NAC386.703. Miscellaneous limitations.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a pupil who participates in a sanctioned sport may not participate in more than one level of competition for that sanctioned sport during a day. If a school is unable to complete its schedule for a sanctioned sport during the season for that sanctioned sport because the number of pupils who participate in the sanctioned sport at the level of junior varsity is insufficient, the school may submit a request to the Executive Director to waive the provisions of this subsection. Before approving a request for a waiver pursuant to this subsection, the Executive Director shall obtain the approval of the request from each school that competes against the school that submits the request in the sanctioned sport for the season.

     2. A pupil who participates in a sanctioned sport other than basketball or football may participate in any number of games for the sanctioned sport during a day. A coach who participates in a sanctioned sport shall consider the safety and well being of a pupil before allowing that pupil to participate in more than one game for a sanctioned sport pursuant to this subsection. If a pupil participates in more than one game for a sanctioned sport pursuant to this subsection, the pupil shall include that game in the total number of games in which he or she may participate pursuant to NAC 386.699.

     3. A school that is placed in Class 1A pursuant to NAC 386.667 and that participates in volleyball or basketball as a sanctioned sport:

     (a) May not submit a request for a waiver pursuant to subsection 1; and

     (b) Shall comply with the provisions of NAC 386.718 or 386.751 concerning volleyball or basketball.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, a pupil may not participate in a sanctioned sport as a member of:

     (a) The freshman team for the sanctioned sport unless the pupil is in the 9th grade; or

     (b) The junior varsity team for the sanctioned sport unless the pupil in the 9th, 10th or 11th grade.

     5. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 386.779, a pupil who is qualified to participate in a sanctioned sport pursuant to NAC 386.600 to 386.886, inclusive, may participate in the sanctioned sport as a member of the varsity team for the sanctioned sport regardless of the grade in which he or she is enrolled during his or her participation as a member of that team.

     6. The president of the class or league in which a school is placed or aligned pursuant to NAC 386.667 may waive the provisions of subsection 4 if the school:

     (a) Submits a written request to the president;

     (b) Submits a copy of the written request to the Executive Director; and

     (c) Sets forth in the written request the reasons for requesting the waiver and the level of skill of each pupil for whom the school requests the waiver.

     (Added to NAC by Nev. Interscholastic Activities Ass’n by R206-03, eff. 11-2-2004; A by R040-11, 12-30-2011)