Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care

NRS 630.0245 - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" defined. - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" means an...

NRS 630.025 - "Supervising physician" defined. - "Supervising physician" means an active physician licensed and in good...

NRS 630.0257 - "Telehealth" defined. - "Telehealth" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.515....

NRS 630.026 - "Temporarily licensed perfusionist" defined. - "Temporarily licensed perfusionist" means a person temporarily licensed to practice...

NRS 630.045 - Purpose of licensing; license is revocable privilege. - 1. The purpose of licensing physicians, perfusionists, physician assistants and...

NRS 630.047 - Applicability of chapter. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Applicability of chapter. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. This chapter does not apply to: (a) A medical...

NRS 630.049 - Place at which act constituting practice of medicine deemed to occur. - For the purposes of this chapter, any act that constitutes...

NRS 630.050 - Appointment of members: Number; limitation on consecutive terms. - 1. The Board of Medical Examiners consists of nine members...

NRS 630.060 - Qualifications of members. - 1. Six members of the Board must be persons who...

NRS 630.070 - Terms, removal and replacement of members. - 1. After the initial terms, the term of office of...

NRS 630.075 - Appointment of physician or member of public to serve as advisory member of Board. - The Board may, by majority vote, select physicians and members...

NRS 630.080 - Oath or affirmation of office. - Before entering upon the duties of his or her office,...

NRS 630.085 - Acknowledgment of statutory ethical standards. - 1. Each member of the Board shall comply with the...

NRS 630.090 - Officers. - 1. The Board shall elect from its members a President,...

NRS 630.100 - Meetings: Frequency; requirements concerning telephone or video conference; quorum. - 1. The Board shall meet at least twice annually and...

NRS 630.103 - Executive Director of Board: Employment and discharge; serves as chief administrative officer; level of compensation. - 1. The Board shall employ a person as the Executive...

NRS 630.106 - Other employees of Board: Employment and discharge; conditions and limitations regarding hearing officers. - 1. The Board may employ hearing officers, experts, administrators, attorneys,...

NRS 630.110 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of expenses and salaries from fees received by Board; deposit of money received by Board. - 1. Out of the money coming into the possession of...

NRS 630.120 - Seal; licenses to bear seal and signatures. - 1. The Board shall procure a seal. 2. All licenses...

NRS 630.123 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...

NRS 630.125 - Offices. - The Board may maintain offices in as many localities in...

NRS 630.127 - Performance audits of Board. - 1. In addition to any other audits required of the...

NRS 630.130 - Enforcement of chapter; establishment of standards for licensure; administration of examinations; investigation of applicants and issuance of licenses; institution of court proceedings; submission of biennial report; regulations. - 1. In addition to the other powers and duties provided...

NRS 630.132 - Board required to provide quarterly list of licensed physician assistants to State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - On or before the last day of each quarter, the...

NRS 630.133 - Board required to notify Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services upon identification of certain sentinel events; confidentiality of information. - 1. The Board shall immediately notify the Division of Public...

NRS 630.134 - Board required to disseminate annually to physicians and physician assistants who care for children information relating to pediatric cancer. - The Board shall develop and disseminate annually to each licensed...

NRS 630.135 - Board required to define "intractable pain" by regulation. - The Board shall by regulation define the term "intractable pain"...

NRS 630.137 - Board prohibited from adopting certain regulations concerning collaboration or consultation among providers of health care. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as...

NRS 630.138 - Regulations governing supervision of medical assistants. - The Board may adopt regulations governing the supervision of a...

NRS 630.139 - Board authorized to take possession of health care records from licensee who becomes incapacitated; disclosures by licensee; regulations. - 1. If a licensee becomes incapable of keeping his or...

NRS 630.140 - Hearings and investigations; oaths; subpoenas. - 1. The Board may hold hearings and conduct investigations pertaining...

NRS 630.144 - Website: Maintenance; general requirements and restrictions concerning posting of information. - 1. The Board shall maintain a website on the Internet...

NRS 630.146 - Website: Additional requirements concerning posting of information relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers. - The Board shall post on a website or other Internet...

NRS 630.160 - License required to practice medicine; qualifications of applicant; issuance after verification; action by Board if Board receives information concerning applicant that differs from information previously received by Board. - 1. Every person desiring to practice medicine must, before beginning...

NRS 630.1605 - License by endorsement to practice medicine. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.1606 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice medicine: Requirements; procedure for issuance. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.1607 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice medicine: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on application. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.161 - Effect of revocation of license to practice medicine in another jurisdiction for gross medical negligence; regulations. - 1. The Board shall not issue a license to practice...

NRS 630.165 - Application and affidavit for license or license by endorsement to practice medicine; additional requirements; burden of proof. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an applicant...

NRS 630.167 - Submission of fingerprints; conditions and limitations on information provided by Board. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 630.170 - Submission of evidence of graduation from accredited medical school in United States or Canada. - In addition to the other requirements for licensure, an applicant...

NRS 630.171 - Submission of certificate and proof satisfactory of completion of progressive postgraduate training by applicant for license to practice medicine. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.263, in addition to...

NRS 630.173 - Submission of certain information concerning claims for malpractice, complaints and other disciplinary action involving applicant for license to practice medicine; consideration by Board of certain information more than 10 years old. - 1. In addition to the other requirements for licensure, an...

NRS 630.180 - Examinations. - 1. In addition to the other requirements for licensure, an...

NRS 630.195 - Submission of evidence of degree and passage of examination by applicant who is graduate of foreign medical school. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.1606 and 630.1607,...

NRS 630.197 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proced... - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 630.198 - Board prohibited from issuing or renewing certain licenses unless applicant attests to certain information pertaining to safe and appropriate injection practices. - 1. The Board shall not issue or renew a license...

NRS 630.200 - Delay or denial of application for license to practice medicine: Grounds; notice; appeal. - 1. The Board may deny an application for a license...

NRS 630.220 - Records of issuance or denial of licenses: Contents; inspection. - The Board shall maintain records pertaining to applicants to whom...

NRS 630.250 - Validity of license to practice medicine issued before July 1, 1985. - All valid licenses to practice medicine issued before July 1,...

NRS 630.253 - Active licensees: Continuing education. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Active licensees: Continuing education. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Board shall, as a prerequisite for the: (a)...

NRS 630.2535 - Training required for certain physicians and physician assistants relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; exemption for one licensure period for certain registration; regulations... - 1. The Board shall, by regulation, require each physician or...

NRS 630.254 - Active licensees: Notice of change of mailing address; notice of change of location or close of office located in State; location of records; maintenance of electronic mail address with Board if performing certain acts outside State. - 1. Each licensee shall maintain a permanent mailing address with...

NRS 630.255 - Inactive licensees: Conditions for placement on inactive status; maintenance of permanent and electronic mailing addresses with Board; notice of change of mailing address; reinstatement. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Inactive l... - 1. Any licensee who changes the location of his or...

NRS 630.257 - Reexamination of licensee who does not practice medicine for certain period. - If a licensee does not engage in the practice of...

NRS 630.258 - Special volunteer medical license. - 1. A physician who is retired from active practice and...

NRS 630.259 - License as administrative physician. - 1. A person may apply to the Board to be...

NRS 630.261 - Locum tenens, special, restricted, temporary and special purpose licenses. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.2615 - Authorized facility license to practice medicine in institution of Department of Corrections. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.262 - Authorized facility license to practice medicine as psychiatrist in certain mental health centers. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.263 - Restricted license to practice medicine in certain medical specialties for which there are critically unmet needs. - 1. If the Governor determines that there are critically unmet...

NRS 630.264 - Restricted license to practice medicine in medically underserved area of county. - 1. A board of county commissioners may petition the Board...

NRS 630.2645 - Restricted license to teach, research or practice medicine at medical facility, medical research facility or medical school. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.265 - Limited license to practice medicine as resident physician in graduate program. - 1. Unless the Board denies such licensure pursuant to NRS...

NRS 630.266 - Special event license to demonstrate medical techniques and procedures; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board...

NRS 630.2665 - Temporary exemption from licensure to practice medicine for physician providing services to visiting athletic team or athletic event in this State; extension of exemption; conditions and limitations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, if a...

NRS 630.267 - Biennial registration: Submission of list of malpractice and negligence actions and claims and fee; expiration and reinstatement of license; notice to licensee. - 1. Each holder of a license to practice medicine must,...

NRS 630.2671 - Duty of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for biennial registration or renewal of license for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of informati... - 1. The Board shall: (a) Make the data request developed...

NRS 630.2672 - Duty of Board to make data request concerning practice information available to applicants for renewal of license as physician or biennial registration for required completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information p... - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 630.2673 - Duty of Board to require applicant to report receipt of training in treatment of mental and emotional trauma and willingness to respond during emergency or disaster; maintenance and provision of related lists of names by Board; failure... - 1. The Board shall: (a) Require each applicant for biennial...

NRS 630.2675 - Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients by physician or physician assistant; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services. - 1. A physician or physician assistant may: (a) Ask each...

NRS 630.2677 - Renewal of license as physician assistant: Requirements for application for simultaneous license to practice as physician assistant issued by State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; fees. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A person applying to renew a license to practice as...

NRS 630.268 - Fees; cost of special meeting to be paid by person requesting meeting. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Fees; cost of special meeting to be paid by person requesting meeting. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Board shall charge and collect not more than...

NRS 630.269 - Regulations concerning licensure. - The Board shall adopt regulations regarding the licensure of perfusionists,...

NRS 630.2691 - Requirements for licensing. - To be eligible for licensing by the Board as a...

NRS 630.2692 - Examinations. - 1. The Board shall use the certification examinations given by...

NRS 630.2693 - Waiver of examination for certain applicants. - The Board shall waive the examination required pursuant to NRS...

NRS 630.2694 - Issuance and display of license; notification of Board upon change of address. - 1. The Board shall issue a license as a perfusionist...

NRS 630.2695 - Expiration, renewal and reinstatement of licenses. - 1. Each license issued pursuant to NRS 630.2694 expires on...

NRS 630.2696 - Temporary licenses. - 1. The Board may issue a temporary license to practice...

NRS 630.271 - Authorized services. - 1. A physician assistant may perform such medical services as...

NRS 630.273 - Initial license: Issuance and conditions. - The Board may issue a license to an applicant who...

NRS 630.2735 - Initial license: Requirements for simultaneous license to practice as physician assistant issued by State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; fees. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A person applying for a license to practice as a...

NRS 630.275 - Regulations concerning licensure. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Regulations concerning licensure. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - The Board shall adopt regulations regarding the licensure of a...

NRS 630.2751 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to...

NRS 630.2752 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice as physician assistant for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on... - 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to...

NRS 630.2755 - Simultaneous license to practice as physician assistant issued by State Board of Osteopathic Medicine: Application by holder of license as physician assistant issued by Board of Medical Examiners at time other than with application for... - If a person licensed to practice as a physician assistant...

NRS 630.276 - Licensed physician required to supervise respiratory care. - The practice of respiratory care must be performed under the...

NRS 630.277 - Requirements; prohibitions; intern in respiratory care. - 1. Every person who wishes to practice respiratory care in...

NRS 630.279 - Regulations concerning licensure. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Regulations concerning licensure. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - The Board shall adopt regulations regarding the licensure of practitioners...

NRS 630.298 - Jurisdiction of Board over licensee unaffected by expiration or voluntary surrender of license. - The expiration of a license by operation of law or...

NRS 630.299 - Authority of Board or investigative committee to issue letter of warning, letter of concern or nonpunitive admonishment. - 1. If the Board has reason to believe that a...

NRS 630.301 - Criminal offenses; disciplinary action taken by other jurisdiction; surrender of previous license while under investigation; malpractice; engaging in sexual activity with patient; disruptive behavior; violating or exploiting trust of pa... - The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary...

NRS 630.304 - Misrepresentation in obtaining or renewing license; false advertising; practicing under another name; signing blank prescription forms; influencing patient to engage in sexual activity; discouraging second opinion; terminating care with... - The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary...

NRS 630.305 - Accepting compensation to influence evaluation or treatment; inappropriate division of fees; inappropriate referral to health facility, laboratory or commercial establishment; charging for services not rendered; aiding practice by unlic... - 1. The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating...

NRS 630.306 - Inability to practice medicine; deceptive conduct; violation of regulation governing practice of medicine or adopted by State Board of Pharmacy; unlawful distribution of controlled substance; injection of silicone; practice beyond scope... - 1. The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating...

NRS 630.3062 - Failure to maintain proper medical records; altering medical records; making false report; failure to file or obstructing required report; failure to allow inspection and copying of medical records; failure to report other person in vi... - 1. The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating...

NRS 630.3065 - Knowing or willful disclosure of privileged communication; knowing or willful failure to comply with law, subpoena or order; knowing or willful failure to perform legal obligation. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Knowing or will... - The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary...

NRS 630.3066 - Prescribing or administering certain controlled substances for treatment of intractable pain or engaging in activity relating to medical use of cannabis not grounds for disciplinary action under certain circumstances. - A physician is not subject to disciplinary action solely for:...

NRS 630.30665 - Physician required to report certain information concerning surgeries and sentinel events; disciplinary action or fine for failure to report or false report; duties of Board; confidentiality of report; applicability; regulations. - 1. The Board shall require each holder of a license...

NRS 630.3067 - Insurer of physician required to report certain information concerning malpractice; administrative fine for failure to report. - 1. The insurer of a physician licensed under this chapter...

NRS 630.3068 - Physician required to report certain information concerning malpractice and sanctions imposed against physician; administrative fine for failure to report; reports deemed public records. - 1. A physician shall report to the Board: (a) Any...

NRS 630.3069 - Board required to conduct investigation after receiving certain reports concerning malpractice. - If the Board receives a report pursuant to the provisions...

NRS 630.307 - General requirements for filing complaint; medical facilities and societies required to report certain information concerning privileges and disciplinary action; administrative fine for failure to report; clerk of court required to repo... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any person...

NRS 630.309 - Requirements for filing complaint against perfusionist, physician assistant or practitioner of respiratory care. - To institute a disciplinary action against a perfusionist, physician assistant...

NRS 630.311 - Review and investigation of complaint by committee designated by Board; formal complaint; proceedings confidential; publication of summary of proceedings and determinations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.323, a committee...

NRS 630.318 - Examination of physician to determine fitness to practice medicine; consent to examination; testimony and examination reports not privileged; effect of failure to submit to examination. - 1. If the Board or any investigative committee of the...

NRS 630.323 - Review and investigation of complaint relating to prescriptions for certain controlled substances; notice to licensee; formal complaint and hearing; referral or postponement of investigation; regulations; explanation or technical adviso... - 1. The Executive Director of the Board or his or...

NRS 630.324 - Summary suspension of licensee’s authority to prescribe, administer or dispense certain controlled substances; issuance of order; formal hearing and decision. - 1. If the Board determines from an investigation of a...

NRS 630.326 - Summary suspension of license: Issuance of order; hearing; reinstatement of license required if no formal complaint pending on date of hearing; limitation on time for completing examination. - 1. If an investigation by the Board regarding a physician,...

NRS 630.329 - Summary suspension of license: Stay by court of Board’s order prohibited. - If the Board issues an order suspending the license of...

NRS 630.336 - Confidentiality of certain proceedings, reports, complaints, investigations, records and other information; exceptions. - 1. Any deliberations conducted or vote taken by the Board...

NRS 630.339 - Contents of formal complaint; answer; case conference; procedure for hearing resulting from report of violations of Industrial Insurance Act; formal hearing. - 1. If a committee designated by the Board to conduct...

NRS 630.342 - Submission of fingerprints required upon initiation of disciplinary action; effect of noncompliance; additional grounds for disciplinary action. - 1. Any licensee against whom the Board initiates disciplinary action...

NRS 630.344 - Service of process; publication of notice. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, service of...

NRS 630.346 - Board, panel or hearing officer not bound by formal rules of evidence; requirements for proof; burden of proof. - In any disciplinary hearing: 1. The Board, a panel of...

NRS 630.352 - Disposition of charges: Adjudication by Board; dismissal of charges or required disciplinary action for violations; private reprimands prohibited; issuance of order imposing discipline; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. - 1. Any member of the Board, other than a member...

NRS 630.355 - Acts constituting contempt; stay of related disciplinary proceedings; transfer of jurisdiction to district court; penalties; manner in which person may purge himself or herself of contempt. - 1. If a person, in a proceeding before the Board,...

NRS 630.356 - Judicial review; effective date of order; stay of Board’s order by court prohibited. - 1. Any person aggrieved by a final order of the...

NRS 630.358 - Removal of limitation on or restoration of license. - 1. Any person: (a) Whose practice of medicine, perfusion or...

NRS 630.364 - Immunity from civil action; Board prohibited from taking certain action against physician for disclosing certain violations to governmental entity or cooperating in related investigation, hearing or inquiry. - 1. Any person or organization who furnishes information concerning an...

NRS 630.365 - Authority for nonprofit medical school or research institution to operate as business organization or association, operate clinic in conjunction with school or research facility and retain portion of money generated by clinic. - 1. A private nonprofit medical school or a nonprofit medical...

NRS 630.366 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each stat... - 1. If the Board receives a copy of a court...

NRS 630.3675 - Immediate suspension of license for conviction of felony relating to license holder’s practice. - If the holder of a license that is issued or...

NRS 630.369 - Injecting patient with certain chemotherapeutic agents. - 1. A person, other than a physician, shall not inject...

NRS 630.371 - Performance of laser surgery on eye. - Laser surgery or intense pulsed light therapy on the globe...

NRS 630.373 - Administration of anesthesia or sedation. - 1. A physician shall not administer or supervise directly the...

NRS 630.3735 - Investigational drug, biological product or device: Conditions under which physician is authorized to prescribe or recommend; contents of form for consent; action not grounds for disciplinary action. - 1. A physician may prescribe or recommend an investigational drug,...

NRS 630.374 - Physician or physician assistant authorized to issue order for school or authorized entity to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine; immunity from liability. - 1. A physician or physician assistant may issue to a...

NRS 630.3745 - Physician prohibited from allowing person not enrolled in good standing at accredited school to perform or participate in certain activities; exception; civil penalty; limitation on action. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician...

NRS 630.375 - Form for prescription; requirements for initial fitting of contact lenses. - 1. The form for any prescription which is issued for...

NRS 630.388 - Injunctive relief. - 1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law,...

NRS 630.390 - Sufficiency of allegations in application for injunctive relief. - In seeking injunctive relief against any person for an alleged...

NRS 630.395 - Inspection of premises by Board. - Any member or agent of the Board may enter any...

NRS 630.397 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board. - Unless the Board determines that extenuating circumstances exist, the Board...

NRS 630.400 - Unlawful acts; penalties. - 1. It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Present...

NRS 630.411 - Unauthorized use of seal, designation or documents issued by Board or imitation thereof. - A person shall not use the seal, the designation of...

NRS 630.415 - Physician or agent or employee thereof prohibited from retaliating or discriminating against certain persons for reporting or participating in investigation or proceeding relating to sentinel event or conduct of physician or other perso... - 1. A physician or any agent or employee thereof shall...

NRS 630.417 - Legal remedy for certain retaliation or discrimination: Filing of action; damages; interest; equitable relief; rebuttable presumption in certain circumstances; civil penalty; limitation of action. - 1. An employee of a physician or a registered nurse,...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care