AB264

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of certain professions and occupations in this State. (Title 54 of NRS) Existing law, in general, designates various state agencies, boards and commissions that are authorized to license and regulate those professions and occupations as “regulatory bodies.” (NRS 622.060) Existing law authorizes or requires various regulatory bodies to deny an application for the issuance of a professional or occupational license based on the moral character or criminal history of the applicant. For example, existing law authorizes the Nevada State Board of Accountancy to refuse to grant a certificate of certified public accountant to an applicant if he or she has been convicted of a felony in this State. (NRS 628.190) Similarly, existing law requires an applicant for a license as an athletic trainer to be of good moral character. (NRS 640B.310) This bill sets forth procedures by which an applicant for the issuance of a “license,” which existing law defines to mean any license, certificate, registration, permit or other similar type of authorization issued by a regulatory body, may obtain judicial review of a final decision of the regulatory body denying the application of the applicant on the basis of the moral character or criminal history of the applicant. (NRS 622.030) This bill requires a regulatory body that denies an application for the issuance of a license on the basis of the moral character or criminal history of the applicant to