NRS116A.420. Person prohibited from acting as reserve study specialist without registering with Division; regulations governing standards of practice; investigations; disciplinary action; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section and subsection 2 of NRS 116.31152, a person shall not act as a reserve study specialist unless the person registers with the Division on a form provided by the Division.

      2.  The Commission shall by regulation provide for the standards of practice for reserve study specialists.

      3.  The Division may investigate any reserve study specialist to ensure that the reserve study specialist is complying with the provisions of this chapter and chapters 116 and 116B of NRS and the standards of practice adopted by the Commission.

      4.  In addition to any other remedy or penalty, if the Commission or a hearing panel, after notice and hearing, finds that a reserve study specialist has violated any provision of this chapter or chapter 116 or 116B of NRS or any of the standards of practice adopted by the Commission, the Commission or the hearing panel may take appropriate disciplinary action against the reserve study specialist.

      5.  In addition to any other remedy or penalty, the Commission may:

      (a) Refuse to accept the registration of a person who has failed to pay money which the person owes to the Commission or the Division.

      (b) Suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the registration of a person who has failed to pay money which the person owes to the Commission or the Division.

      6.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a member of an executive board or an officer of an association who is acting solely within the scope of his or her duties as a member of the executive board or an officer of the association.

      7.  A person who assists a registered reserve study specialist in preparing a reserve study, signed by a registered reserve study specialist, is not required to register as a reserve study specialist.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 2577; A 2007, 2276; 2009, 2214, 2933)