NRS641A.285. Inactive license.

      1.  Upon written request to the Board and payment of the fee prescribed by the Board, a licensee in good standing may have his or her name and license transferred to an inactive list for a period not to exceed 3 continuous years. A licensee shall not practice marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling during the time the license is inactive. If an inactive licensee desires to resume the practice of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling, the Board must reactivate the license upon the:

      (a) Completion of an application for reactivation;

      (b) Payment of the fee for renewal of the license; and

      (c) Demonstration, if deemed necessary by the Board, that the licensee is then qualified and competent to practice.

Ê Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the licensee is not required to pay the delinquency fee or the renewal fee for any year while the license was inactive.

      2.  Any license that remains inactive for a period which exceeds 3 continuous years is deemed:

      (a) To effect a revocation for the purposes of NRS 641A.270.

      (b) To have lapsed at the beginning of that period for the purposes of NRS 641A.280.

      3.  The Board may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including without limitation, regulations governing the renewal of inactive licenses and any requirement of continuing education for inactive licensees.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1201; A 2007, 3059)