654.170 - Form, expiration and renewal of licenses; requirements for continuing education.
654.170 Form, expiration and renewal of licenses; requirements for continuing education.
1. The Board shall issue a numbered license, in such form as it may prescribe, to each applicant who meets the requirements of NRS 654.150 or 654.155 and shall affix its official seal to the license.
2. Each license issued by the Board pursuant to this chapter expires 2 years after the last day of the calendar month in which it was issued and may be renewed on or before that date biennially.
3. Any licensed nursing facility administrator or administrator of a residential facility for groups may renew his or her license by applying for renewal in the manner prescribed by the Board, paying the renewal fee fixed by the Board and submitting all information required to complete the renewal.
4. The Board shall, as a prerequisite for the renewal of a license, require each holder to comply with:
(a) The requirements for continuing education adopted by the Board; and
(b) The duties of the administrator set forth in NRS 449.0357.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 671; A 1973, 1289; 1977, 1030; 1985, 549; 1989, 801; 1993, 2143; 1997, 2183; 2003, 858; 2005, 2800, 2807, 2813)
NRS 654.180 Reciprocal licensing without examination. The Board may issue a license as a nursing facility administrator or an administrator of a residential facility for groups, without examination, to any applicant who holds the same license from another jurisdiction, if the Board finds that the standards for licensure in the other jurisdiction are the substantial equivalent of those prevailing in this state and that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 671; A 1973, 1289; 1977, 1031; 1993, 2144)