1. The State Board may suspend or revoke the license of any teacher, administrator or other licensed employee, or may issue a letter of reprimand to any teacher, administrator or other licensed employee, after notice and an opportunity for hearing have been provided pursuant to NRS 391.322 and 391.323, for:

(a) Unprofessional conduct.

(b) Immorality, as defined in NRS 391.650.

(c) Evident unfitness for service.

(d) Physical or mental incapacity which renders the teacher, administrator or other licensed employee unfit for service.

(e) Conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.

(f) Conviction of a sex offense under NRS 200.366, 200.368, 201.190, 201.220, 201.230, 201.540 or 201.560 in which a pupil enrolled in a school of a county school district was the victim.

(g) Knowingly advocating the overthrow of the Federal Government or of the State of Nevada by force, violence or unlawful means.

(h) Persistent defiance of or refusal to obey the regulations of the State Board, the Commission or the Superintendent of Public Instruction, defining and governing the duties of teachers, administrators and other licensed employees.

(i) Breaches in the security or confidentiality of the questions and answers of the examinations that are administered pursuant to NRS 390.105 and the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610.

(j) Intentional failure to observe and carry out the requirements of a plan to ensure the security of examinations and assessments adopted pursuant to NRS 390.270 or 390.275.

(k) An intentional violation of NRS 388.497 or 388.499.

(l) Knowingly and willfully failing to comply with the provisions of NRS 388.1351.

(m) A substantiated report of abuse or neglect of a child, as defined in NRS 432B.020, or a violation of NRS 201.540, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366 made against the applicant in any state.

2. The State Board shall adopt regulations governing the process by which a letter of reprimand may be issued to a teacher, administrator or other licensed employee pursuant to this section, including, without limitation, regulations concerning the time period during which a letter of reprimand will remain on the record of the teacher, administrator or other licensed employee.

3. A teacher, administrator or other licensed employee whose license is suspended pursuant to this section:

(a) May apply to reinstate his or her license after the period of suspension, as determined by the State Board, is completed; and

(b) If he or she applies to reinstate his or her license pursuant to paragraph (a), shall:

(1) Submit a new application for licensure to the Department; and

(2) Pay the appropriate fee for licensure.

4. A teacher, administrator or other licensed employee whose license is revoked may not apply to reinstate his or her license and the Department shall not grant a new license to such a person.

[355:32:1956] — (NRS A 1975, 538; 1977, 1634; 1979, 1612; 1987, 1011; 1993, 858; 1999, 1435, 3242; 2001, 1212; 2003, 1396; 2013, 3282; 2015, 418; 2017, 3263; 2019, 1056)