(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Senate Bill No. 420–Senators Carlton and Townsend

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Requires occupational licensing boards to submit quarterly summaries of disciplinary actions and biennial reports of activities to director of legislative counsel bureau. (BDR 54‑451)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to occupational licensing boards; requiring each occupational licensing board to submit a quarterly summary of disciplinary actions and a biennial report of its activities to the director of the legislative counsel bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Title 54 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new chapter to consist of the provisions set forth as sections 2, 3 and 4 of

1-3  this act.

1-4    Sec. 2.  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

1-5  requires, “occupational licensing board” includes, without limitation:

1-6    1.  The state board of architecture, interior design and residential

1-7  design.

1-8    2.  The board of landscape architecture.

1-9    3.  The state contractors’ board.

1-10    4.  The state board of professional engineers and land surveyors.

1-11    5.  The board of registered environmental health specialists.

1-12    6.  The Nevada state board of accountancy.

1-13    7.  The board of medical examiners.

1-14    8.  The board of homeopathic medical examiners.

1-15    9.  The board of dental examiners of Nevada.

1-16    10.  The state board of nursing.

1-17    11.  The state board of osteopathic medicine.

1-18    12.  The chiropractic physicians’ board of Nevada.

1-19    13.  The state board of Oriental medicine.

1-20    14.  The state board of podiatry.

1-21    15.  The Nevada state board of optometry.

2-1    16.  The board of dispensing opticians.

2-2    17.  The board of hearing aid specialists.

2-3    18.  The board of examiners for audiology and speech pathology.

2-4    19.  The Nevada state board of veterinary medical examiners.

2-5    20.  The state board of pharmacy.

2-6    21.  The state board of physical therapy examiners.

2-7    22.  The board of occupational therapy.

2-8    23.  The board of psychological examiners.

2-9    24.  The board of examiners for marriage and family therapists.

2-10    25.  The board of examiners for social workers.

2-11    26.  The board of examiners for alcohol and drug abuse counselors.

2-12    27.  The state board of funeral directors, embalmers and operators of

2-13  cemeteries and crematories.

2-14    28.  The state barbers’ health and sanitation board.

2-15    29.  The state board of cosmetology.

2-16    30.  The real estate division of the department of business and

2-17  industry.

2-18    31.  The commissioner of financial institutions.

2-19    32.  The private investigator’s licensing board.

2-20    33.  The health division of the department of human resources.

2-21    34.  The Nevada state board of examiners for administrators of

2-22  facilities for long-term care.

2-23    35.  The certified court reporters’ board of Nevada.

2-24    Sec. 3.  1.  Each occupational licensing board shall, on or before

2-25  the 20th day of January, April, July and October, submit to the director

2-26  of the legislative counsel bureau a summary of each disciplinary action

2-27  taken during the immediately preceding calendar quarter against the

2-28  holder of a license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the

2-29  occupational licensing board.

2-30    2.  The director of the legislative counsel bureau shall:

2-31    (a) Provide any information he receives pursuant to subsection 1 to a

2-32  member of the public upon request;

2-33    (b) Cause a notice of the availability of such information to be posted

2-34  on the public website of the Nevada legislature on the Internet; and

2-35    (c) Transmit a compilation of the information he receives pursuant to

2-36  subsection 1 to the legislative commission quarterly, unless otherwise

2-37  directed by the commission.

2-38    Sec. 4.  1.  Each occupational licensing board shall, on or before

2-39  November 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a report of its activities

2-40  to the director of the legislative counsel bureau.

2-41    2.  The report must include, without limitation:

2-42    (a) The number of licenses, certificates, registrations and permits,

2-43  respectively, issued by the occupational licensing board during the

2-44  immediately preceding 2 fiscal years;

2-45    (b) A summary of the budget of the occupational licensing board

2-46  during the immediately preceding 2 fiscal years that is related to the

2-47  duties of the occupational licensing board pursuant to this Title,

2-48  including, without limitation, a description of all income and

2-49  expenditures related to such duties;

3-1    (c) A summary of each disciplinary action taken during the

3-2  immediately preceding 2 fiscal years against the holder of a license,

3-3  certificate, registration or permit issued by the occupational licensing

3-4  board; and

3-5    (d) Any other information that is requested by the director of the

3-6  legislative counsel bureau or which the occupational licensing board

3-7  determines would be helpful to the legislature in evaluating whether the

3-8  continued existence of the occupational licensing board is necessary.

3-9    3.  The director of the legislative counsel bureau shall compile all the

3-10  reports he receives and distribute copies of the compilation to the senate

3-11  standing committee on commerce and labor and the assembly standing

3-12  committee on commerce and labor, which each shall review the

3-13  compilation to determine whether the continued existence of each

3-14  occupational licensing board is necessary.

 

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