NAC623.920. Advisory committees: Establishment; appointment of members; provisions applicable to members.

     1. The Board will, when appropriate, establish an advisory committee to:

     (a) Provide assistance in an area that the Board considers necessary; or

     (b) Assist the Board in the review of a complaint which has been filed pursuant to NAC 623.905 if the respondent agrees to participate in an informal review of the complaint by an advisory committee.

     2. The Executive Director or a person otherwise authorized by the Board shall appoint members to an advisory committee from a list of volunteers. The list of volunteers must consist of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, registered interior designers, residential designers or other persons approved by the Board, Executive Director or a person otherwise authorized by the Board. If the advisory committee is established to assist the Board in the review of a complaint, the majority of members appointed must, if practicable, be registered in the same profession or discipline as the respondent. The Executive Director or a person otherwise authorized by the Board shall designate one member of the advisory committee to serve as the chair of the committee.

     3. Members of an advisory committee:

     (a) Serve at the pleasure of the Board;

     (b) Are prohibited from participating in a proceeding in which a member of the Board would be required to abstain under similar circumstances; and

     (c) Serve without compensation, but are entitled to travel expenses and subsistence allowances from the Board.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Architecture, Interior Design & Residential Design, eff. 5-20-96; A by R120-01, 3-4-2002)