” after his or her name, unless the person holds a
certificate of registration as an environmental health specialist issued by the
Board pursuant to this chapter.
2. A person shall not use the title
“environmental health specialist trainee,” or any abbreviation or letters after
his or her name that would suggest that the person is an environmental health
specialist trainee, unless the person holds a certificate of registration as an
environmental health specialist trainee issued by the Board pursuant to this
chapter.
3. Any person who violates any provision
of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1161; A 1995, 93; 2005, 1994)—(Substituted
in revision for NRS 625A.200)
