NAC433.110. Vocational and educational program requirements for new employees, permanent employees and promotions; allowance for partial attendance and lack of available courses.

     1. For each mental health-mental retardation technician who is initially employed by the Division in that position on or after July 5, 1994, the director shall require the technician to complete the vocational and educational program established pursuant to NRS 433.279.

     2. If a mental health-mental retardation technician attends only part of a course or program approved by the Division, the Division may determine the number of hours of credit, if any, that the technician may receive toward certification.

     3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, for each mental health-mental retardation technician who is initially employed by the Division in that position on or after July 5, 1994, the director shall, in determining whether to grant the technician the status of a permanent employee, consider whether the technician has completed 5 hours of credit.

     4. The provisions of subsection 3 do not apply if the technician is not able to complete the required hours because of the failure of the Division or the Nevada System of Higher Education to offer the courses necessary for the technician to complete the required hours of credit.

     5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, for each mental health-mental retardation technician who is initially employed by the Division in that position on or after July 5, 1994, the director shall not consider the technician as eligible for promotion unless the technician has successfully completed at least 5 additional hours of credit at the appropriate level of the vocational and educational program established pursuant to NRS 433.279.

     6. The provisions of subsection 5 do not apply if the technician is not able to complete the additional hours of credit because of the failure of the Division or the Nevada System of Higher Education to offer the courses necessary for the technician to complete the additional hours of credit.

     7. If a mental health-mental retardation technician has completed the 5 additional hours of credit necessary for promotion and is subsequently demoted, the director shall determine whether it is necessary for the technician to take additional courses before he or she may be considered for any future promotion. If the director determines that the technician must take additional courses, the director shall notify the technician in the same document which notifies the technician of the demotion.

     8. For the purposes of this section, “5 hours of credit” means 75 hours of participation in one or more courses or programs approved by the Division for the vocational and educational program pursuant to NAC 433.070.

     (Added to NAC by Men. Hygiene & Men. Retardation Div., eff. 7-5-94)