Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 415A - Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners (Uniform Act)
NRS 415A.230 - Effect of chapter on credentialing and privileging standards of health facility.


1. This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Credentialing" means obtaining, verifying and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care or services in or for a health facility.
(b) "Privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include, without limitation, the practitioner’s license, education, training, experience, competence, health status and specialized skill.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 944)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 415A - Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners (Uniform Act)

NRS 415A.010 - Short title.

NRS 415A.020 - Definitions.

NRS 415A.030 - "Disaster relief organization" defined.

NRS 415A.040 - "Division" defined.

NRS 415A.050 - "Emergency" defined.

NRS 415A.060 - "Emergency declaration" defined.

NRS 415A.070 - "Emergency Management Assistance Compact" defined.

NRS 415A.080 - "Entity" defined.

NRS 415A.090 - "Health facility" defined.

NRS 415A.100 - "Health practitioner" defined.

NRS 415A.110 - "Health services" defined.

NRS 415A.120 - "Host entity" defined.

NRS 415A.130 - "License" defined.

NRS 415A.140 - "Person" defined.

NRS 415A.150 - "Scope of practice" defined.

NRS 415A.160 - "State" defined.

NRS 415A.170 - "Veterinary services" defined.

NRS 415A.180 - "Volunteer health practitioner" defined.

NRS 415A.190 - Applicability.

NRS 415A.200 - Regulation by Division of Emergency Management; duty of host entity to coordinate activities and comply with laws.

NRS 415A.210 - Registration systems: Qualifications; confirmation and notice regarding registered volunteer health practitioners; host entity not required to use services of volunteer health practitioners; regulations for expedited granting of provis...

NRS 415A.220 - Practice during declared emergency; volunteer health practitioner not entitled to protections if licensed in more than one state and any such license is suspended, revoked or subject to limiting or restricting order or was voluntarily...

NRS 415A.230 - Effect of chapter on credentialing and privileging standards of health facility.

NRS 415A.240 - Scope of practice; administrative sanctions.

NRS 415A.250 - Effect of chapter on certain other laws; incorporation of certain volunteer health practitioners into emergency personnel of State.

NRS 415A.260 - Regulations.

NRS 415A.270 - Immunity from liability.

NRS 415A.280 - Benefits for death or injury.

NRS 415A.290 - Application and construction of chapter.