An employer may request or consider a consumer credit report or other credit information for the purpose of evaluating an employee or prospective employee for employment, promotion, reassignment or retention as an employee if: 1. The employer is required or authorized, pursuant to state or federal law, to use a consumer credit report or other credit information for that purpose; 2. The employer reasonably believes that the employee or prospective employee has engaged in specific activity which may constitute a violation of state or federal law; or 3. The information contained in the consumer credit report or other credit information is reasonably related to the position for which the employee or prospective employee is being evaluated for employment, promotion, reassignment or retention as an employee. The information in the consumer credit report or other credit information shall be deemed reasonably related to such an evaluation if the duties of the position involve: (a) The care, custody and handling of, or responsibility for, money, financial accounts, corporate credit or debit cards, or other assets; (b) Access to trade secrets or other proprietary or confidential The care, custody and handling of, or responsibility for, money, financial accounts, corporate credit or debit cards, or other assets; (b) Access to trade secrets or other proprietary or confidential information; (c) Managerial or supervisory responsibility; (d) The direct exercise of law enforcement authority as an employee of a state or local law enforcement agency; (e) The care, custody and handling of, or responsibility for, the personal information of another person; (f) Access to the personal financial information of another person; (g) Employment with a financial institution that is chartered under state or federal law, including a subsidiary or affiliate of such a financial institution; or (h) Employment with a licensed gaming establishment, as defined in NRS 463.0169. (Added to NRS by 2013, 265, 3731)
Nevada Legal Code