The provisions of this chapter, other than NRS 625A.910, do not apply to a person who:

1. Is employed by the Federal Government and who practices environmental health within the scope of that employment.

2. Is employed by and for the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or for a local air pollution control board. As used in this subsection, “local air pollution control board” means a board that establishes a program for the control of air pollution pursuant to NRS 445B.500.

3. Is employed by and for the Cannabis Compliance Board created by NRS 678A.350 pursuant to title 56 of NRS and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto and who conducts inspections to determine compliance with law and regulations for the cultivation, distribution and licensure of establishments or facilities where cannabis is grown, stored, processed or offered for sale, unless the cannabis is utilized as an agent or ingredient in food products.

4. Performs clean up and disposal of hazardous waste and substances as a consultant certified by the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to the provisions of NRS 459.400 to 459.600, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, unless the clean up and disposal of hazardous waste and substances is performed directly by and for a public health agency.

5. Practices in the field of:

(a) Industrial hygiene, public education, indoor air quality, health physics, mold assessment or mold remediation;

(b) Zoonotic disease ecology or vector-borne disease ecology, or both, when the practice in that field is performed as a specialty;

(c) Mining when performed by an employee or contractor of a mining company which is engaged in mining operations in this State;

(d) Building inspections when performed by a person whose primary purpose is to determine compliance with building and safety codes; or

(e) Epidemiological investigations performed by a person whose primary profession or employment is as an epidemiologist or disease investigator.

6. Practices environmental health on a limited basis in this State if the person:

(a) Practices for not more than 45 days in any calendar year; and

(b) Holds a valid and unrestricted registration, certification or license as an environmental health specialist in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States whose requirements for that registration, certification or licensure are substantially similar to the requirements for the issuance of a registration as an environmental health specialist in this State.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2112, effective July 1, 2020)