NAC652.157. Applications: Must include alternate method of contact; exemptions; requirement to notify Division of change to information; grounds for disciplinary action.

     1. In addition to any applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, an application submitted pursuant to this chapter or chapter 652 of NRS must include a method by which the Division may communicate with the applicant other than by telephone or mail, which may include, without limitation, an electronic mail address or a telephone number that will accept electronic mail. The Division may exempt an applicant from the requirements of this subsection if the applicant attests that no additional methods of communication are feasible for the applicant and acknowledges that mail is the only means by which to communicate with the applicant.

     2. A person who files an application for any license or certification as a laboratory director or laboratory personnel or who is licensed or certified as a laboratory director or laboratory personnel pursuant to NAC 652.380 to 652.486, inclusive, shall notify the Division of any change to the information contained in the application within 30 days after the change. Such notice may be provided in writing, by electronic mail or by any other method authorized by the Division. The failure of an applicant to comply with the requirements of this subsection constitutes grounds for disciplinary action that may include, without limitation:

     (a) Denial of the application;

     (b) Suspension or revocation of the applicant’s license or certificate;

     (c) The imposition of a monetary penalty equal to the monetary penalty imposed for a violation of severity level two pursuant to NAC 652.550; and

     (d) Any combination of the disciplinary actions described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R104-13, eff. 3-28-2014)