Expiration of certificates, licenses and permits; procedure for renewal; automatic forfeiture for failure to comply with procedure. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 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. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a certificate, license or permit issued by the Board pursuant to this chapter expires on October 31 of each even-numbered year. A certificate of registration as a pharmacist expires on October 31 of each odd-numbered year.
2. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 639.137, 639.230 and 639.2328, each person to whom a certificate, license or permit has been issued may, if the certificate, license or permit has not been revoked, renew the certificate, license or permit biennially by:
(a) Filing an application for renewal;
(b) Paying the fee for renewal; and
(c) Complying with the requirement of continuing professional education, if applicable.
3. The application for renewal, together with the fee for renewal, must be delivered to the Executive Secretary of the Board on or before the expiration date of the certificate, license or permit, or the current renewal receipt thereof.
4. If a certificate, license or permit is renewed, it must be delivered to the applicant within a reasonable time after receipt of the application for renewal and the fee for renewal.
5. The Board may refuse to renew a certificate, license or permit if the applicant has committed any act proscribed by NRS 639.210.
6. If the application for renewal and the fee for renewal are not postmarked on or before the expiration date of the certificate, license or permit, or the current renewal receipt thereof, the registration is automatically forfeited.
Last modified: February 27, 2006