2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 604D - Earned Wage Access Services › NRS 604D.300 - Commissioner authorized to take action to participate in Registry; fingerprints; charges for use; regulations; provisions do not replace or affect authority of Commissioner regarding licensure. [Effective on the date on which the Commissioner of Financial Institutions notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry has sufficient capabilities to allow the Commissioner to carry out the provisions of chapter 400, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 2393.]

1. The Commissioner may, in furtherance of his or her duties with respect to the issuance and renewal of licenses pursuant to this chapter, participate in the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry. The Commissioner may take any action with respect to participation in the Registry that the Commissioner deems necessary to carry out his or her duties, including, without limitation:
(a) Facilitating and participating in the establishment and implementation of the Registry;
(b) Establishing relationships or contracts with the Registry or other entities designated by the Registry;
(c) Authorizing the Registry to collect and maintain records of applicants for licenses and licensees;
(d) Authorizing the Registry to, on behalf of the Commissioner, collect and process any fees associated with licensure, examinations, fines, assessments and any other similar fees;
(e) Requiring an applicant for a license or a licensee to use the Registry to:
(1) Apply for the issuance or renewal of a license;
(2) Amend or surrender a license;
(3) Submit any reports or the results of any examination that the Commissioner may require;
(4) Pay any applicable fees; and
(5) Engage in any other activity that the Commissioner may require; and
(f) Authorizing the Registry to, on behalf of the Commissioner, collect fingerprints in order to receive or conduct a background check on the criminal history of an applicant for a license or a licensee.
2. The Commissioner may require an applicant for a license or a licensee to submit a complete set of fingerprints when the Commissioner determines necessary. The Commissioner may use the services of the Registry to process and to submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, to any federal or state law enforcement agency or to any other entity authorized to receive such information for the purpose of conducting a background check of the criminal history of an applicant for a license or a licensee.
3. An applicant for a license or a licensee shall, in addition to any other fees associated with the license, pay all applicable charges to use the Registry, including, without limitation, any processing charges established by the administrator of the Registry.
4. The Commissioner may adopt any regulations the Commissioner determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations may, without limitation, establish additional procedures and requirements for participation in the Registry.
5. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to replace or affect the authority of the Commissioner to grant, deny, suspend, terminate, revoke or refuse to renew a license.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2398, effective on the date on which the Commissioner of Financial Institutions notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry has sufficient capabilities to allow the Commissioner to carry out the provisions of chapter 400, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 2393)