Nevada Code § 641.160

Application and fee for license as psychologist or behavioral health and wellness practitioner
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1. Each person desiring a license must:
(a) Make application to the Board upon a form,
and in a manner, prescribed by the Board pursuant to NRS 641.117 . The application must be
accompanied by the application fee prescribed by the Board and include all
information required to complete the application.
(b) As part of the application and at his or her
own expense:
(1) Arrange to have a complete set of
fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency or other authorized entity
acceptable to the Board; and
(2) Submit to the Board:
(I) A complete set of fingerprints
and written permission authorizing the Board to forward the fingerprints to the
Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicants background, and
to such other law enforcement agencies as the Board deems necessary for a
report on the applicants background; or
(II) Written verification, on a form
prescribed by the Board, stating that the set of fingerprints of the applicant
was taken and directly forwarded electronically or by other means to the
Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and that the
applicant provided written permission authorizing the law enforcement agency or
other authorized entity taking the fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to
the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicants background,
and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Board deems necessary for a
report on the applicants background.
2. The Board may:
(a) Unless the applicants fingerprints are
directly forwarded pursuant to sub-subparagraph (II) of subparagraph (2) of
paragraph (b) of subsection 1, submit those fingerprints to the Central
Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Board
deems necessary; and
(b) Request from each agency to which the Board
submits the fingerprints any information regarding the applicants background
as the Board deems necessary.
3. An application is not considered
complete and received for purposes of evaluation pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 641.170 or subsection 2 of NRS 641.2254 , as applicable, until the
Board receives a complete set of fingerprints or verification that the
fingerprints have been forwarded electronically or by other means to the
Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, and written
authorization from the applicant pursuant to this section.

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