624.945 - Standards for advertisements; prohibited advertising practices. - Nevada Statutes

624.945  Standards for advertisements; prohibited advertising practices.

      1.  The Board shall adopt by regulation standards for advertisements used by contractors in connection with the solicitation or sale of contracts for work concerning residential pools or spas.

      2.  The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must prohibit a contractor from employing “bait and switch” advertising or otherwise intentionally publishing, displaying or circulating any advertisement which is misleading or inaccurate in any material particular or which misrepresents any of the goods or services sold or furnished by the contractor to members of the public.

      3.  The Board shall, in adopting the standards required by subsection 1, give consideration to the provisions of chapter 598 of NRS relating to advertisements that constitute deceptive trade practices and, to the extent practicable, adopt standards that are at least as stringent as those provisions.

      4.  A contractor shall not cause to be published or display or circulate any advertisement that does not comply with the standards adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 1.

      5.  As used in this section, “bait and switch” advertising has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.351.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 2975; A 2005, 2380)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 597.7191)