Section 116A.205 - Requirements for course: Correspondence course1. A school that requests approval of a distance education course to fulfill the educational requirements for an original certificate must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that the proposed distance education course satisfies the following requirements:(a) The course must be designed to ensure that students actively participate in the instructional process by utilizing techniques that provide students with the opportunity for continuous audio and visual communication with the approved instructor during the presentation of the course.(b) The proposed methods of instruction used in the course must be appropriate to the proposed learning objectives of the course, and the scope and depth of the instructional materials must be consistent with the proposed learning objectives.(c) The school must utilize procedures which reasonably ensure that a student who receives credit for completing the course actually performed all the work required to complete the course. The school must retain any records of student participation together with all other course records maintained.(d) The school must provide appropriate technical support to enable students to complete the course satisfactorily.(e) An approved instructor must be reasonably available to respond timely to questions submitted by students concerning the subject matter of the course and direct students to additional sources of information. For the purposes of this paragraph, a response by an approved instructor is timely if the response is made within 2 business days after the question is submitted.2. If the Commission approves a school to give a course of study which fulfills the educational requirements for an original certificate and the course is a distance education course, the school shall require each student to: (a) Pass a closed-book final examination with a minimum score of 75 percent and with a proctor present at a location designated by the school in its application for approval filed with the Commission;(b) Take two progress examinations or quizzes in addition to the final examination;(c) Prove his or her identity before he or she is allowed to take any examination; and(d) Complete each course within an established minimum and maximum time.3. A school that is approved to give a course of study which fulfills the educational requirements for an original certificate must certify the completion of only the number of hours for which the course has been approved by the Commission. A portion of a course does not satisfy the requirements for an original certificate.Nev. Admin. Code § 116A.205
(Added to NAC by Comm'n for Common-Interest Communities by R129-04, eff. 4-14-2005)-(Substituted in revision for NAC 116.214); A by R129-21A, eff. 12/29/2022NRS 116.615, 116.665, 116A.200, 116A.410