Nevada § 636.260 - Payment of renewal fee; requirements for continuing education; waiver; presentment of evidence of completion of educational or postgraduate program by licensee certified to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents

§ 636.260. Payment of renewal fee; requirements for continuing education; waiver; presentment of evidence of completion of educational or postgraduate program by licensee certified to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents

1. Before March 1 of each even-numbered year, each licensee shall pay a renewal fee

to the Executive Director in the amount established pursuant to NRS 636.143 . For the purposes of this subsection, the date of the postmark on any payment received

by mail shall be deemed to be the date of receipt by the Executive Director. 2. The renewal fee must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the licensee

has, within the immediately preceding 24-month period, completed the required number

of hours in a course or courses of continuing education that have been approved by

the Board. This evidence must be indicated on the form for proof of completion of continuing

education that is furnished by the Board. The Board shall not require a licensee to complete more than 40 hours of continuing

education during each period of renewal. The Board may waive the requirement that a licensee complete all or part of the

required number of hours of continuing education upon good cause shown by the licensee. 3. The Board shall require each licensee to complete at least 2 hours of training

in the screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach to substance

use disorder within 2 years after initial licensure as part of the continuing education

required by subsection 2. 4. A licensee who is certified to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents pursuant

to NRS 636.288 must, at the time of paying the renewal fee, present evidence satisfactory to the

Executive Director that, during the 24 months immediately preceding the payment of

the renewal fee, the licensee completed an educational or postgraduate program approved

by the Board. The Board shall establish the number of hours for completion of the program which

must be not less than 50 hours nor more than 100 hours.