NAC477.385. Licenses: Qualifications of licensee; classifications.

     1. A firm that is licensed to install or maintain a portable fire extinguisher or fixed fire extinguishing system or sell at retail or provide as a part of other sales at retail a portable fire extinguisher or fixed fire extinguishing system for use within this State:

     (a) Must be properly equipped and qualified to perform the service authorized by the type of license issued;

     (b) Must provide a shop or a vehicle as a place of business, properly equipped and subject to inspection by the authority having jurisdiction; and

     (c) If the firm is engaged in the installation or maintenance of portable fire extinguishers or fixed fire extinguishing systems, must possess a state contractor’s license appropriate to the work performed as issued by the State Contractors’ Board.

     2. Any advertisement that the services of selling, installing, charging or testing or other maintenance of portable fire extinguishers or fixed fire extinguishing systems are available constitutes prima facie evidence that the premises, business, building, room or establishment in or upon which the advertisement appears or to which it refers is a separate location for business.

     3. Licenses are classified and defined as follows:

     (a) License for a public agency - Any type of license which is issued to the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions for work to be performed by the State or that agency or political subdivision upon its own properties and for its own use. All requirements set forth in NAC 477.300 to 477.435, inclusive, except the requirement for a license issued by the State Contractors’ Board, must be met.

     (b) Restricted license - A license which authorizes the holder to perform work covered by the license only upon his or her own properties and for his or her own use. All fees must be paid. Unless otherwise exempted, a valid license issued by the State Contractors’ Board is required.

     (c) License - A license which is required by NRS 477.033 but is issued to a business and is not restricted.

     4. Licenses for the sale at retail of portable fire extinguishers must conform to the standards of the N.F.P.A. 10, 2010 edition, and meet the requirements for testing and listing of a nationally recognized testing laboratory.

     [St. Fire Marshal, §§ 1.401 & 1.402, eff. 11-27-78]—(NAC A 1-19-84; 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; 8-22-86, eff. 9-1-86; 2-17-94; R207-99, 2-7-2000; R062-04, 9-3-2004; R090-10, 12-30-2011)