In Nevada, only businesses are required to be licensed. Individual employees of security providers are required to be registered with the Board and must have a registration work card (PILB card) to be an unarmed security officer in Nevada.

NRS 648.060 License required to engage in or advertise business; registration required for employee of licensee
1.   Except as otherwise provided in NRS 253.220, no person may:

  (a)   Engage in the business of private investigator, private patrol officer, process server, repossessor, dog handler, security consultant, or polygraphic examiner or intern; or
(b)   Advertise his or her business as such, irrespective of the name or title actually used,
unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter.

2.   No person may be employed by a licensee unless the person is registered pursuant to this chapter. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a person licensed pursuant to this chapter.

The Registration Work Card is valid for a period of 5 years.

Employees can only obtain an armed status once they were issued an unarmed permanent Work Card (PILB card).
Once the employee completes the armed training and receives a Certification of Completion, the firearm instructor submits the Verification of Employment Form to the Board.
It is the employer’s responsibility to send the employee to the armed training.
1.  A licensee or an employee who is registered pursuant to NRS 648.1493 may not carry any firearm while performing the duties for the type of business for which he or she is licensed or employed unless the licensee or employee:
(a) Is certified by the Board as a firearms instructor pursuant to subsection 2; or
(b) Has successfully completed and received certification from a course of training approved by the Board in carrying, handling and using firearms safely.
NAC §648.345

The applicant for an armed status needs to be employed by a licensee that is willing to sponsor the applicant to take the required firearm training course. The employer must add the applicant to their online roster and give the applicant a signed Verification of Employment Armed Security (VEAS) form to take to a Certified Firearm Instructor who administers the course.
See: Information on Armed Work Cards

Fees:
$85.00   Application Processing Fee OR $129.00   for rush processing of work card

$10.00   If fingerprints are provided on fingerprint cards or for out-of-state applicants

25$   Fee for reprinting the PILB Work Card to reflect the armed status

See: Application for the Registration Work Card (Paper Application)
See: Online Application Portal
See: Work Card Study Guide
See: Work Card Checklist

The Armed Work Card is valid for five years provided that the individual holder successfully qualifies every year during each of his or her designated qualification months on a course of fire that is given by a certified firearms instructor and is approved by the Board.
See: NAC 648.350(4)

Nevada does not regulate the permit or licensure process for open carry handguns. However, the state has strict laws on conceal carry weaponry which shall be featured in this section.

Nevada permits unlicensed employees to work on a provisional basis while awaiting final documentation.
In addition, the Nevada Administrative Code carves out a Board discretionary exemption for those employed in select occupations
The Rules states:

1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a licensee may not employ an unlicensed person who is or becomes employed:
(a) As a peace officer, as defined in NRS 169.125;
(b) By a federal, state or local law enforcement agency; or
(c) In a position which makes the unlicensed person eligible to contribute to any public employees’ retirement system.

The Rules also allow the Board to grant an exemption to this if the Board is convinced that the private activities of the unlicensed person on behalf of the licensee would not create or tend to create:
(a) A conflict of interest with his or her responsibilities to the public employer and his or her duty to discharge them; or
(b) The possibility of a use of his or her position with the public employer for personal advantage in his or her private activities.

See: NAC 648.338 and 3385

Nevada allows an out of state licensee to work in Nevada if the following criteria are met:

1.  A private investigator, repossessor, private patrol officer, polygraphic examiner or process server who:
(a) Has been licensed and is in good standing in another state or a territory of the United States;
(b) Has begun activities for a client in a particular case in that jurisdiction; and
(c) Needs to continue the activities of that case in Nevada, may apply to the Executive Director of the Board for authorization to work on that case in Nevada. A licensee of the Board in the appropriate category must agree with the applicant to oversee the applicant’s work in this State and to obligate the licensee’s insurance for protection against liability to third persons to cover the applicant’s activities in this State.

2.  The application must include:
(a) Evidence of the applicant’s license and good standing in the other jurisdiction;
(b) A brief description of the type of work the applicant intends to do in this State;
(c) An estimate of the time necessary to accomplish the work; and
(d) A copy of an independent contractor agreement between the applicant and a licensee of the Board in the appropriate category.

3. If the application is in order, the Executive Director may authorize the described work for an appropriate period.

See: NAC 648.280

The applicant must be at least 18 years of age
See: NRS 648.1493(3)(b)(1)

The applicant must be a U.S. citizen or resident alien with a work permit
See: NRS 648.1493(3)(b)(2)
For registration of individual security officer, the regulations call for a natural person.

None required

According to NRS 202.350(4), the following persons are exempt from needing a concealed firearms permit:
•   Sheriffs, constables, marshals, peace officers, correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections, special police officers, police officers of this State, whether active or honorably retired, or other appointed officers.
•   Any person summoned by any peace officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while the person so summoned is actually engaged in assisting such an officer.
•   Any full-time paid peace officer of an agency of the United States or another state or political subdivision thereof when carrying out official duties in the State of Nevada.
•   Members of the Armed Forces of the United States when on duty.

According to NRS 202.350(5), the exemptions provided in subsection 4 do not include a former peace officer who is retired for disability unless his or her former employer has approved his or her fitness to carry a concealed weapon.

The Board does have discretion to exempt licensure in these narrow circumstances that allows unlicensed parties employed in
law enforcement, at the state, local or federal level, or select employees in the public retirement systems to work without a license.
See: NAC 648.338 and 3385

A firearms permit is not required. The armed guard PILB card allows the owner to carry a firearm while on duty unless that weapon is concealed in which case an issued permit from the Sheriff is required.

Upon the issuance of a registration, a pocket card of such size, design and content as may be determined by the Board will be issued without charge to each registered employee, and will be evidence that the employee is duly registered pursuant to this chapter.
See: NRS 648.1493(4)

The legislation does not specify the requirement to carry the pocket card while on duty.

The applicant must be of good moral character and temperate habits.
See: NRS 648.1493(3)(b)(3)

A complete set of fingerprint cards or a receipt for electronically submitted fingerprints of the applicant must be submitted to the PILB- the Private Investigator’s Licensing Board.
See: NRS 648.1493(2)(c)

Fingerprints are required to be submitted to conduct a background investigation.
See: Fingerprinting Companies
See: Fingerprint instructions

According to NRS 202.3657(4)(d):

The applicant cannot have habitually used intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired.

According to NRS 202.3657(4)(b) and 202.3657(4)(c):

The applicant cannot have been judicially declared incompetent or insane or has been voluntarily or involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility during the immediately preceding 5 years.

The applicant must not have been convicted of, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude or the illegal use or possession of a dangerous weapon. The application also has the applicant to lists all arrests and if they are registered as a sex offender.
See: NRS 1493(3)(b)(4)

Fingerprints will be processed by the Nevada Criminal History Repository and the FBI.
See: NRS 648.203(2)

The application form requires the applicant to list all previous arrests, citations and orders to appear in court.
See: Application form

According to NRS 202.3657:
•   Has been convicted of a crime involving the use or threatened use of force or violence punishable as a misdemeanor under the laws of this or any other state, or a territory or possession of the United States at any time during the immediately preceding 3 years.
•   Has been convicted of a felony in this State or under the laws of any state, territory or possession of the United States.
•   Has been convicted of a crime involving domestic violence or stalking, or is currently subject to a restraining order, injunction or other order for protection against domestic violence.
•   Is currently on parole or probation from a conviction obtained in this State or in any other state or territory or possession of the United States.
•   Has, within the immediately preceding 5 years, been subject to any requirements imposed by a court of this State or of any other state or territory or possession of the United States, as a condition to the court’s:
•   Withholding of the entry of judgment for a conviction of a felony; or
•   Suspension of sentence for the conviction of a felony.
•   Has made a false statement on any application for a permit or for the renewal of a permit.

Not required