The three Nevada State Commissioners, acting jointly:

1. Shall:

(a) Choose from among Nevada residents who apply for a program administered by the Nevada Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and have at least 1 year’s residence in this state immediately before applying for the program, those most qualified for contract places; and

(b) Certify them to receiving institutions or locations at which an applicant will practice his or her profession.

2. Shall choose from among the applicants, for a program administered by the Nevada Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, who apply for a support fee of 100 percent stipend for practice in certain professions and locations, and who lack at least 1 year of residence in this State immediately before applying for the program, those most qualified for contract places.

3. Shall review and certify the list of Nevada applicants for programs administered by the Regional Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

4. May enter into any reciprocity agreement, including, without limitation, the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, for the purpose of authorizing a postsecondary educational institution that is located in another state or territory of the United States to provide distance education to residents of this State if the requirements contained in the agreement for authorizing a postsecondary educational institution that is located in another state or territory of the United States to provide distance education to residents of this State are substantially similar to the requirements for licensure of a postsecondary educational institution by the Commission on Postsecondary Education pursuant to NRS 394.383 to 394.560, inclusive. As used in this subsection, “postsecondary educational institution” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.099.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 79; A 1960, 375; 1967, 1055; 1981, 1036; 1983, 1345; 1985, 849; 2003, 939; 2013, 1671; 2015, 1506)