NAC116A.232. Contents of course; unacceptable courses and activities.

     1. In addition to the requirements of subsection 3 of NAC 116A.230, the Commission will grant credit for a course of continuing education only if the course:

     (a) Contains current information on the management of a common-interest community or an association of a condominium hotel that will improve the professional knowledge of a community manager and enable a community manager to give better service to his or her clients; and

     (b) Contains information that relates to pertinent Nevada laws and regulations.

     2. The Commission considers courses in the following areas to be acceptable for continuing education:

     (a) The ethics of managing a common-interest community or the association of a condominium hotel;

     (b) Legislative issues concerning community managers and the management of a common-interest community or the association of a condominium hotel, including, without limitation, pending and recent legislation;

     (c) The administration of laws and regulations concerning community managers and the management of a common-interest community or the association of a condominium hotel, including, without limitation, licensing and enforcement;

     (d) Reserve studies;

     (e) Insurance and risk management in common-interest communities and condominium hotels;

     (f) Administering the office of a community manager, including, without limitation, personnel management and recordkeeping;

     (g) Accounting, including, without limitation, the preparation and monitoring of budgets, the monitoring of expenditures and reserves and the use of financial statements;

     (h) Inspecting a common-interest community or condominium hotel for the purposes of maintenance, planning or enforcing the governing documents;

     (i) Federal laws pertinent to the management of a common-interest community or the association of a condominium hotel, including, without limitation, the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.;

     (j) Health and safety issues in common-interest communities and condominium hotels;

     (k) Issues pertaining to declarants and developers of common-interest communities and condominium hotels;

     (l) Planning and zoning for land use and other local laws and regulations pertinent to common-interest communities and condominium hotels;

     (m) The disclosures required in a transaction involving a unit in a common-interest community or condominium hotel;

     (n) Parliamentary procedures;

     (o) Interpersonal communications;

     (p) Contracts, including, without limitation, the preparation of requests for proposals and the obtaining of bids;

     (q) The enforcement of financial obligations, including, without limitation, liens and collections procedures;

     (r) The supervision of provisional community managers by supervising community managers; and

     (s) Dispute resolution techniques and processes, including, without limitation, informal and formal mediation, arbitration and guidelines for internal association procedures related to hearings concerning violations of the governing documents and other disputes.

     3. The following types of courses and activities will not be approved by the Commission for credit for continuing education:

     (a) A course designed only to prepare an applicant for a certificate for the examination required by NAC 116A.125.

     (b) Courses designed to develop or improve clerical, office or business skills that are not related to the management of a common-interest community or the association of a condominium hotel, including, without limitation, courses in typing, shorthand, operation of business machines, the use of computers or computer software, improvement of memory or writing of letters and reports.

     (c) A meeting for the promotion of a sale, a program of office training or other activity which is held as part of the general business of the holder of the certificate.

     (d) A course for orientation of holders of a certificate, including, without limitation, a course for the orientation of holders of a certificate that is provided by local real estate boards or industry groups.

     (e) A course on the development of instructors.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n for Common-Interest Communities & Condo. Hotels by R166-09, eff. 5-5-2011)