Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB270: Revises provisions relating to architects, professional engineers and land surveyors. (BDR 54-773)
Status: Chaptered, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to professional regulation; revising provisions relating to a certificate of registration to practice architecture; revising provisions relating to certain examinations required for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor; revising the circumstances under which the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may waive certain examinations for certain applicants for licensure; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
AN ACT relating to professional regulation; revising provisions relating to a certificate of registration to practice architecture; revising provisions relating to certain examinations required for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor; revising the circumstances under which the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may waive certain examinations for certain applicants for licensure; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law prohibits a person from practicing architecture in this State without a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design. (NRS 623.180) Before receiving a certificate of registration, existing law requires an applicant to pass an examination adopted by the Board. (NRS 623.200) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board, through December 31, 2026, to accept evidence that the applicant is a laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in lieu of an examination. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer to pass: (1) an examination on the fundamentals of engineering or receive a waiver of that requirement; and (2) an examination on the principles and practices of engineering that must cover the discipline of engineering in which the applicant is applying for licensure. Existing law prohibits an applicant from taking the examination on the principles and practices of engineering unless …