1. The Board and a local governmental entity shall, to the extent practicable, reduce duplication in the licensing or registration procedure for a qualified applicant who is applying to the Board for a license or certificate of registration to practice pursuant to this chapter and who is also applying to the local governmental entity for a license to practice massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration, if both applications are filed not more than 60 days apart.
2. If a qualified applicant submits an application to a local governmental entity for a license to practice massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration and, not later than 60 days after that application, the applicant also submits an application to the Board for a license or certificate of registration to practice pursuant to this chapter:
(a) The applicant is not required to submit a set of fingerprints to the Board if the applicant submitted a set of fingerprints with his or her application to the local governmental entity;
(b) The Board shall request from the local governmental entity a copy of any reports relating to a background investigation of the applicant;
(c) Upon receiving such a request, the local governmental entity shall provide to the Board any reports relating to a background investigation of the applicant; and
(d) The Board shall use the reports provided by the local governmental entity in reviewing the application for a license or certificate of registration to practice pursuant to this chapter.
3. If a qualified applicant submits an application to the Board for a license or certificate of registration to practice pursuant to this chapter and, not later than 60 days after that application, the applicant also submits an application to a local governmental entity for a license to practice massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration:
(a) The applicant is not required to submit a set of fingerprints to the local governmental entity if the applicant submitted a set of fingerprints with his or her application to the Board;
(b) The local governmental entity shall request from the Board a copy of any reports relating to a background investigation of the applicant;
(c) Upon receiving such a request, the Board shall provide to the local governmental entity any reports relating to a background investigation of the applicant; and
(d) The local governmental entity shall use the reports provided by the Board in reviewing the application for a license to practice massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration, except that the local governmental entity may conduct its own background investigation of the applicant if the local governmental entity deems it to be necessary.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2223; A 2017, 569, 1470) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 644.192)