Senate Bill No. 153–Senator Schneider

 

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AN ACT relating to cosmetology; requiring the state board of cosmetology to provide examinations for licensure as a cosmetologist in English and Spanish; establishing a procedure pursuant to which the board may offer examinations for licensure as a cosmetologist in other languages; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. Chapter 644 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   1.  The board:

   (a) Shall provide examinations for licensure as a cosmetologist in

 English and, upon the request of an applicant for licensure as a

 cosmetologist, in Spanish; and

   (b) May provide examinations for licensure as a cosmetologist in any

 other language upon the request of an applicant, if the board determines

 that providing the examination in that language is in the best interests of

 the public.

   2.  A request for an examination for licensure as a cosmetologist to

 be translated into a language other than English or Spanish must be

 filed with the board by the applicant making the request at least 6

 months before the scheduled examination. The board shall keep all such

 requests on file.

   3.  The board shall impose a fee upon the applicants who file requests

 for an examination for licensure as a cosmetologist to be translated into

 a language other than English or Spanish. The fee must be sufficient to

 ensure that the applicants bear the full cost for the development,

 preparation, administration, grading and evaluation of the translated

 examination. The fee is in addition to all other fees that must be paid by

 applicants for the examination for licensure as a cosmetologist.

   4.  In determining whether it is in the best interests of the public to

 translate an examination for licensure as a cosmetologist into a

 language other than English or Spanish, the board shall consider the

 percentage of the population within this state whose native language is

 the language for which the translated examination is sought.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 644.435 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   644.435  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 has been issued a license or been registered

 pursuant to NRS 644.190 to 644.330, inclusive, and section 1 of this act,

 the board shall deem the license or 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 by the district

 attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the holder of

 the license or registration stating that the holder of the license or

 registration has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the

 arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.

   2.  The board shall reinstate a license or registration issued pursuant to

NRS 644.190 to 644.330, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, 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 license or registration was

 suspended stating that the person whose license or registration was

 suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the

 arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.

   Sec. 3.  1.  This section becomes effective upon passage and

 approval.

   2.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective upon passage and

 approval for the purposes of adopting regulations and taking such other

 actions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, and on

 January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.

   3.  Section 2 of this act expires by limitation on the date on which the

 provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 666 requiring each state to establish procedures

 under which the state has authority to withhold or suspend, or to restrict

 the use of professional, occupational and recreational licenses of persons

 who:

   (a) Have failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a

 proceeding to determine the paternity of a child or to establish or enforce

 an obligation for the support of a child; or

   (b) Are in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more

 children,

are repealed by the Congress of the United States.

 

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