Proposed Laws and Regulations

Board Responsiblities

One of the Board's major responsibilities, enacting regulations, involves compliance with current laws and regulations, conducting research, making recommendations, initiating changes in laws and regulations, and testifying in legislative committees as necessary.

Laws | Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS)

The Board is governed by NRS Chapter 637B and any changes to this or any chapter of NRS must be made through formal legislation. The Nevada Legislature meets on a biennial basis from January to June every odd-numbered year. The out of session period is referred to as the “interim” period.

Regulations | Nevada Administrative Code (NAC)

The Board is governed by NAC Chapter 637B and any changes to this or any chapter of NAC must be made through through a statutory legislative process in NRS 233B Nevada Administrative Procedures Act. This is typically done in the "interim" period between legislative sessions. Regulations (NAC) supplement and clarify the methods and processes by which the Board will implement its law (NRS). The law establishes minimum requirements; regulations provide the details and are the method by which the Board prescribes the specifics of licensing, professional conduct, scope of practice, disciplinary actions, and other related processes, i.e. the “how-to” of protecting the public. A regulation must be tied directly to the law which provides the authority to create the regulation.

Current Work

Proposed Regulations NAC 637B LCB File R026-25

Public Hearing October 15, 2025

Notice of Public Hearing, Notice of Intent to Act Upon a Regulation NAC Chapter 637B, LCB File R026-25

LCB File R026-25

Public Workshop July 9, 2025

Notice of Public Workshop to Solicit Comments on Proposed Regulations NAC 637B

Proposed Regulations NAC 637B for Public Workshop

Purpose of Regulations

During the 2025 Legislative Session, the Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 177 (AB177) which added new licensing for speech-language pathology assistants (SLP assistant), revised licensing requirements for audiologists and hearing aid specialists (HAS), and made a number of other administrative and conforming changes.

The regulations do the following:

Section 1 Amendment of Chapter

Section 2 Defines “Direct Supervision

Section 3 Defines “Indirect Supervision”

Section 4 Defines “Plan of Care”

Section 5 Revises has standard, temporary, & provisional license requirements

Section 6 Establishes SLP assistant clinical training requirement

Section 7 Establishes SLP assistant clinical training plan components

Section 8 Addresses SLP assistant clinical training plan & inactive status when unable to practice

Section 9 Establishes SLP assistant clinical training plan duties & responsibilities

Section 10 Establishes SLP assistant required duties and prohibited activities

Section 11 Prescribes SLP assistant supervising SLP & reporting requirements

Section 12 Prescribes supervising SLP eligibility requirements

Section 13 Establishes general duties of a supervising SLP

Section 14 Establishes supervising SLP delegation authority

Section 15 Requires disclosure of SLPA/supervising SLP & HAS-A/sponsor family/dating relationships

Section 16 Adopts codes of ethics & establishes violations as grounds for disciplinary action

Section 17 NAC 637B.014 Revises licensing exceptions for school-based personnel per AB177

Section 18 NAC 637B.030 Revises application, issuance, renewal, & privilege-to-practice fees

Section 19 NAC 637B.034 Removes references to dispensing audiologists.

Section 20 NAC 637B.035 Authorizes the Board to waive all or part of a fee

Section 21 NAC 637B.036 Revises HAS provisional license renewal requirements

Section 22 NAC 637B.0363 Revises HAS provisional license renewal requirements

Section 23 NAC 637B.0374 Removes references to dispensing audiologists

Section 24 NAC 637B.0391 Authorizes prior training credit for apprentices.

Section 25 NAC 637B.0392 Applies apprentice in-service training requirements to HAS applicants

Section 26 NAC 637B.0394 Applies apprentice in-service training requirements to HAS applicants

Section 27 NAC 637B.0396 Revises sponsor requirements & references to dispensing audiologists

Section 28 NAC 637B.042 Revises adverse action reporting requirements & adds “plan of care”

Section 29 NAC 637B.0442 Removes references to dispensing audiologists.

Section 30 NAC 637B.0446 Removes references to dispensing audiologists.

Section 31 NAC 637B.0448 Removes references to dispensing audiologists.

Section 32 NAC 637B.045 Removes references to dispensing audiologists.

Section 33 NAC 637B.400 Revises continuing education requirements for audiologists.

Section 34 NAC 637B.720 Removes references to dispensing audiologists.

Section 35 Effective Date

Past Work

Assembly Bill 177 | Passed in the 2025 legislative session; effective january 1, 2026. Includes a number of significant proposed changes, including licensing of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, removing the examination and endorsement requirement for Dispensing Audiologists, and removing the NBC-HIS certification requirement for HAS applicants.
LCB File R108-23 | Revision to NAC Chapter 637B. APPROVED & EFFECTIVE June 20, 2024. Please see our Practice Laws and Regulations page. Not yet codified into Chapter.
LCB File No. R064-21 | Proposed Revision to Continuing Education Requirement in NAC 637B.400. Codified into Chapter - June 2024. Please see our Practice Laws and Regulations page.
Assembly Bill 155 of the of the 81st (2021) Session of the Nevada Legislature | Failed to meet the April 9, 2021 deadline to pass the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor and no further action was taken. AB155 sought to revise the maximum fees the Board may charge for licensing and other services prescribed in NRS 637B.175.
LCB File R095-19 | Revision to NAC Chapter 637B. Codified into Chapter - June 2024. Please see our Practice Laws and Regulations page.