1. Licenses and certificates must be renewed biennially. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10 or 11, each person who is licensed or holds a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must, upon the payment of the required renewal fee and the submission of all information required to complete the renewal, be granted a renewal license or certificate which authorizes the person to continue to practice for 2 years.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10 or 11, the renewal fee must be paid and all information required to complete the renewal must be submitted to the Board by January 1 of:

(a) Each odd-numbered year for a licensee; and

(b) Each even-numbered year for a holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, 6 or 7, a licensee in active practice within this State must submit satisfactory proof to the Board that, during the 24 months immediately preceding the renewal date of the license, the licensee has attended at least 36 hours of continuing education which is approved or endorsed by the Board.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, 6 or 8, a holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant in active practice within this State must submit satisfactory proof to the Board that, during the 24 months immediately preceding the renewal date of the certificate, the certificate holder has attended at least 12 hours of continuing education which is approved or endorsed by the Board or the equivalent board of another state or jurisdiction that regulates chiropractors’ assistants. The continuing education required by this subsection may include education related to lifesaving skills, including, without limitation, a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The Board shall by regulation determine how many of the required 12 hours of continuing education must be course work related to such lifesaving skills. Any course of continuing education approved or endorsed by the Board or the equivalent board of another state or jurisdiction pursuant to this subsection may be conducted via the Internet or in a live setting, including, without limitation, a conference, workshop or academic course of instruction. The Board shall not approve or endorse a course of continuing education which is self-directed or conducted via home study.

5. The educational requirement of subsection 3 or 4 may be waived by the Board if the licensee or holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant files with the Board a statement of a chiropractic physician, osteopathic physician or doctor of medicine certifying that the licensee or holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant is suffering from a serious or disabling illness or physical disability which prevented the licensee or holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant from completing the requirements for continuing education during the 24 months immediately preceding the renewal date of the license or certificate.

6. The Board may waive the educational requirement of subsection 3 or 4 for a licensee or a holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant if the licensee or holder of a certificate submits to the Board proof that the licensee or holder of a certificate was in active military service which prevented the licensee or holder of a certificate from completing the requirements for continuing education during the 24 months immediately preceding the renewal date of the license or certificate.

7. A licensee is not required to comply with the requirements of subsection 3 until the first odd-numbered year after the year the Board issues to the licensee an initial license to practice as a chiropractor in this State.

8. A holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant is not required to comply with the requirements of subsection 4 until the first even-numbered year after the Board issues to the holder of a certificate an initial certificate to practice as a chiropractor’s assistant in this State.

9. The Board may adopt regulations that provide for random audits of licensees and holders of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant to ensure compliance with subsection 3 or 4, as appropriate.

10. The Board may waive the renewal fee for a licensee or holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant if the licensee or holder of a certificate submits proof to the Board that the licensee or holder of a certificate was in active military service at the time the renewal fee was due.

11. The Board may adopt regulations that provide for the prorating or waiving of the renewal fee for a licensee or holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant if such prorating or waiving is based upon the date on which:

(a) The Board issues a license to practice chiropractic or a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant; and

(b) Such license or certification must be renewed.

12. If a licensee fails to:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10 or 11, pay the renewal fee by January 1 of an odd-numbered year;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 or 6, submit proof of continuing education pursuant to subsection 3;

(c) Notify the Board of a change in the location of his or her office pursuant to NRS 634.129; or

(d) Submit all information required to complete the renewal,

the license automatically expires and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 634.131, may be reinstated only upon the payment, by January 1 of the even-numbered year following the year in which the license expired, of the required fee for reinstatement in addition to the renewal fee.

13. If a holder of a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant fails to:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10 or 11, pay the renewal fee by January 1 of an even-numbered year;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 or 6, submit proof of continuing education pursuant to subsection 4;

(c) Notify the Board of a change in the location of his or her office pursuant to NRS 634.129; or

(d) Submit all information required to complete the renewal,

the certificate automatically expires and may be reinstated only upon the payment of the required fee for reinstatement in addition to the renewal fee.

[Part 8:23:1923; A 1951, 258] — (NRS A 1963, 279; 1969, 349; 1971, 358; 1975, 642; 1977, 965; 1981, 1340; 1983, 422; 1991, 2084; 1993, 331; 1995, 2750; 1997, 821, 2131; 2003, 3446; 2005, 2730, 2807, 2817; 2007, 2935; 2011, 1821; 2013, 549; 2015, 511; 2019, 2291)