2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 686B - Rates and Essential Insurance › NRS 686B.140 - Licensing of rate service organization and advisory organization: Application; issuance, expiration and renewal of license. [Effective until 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.] Licensing of rate service organization and advisory organization: Application; issuance, expiration and renewal of license. [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.]

1. A rate service organization or an advisory organization applying for a license as required by NRS 686B.130 must include with its application:
(a) A copy of its constitution, charter, articles of organization, agreement, association or incorporation, and a copy of its bylaws, plan of operation and any other rules or regulations governing the conduct of its business;
(b) A list of its membership and subscribers;
(c) The name and address of one or more residents of this State upon whom notices, process affecting it or orders of the Commissioner may be served;
(d) A statement showing its technical qualifications for acting in the capacity for which it seeks a license;
(e) If the applicant is a natural person who wishes to obtain a license as a rate service organization, the statement required pursuant to NRS 686B.143;
(f) Any other relevant information and documents that the Commissioner may require; and
(g) All applicable fees.
2. If the applicant is a natural person, the application must include the social security number of the applicant.
3. Every organization which has applied for a license pursuant to subsection 1 shall thereafter promptly notify the Commissioner of every material change in the facts or in the documents on which its application was based.
4. If the Commissioner finds that the applicant and the natural persons through whom it acts are competent, trustworthy and technically qualified to provide the services proposed, and that all requirements of law are met, the Commissioner shall issue a license specifying the authorized activity of the applicant. The Commissioner shall not issue a license if the proposed activity would tend to create a monopoly or to lessen or destroy competition in prices.
5. A license issued pursuant to this section continues in effect until the licensee leaves the State or until the license is suspended, revoked or otherwise terminated. A license may be renewed upon:
(a) If the licensee is a natural person who has been issued a license as a rate service organization, submission of the statement required pursuant to NRS 686B.143 and payment of all applicable fees for renewal to the Commissioner on or before the last day on which the license is renewable; or
(b) If the licensee is an advisory organization or a rate service organization that is not a natural person, payment of all applicable fees for renewal to the Commissioner on or before the last day on which the license is renewable.
6. A license which is not renewed annually expires on March 1. The Commissioner may accept a request for renewal received by the Commissioner within 30 days after the expiration of the license if the request is accompanied by:
(a) If the licensee is a natural person who has been issued a license as a rate service organization, the statement required pursuant to NRS 686B.143 and a fee for renewal of 150 percent of all applicable fees otherwise required, except for any fee required pursuant to NRS 680C.110; or
(b) If the licensee is a rate service organization that is not a natural person or is an advisory organization, a fee for renewal of 150 percent of all applicable fees otherwise required, except for any fee required pursuant to NRS 680C.110.
7. Any amendment to a document filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be filed at least 30 days before it becomes effective. Failure to comply with this subsection is a ground for revocation of the license granted pursuant to subsection 4.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1702; A 1987, 463; 1995, 2056; 1997, 2197, 2210; 2009, 1784)
1. A rate service organization or an advisory organization applying for a license as required by NRS 686B.130 must include with its application:
(a) A copy of its constitution, charter, articles of organization, agreement, association or incorporation, and a copy of its bylaws, plan of operation and any other rules or regulations governing the conduct of its business;
(b) A list of its membership and subscribers;
(c) The name and address of one or more residents of this state upon whom notices, process affecting it or orders of the Commissioner may be served;
(d) A statement showing its technical qualifications for acting in the capacity for which it seeks a license;
(e) Any other relevant information and documents that the Commissioner may require; and
(f) All applicable fees.
2. Every organization which has applied for a license pursuant to subsection 1 shall thereafter promptly notify the Commissioner of every material change in the facts or in the documents on which its application was based.
3. If the Commissioner finds that the applicant and the natural persons through whom it acts are competent, trustworthy and technically qualified to provide the services proposed, and that all requirements of law are met, the Commissioner shall issue a license specifying the authorized activity of the applicant. The Commissioner shall not issue a license if the proposed activity would tend to create a monopoly or to lessen or destroy competition in prices.
4. A license issued pursuant to this section continues in effect until the licensee leaves the state or until the license is suspended, revoked or otherwise terminated. A license may be renewed by payment of all applicable fees for renewal to the Commissioner on or before the last day on which it is renewable.
5. A license which is not renewed annually expires on March 1. The Commissioner may accept a request for renewal received by the Commissioner within 30 days after the expiration of the license if the request is accompanied by a fee for renewal of 150 percent of all applicable fees otherwise required, except for any fee required pursuant to NRS 680C.110.
6. Any amendment to a document filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be filed at least 30 days before it becomes effective. Failure to comply with this subsection is a ground for revocation of the license granted pursuant to subsection 3.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1702; A 1987, 463; 1995, 2056; 1997, 2197, 2210; 2009, 1784, 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)