NAC445A.644. Reinstatement and renewal of expired certificate.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a holder of an expired full certificate may request, within 6 months after its date of expiration, that the full certificate be reinstated and renewed by payment of the reinstatement fee set forth in NAC 445A.651 and verification that all requirements of continuing education have been satisfied. To obtain a full certificate, an operator who has not requested reinstatement and renewal of his or her full certificate within 6 months after the date of its expiration must file a new application for a full certificate accompanied by the required fee set forth in NAC 445A.651.

     2. The Division shall not reinstate a provisional certificate or a certificate as an operator-in-training.

     3. If the holder of an expired full certificate provides documentation of health problems that made the holder unable to meet the requirements of continuing education for renewal of his or her full certificate in the time provided pursuant to NAC 445A.639, the holder of the expired full certificate may request, within 2 years after its date of expiration, that the full certificate be reinstated and renewed by payment of the reinstatement fee set forth in NAC 445A.651 and verification that all requirements of continuing education have been satisfied. To obtain a full certificate, an operator who has not requested reinstatement and renewal of his or her full certificate within 2 years after the date of its expiration must file a new application for a full certificate and comply with the requirements set forth in NAC 445A.630 to 445A.633, inclusive, and pay the fee for the issuance of a full certificate set forth in NAC 445A.651.

     4. If the holder of a full certificate provides documentation of military duty that made the holder unable to meet the requirements of continuing education for renewal of his or her full certificate in the time provided pursuant to NAC 445A.639, the holder of the expired full certificate may request, within 4 years after its date of expiration, that the full certificate be reinstated and renewed by payment of the reinstatement fee set forth in NAC 445A.651 and verification that all requirements of continuing education have been satisfied. To obtain a full certificate, an operator who has not requested reinstatement and renewal of his or her full certificate within 4 years after the date of its expiration must file a new application for a full certificate and comply with the requirements set forth in NAC 445A.630 to 445A.633, inclusive, and pay the fee for the issuance of a full certificate set forth in NAC 445A.651.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 9-16-92; A by R021-02, 8-29-2002; A by Environmental Comm’n by R129-05, 10-31-2005)