1. The Administrator shall issue a sales agent’s license to each applicant who submits an application to the Division, in the manner provided by the Division, which includes:

(a) Satisfactory evidence, affirmed by the project broker or another acceptable source, that the applicant has completed 14 hours of instruction in:

(1) Ethics.

(2) The applicable laws and regulations relating to time shares.

(3) Principles and practices of selling time shares.

(b) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has a reputation for honesty, trustworthiness and competence.

(c) A designation of the project broker who will supervise the sales agent.

(d) Any further information required by the Division, including the submission by the applicant to any investigation by the police or the Division.

2. In addition to or in lieu of the 14 hours of instruction required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the applicant may be required to pass an examination which may be adopted by the Division to examine satisfactorily the knowledge of the applicant in those areas of instruction listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1.

3. Each applicant must pay the fees provided for in this chapter.

4. Each applicant must, as part of his or her application and at the applicant’s own expense:

(a) Arrange to have a complete set of his or her fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency or other authorized entity acceptable to the Division; and

(b) Submit to the Division:

(1) A completed fingerprint card and written permission authorizing the Division to submit the applicant’s fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicant’s background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Division deems necessary; or

(2) Written verification, on a form prescribed by the Division, stating that the fingerprints of the applicant were taken and directly forwarded electronically or by another means to the Central Repository and that the applicant has given written permission to the law enforcement agency or other authorized entity taking the fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicant’s background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Division deems necessary.

5. The Division may:

(a) Unless the applicant’s fingerprints are directly forwarded pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4, submit those fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Division deems necessary; and

(b) Request from each such agency any information regarding the applicant’s background as the Division deems necessary.

6. A person who is licensed as a real estate salesperson pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS is not required to obtain a license pursuant to the provisions of this section.

7. A sales agent is not required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 645 of NRS.

8. Each sales agent’s license issued pursuant to this section expires 2 years after the last day of the calendar month in which it was issued and must be renewed on or before that date. Each licensee who meets the requirements for renewal may renew his or her license upon the payment of the renewal fee before his or her license expires.

9. If a licensee fails to renew his or her license before it expires, the license may be reinstated if the licensee pays the renewal fee and the penalty specified in NRS 119A.360 within 1 year after the license expires.

10. The Administrator may adopt regulations establishing and governing requirements for the continuing education of sales agents.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 984; A 1985, 1138, 2278, 2279; 1987, 893; 1997, 2038; 2003, 1307; 2005, 1297, 1298; 2013, 3512, effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)