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NRS 632.005 - Legislative declaration. - The Legislature hereby declares that the practice of nursing is...
NRS 632.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 632.011 - "Accredited school of nursing" defined. - "Accredited school of nursing" means a school of nursing which...
NRS 632.0112 - "Accredited school of practical nursing" defined. - "Accredited school of practical nursing" means a school of practical...
NRS 632.0114 - "Accredited school of professional nursing" defined. - "Accredited school of professional nursing" means a school of professional...
NRS 632.012 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined. - "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a registered nurse who: 1....
NRS 632.0125 - "Agency to provide nursing in the home" defined. - "Agency to provide nursing in the home" has the meaning...
NRS 632.0126 - "Approved school of nursing" defined. - "Approved school of nursing" means a school of nursing that...
NRS 632.01262 - "Approved school of practical nursing" defined. - "Approved school of practical nursing" means a school of practical...
NRS 632.01264 - "Approved school of professional nursing" defined. - "Approved school of professional nursing" means a school of professional...
NRS 632.01265 - "Authorized medications" defined. - "Authorized medications" means all prescription and nonprescription drugs and medications...
NRS 632.0127 - "Basic nursing services" defined. - "Basic nursing services" means the performance of acts designated by...
NRS 632.013 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the State Board of Nursing. (Added to NRS...
NRS 632.0135 - "Certificate" defined. - "Certificate" means a document which authorizes a person to practice...
NRS 632.014 - "Certified registered nurse anesthetist" defined. - "Certified registered nurse anesthetist" means a registered nurse who: 1....
NRS 632.0143 - "Dermal or soft tissue filler" defined. - "Dermal or soft tissue filler" has the meaning ascribed to...
NRS 632.0145 - "Designated facility" defined. - "Designated facility" means a medical facility designated by the Board...
NRS 632.015 - "Emergency" defined. - "Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances calling for immediate...
NRS 632.0155 - "Facility for long-term care" defined. - "Facility for long-term care" means a facility for intermediate care,...
NRS 632.016 - "Licensed practical nurse" defined. - "Licensed practical nurse" means a person who is licensed to...
NRS 632.0162 - "Licensee" defined. - "Licensee" means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. (Added...
NRS 632.0164 - "Medical facility" defined. - "Medical facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 632.0165 - "Medication aide - certified" defined. - "Medication aide - certified" means a nursing assistant who is...
NRS 632.0166 - "Nursing assistant" defined. - 1. "Nursing assistant" means a person who, under the direction...
NRS 632.0168 - "Nursing assistant trainee" defined. - "Nursing assistant trainee" means a person who is: 1. Enrolled...
NRS 632.0169 - "Practice of nursing" defined. - "Practice of nursing" means the general observation, diagnosis and treatment...
NRS 632.017 - "Practice of practical nursing" defined. - "Practice of practical nursing" means the performance of selected acts...
NRS 632.018 - "Practice of professional nursing" defined. - "Practice of professional nursing" means the performance of any act...
NRS 632.019 - "Registered nurse" defined. - "Registered nurse" means a person who is licensed to practice...
NRS 632.0193 - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" defined. - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" means an...
NRS 632.0195 - "System for the delivery of health care" defined. - "System for the delivery of health care" means a licensed...
NRS 632.020 - Creation; number of members. - The State Board of Nursing, consisting of seven members appointed...
NRS 632.030 - Members: Qualifications; appointment; terms; vacancies. - 1. The Governor shall appoint: (a) Two registered nurses who...
NRS 632.040 - Time for filling vacancies. - All appointments to the Board must be made by the...
NRS 632.050 - Removal of member. - The prevailing laws of the State of Nevada controlling the...
NRS 632.060 - Officers; Executive Director. - 1. Each year at a meeting of the Board, to...
NRS 632.065 - Offices and employees of Board. - The Board may: 1. Maintain offices in as many localities...
NRS 632.068 - Limitations on liability of members, employees and agents of Board. - A member of the Board or an employee or agent...
NRS 632.070 - Meetings; examinations; quorum. - 1. The Board shall meet at least three times a...
NRS 632.072 - Advisory Committee on Nursing Assistants and Medication Aides: Creation; appointment; duties. - 1. The Advisory Committee on Nursing Assistants and Medication Aides,...
NRS 632.073 - Authority to appoint advisory committees; reimbursement of members for actual expenses. - 1. In addition to the Advisory Committee on Nursing Assistants...
NRS 632.080 - Compensation of members; per diem allowances and travel expenses of members and employees; payment from money of Board. - 1. The compensation of the members of the Board must...
NRS 632.085 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...
NRS 632.090 - Deposit and use of money; delegation of authority concerning disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees or costs of investigation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all money...
NRS 632.100 - Records and publications of Board. - 1. The Board shall make and keep a complete record...
NRS 632.120 - Duties; regulations; additional fees. - 1. The Board shall: (a) Adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards:...
NRS 632.121 - 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 632.122 - Acceptance of gifts, grants and payments; contracts. - The Board may: 1. Accept gifts or grants of money...
NRS 632.125 - Hospitals and agencies employing nurses, nursing assistants or medication aides - certified required to submit list of such personnel to Board; confidentiality of list; medical facilities required to confirm qualifications with Board be... - 1. Each hospital or agency in the State employing professional...
NRS 632.126 - Inspection of premises by Board. - Any member or agent of the Board may enter any...
NRS 632.127 - Board required to supply list of approved training programs to Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services upon request; Board required to share information with state agency concerning discip... - 1. The Board shall supply the Division of Public and...
NRS 632.140 - Qualifications and fee for applicants for license. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.161 and 632.162: 1....
NRS 632.150 - Examination of applicants and issuance of licenses. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.160, 632.161, 632.162...
NRS 632.160 - Admission to practice without examination. - The Board shall, without examination, issue a license to practice...
NRS 632.161 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.3405, the Board...
NRS 632.162 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice as professional nurse for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on ap... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.3405, the Board...
NRS 632.170 - Validity of licenses or certificates of registration issued on or before July 1, 1947. - Each person holding a valid and subsisting license or certificate...
NRS 632.235 - Authorized acts under emergency or special conditions; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Authorized acts under emergency or special conditions; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A registered nurse may perform such acts, under emergency or...
NRS 632.237 - Advanced practice registered nurse: Qualifications; issuance of license; scope of practice; regulations; exceptions. - 1. The Board may issue a license to practice as...
NRS 632.2375 - Advanced practice registered nurse: Training relating to persons with substance use or other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids if registered to dispense controlled substances; exemption for one licensure period for certain... - 1. The Board shall, by regulation, require each advanced practice...
NRS 632.238 - Advanced practice registered nurse: Authority of Board to require maintenance of professional liability insurance. - The Board may require an advanced practice registered nurse to...
NRS 632.2385 - Advanced practice registered nurse: Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services; authority of Board to ask applicant for renewal regarding... - 1. An advanced practice registered nurse may: (a) Ask each...
NRS 632.239 - Advanced practice registered nurse: Authority to issue order for school or authorized entity to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine; immunity from liability. - 1. An advanced practice registered nurse may issue to a...
NRS 632.240 - System for delivery of health care: Nursing services must be supervised by chief administrative nurse. - The provision of nursing services in any system for the...
NRS 632.270 - Qualifications of applicant for license; regulations. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.281 and 632.282, each...
NRS 632.280 - Issuance of license; admission without examination. - The Board shall grant a license to practice as a...
NRS 632.281 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.3405, the Board...
NRS 632.282 - Expedited license by endorsement for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on application. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 632.3405, the Board...
NRS 632.285 - Practicing or offering to practice without certificate unlawful; enforcement. - 1. Any person, except a nursing assistant trainee, who practices...
NRS 632.2852 - Qualifications of applicant for certificate; certification by examination or by endorsement; issuance of certificate. - 1. An applicant for a certificate to practice as a...
NRS 632.2856 - Training programs; tests; regulations. - 1. The training program required for certification as a nursing...
NRS 632.2858 - Examination of applicants. - 1. The Board shall authorize the administration of the examination...
NRS 632.291 - Practicing or offering to practice without certificate unlawful; enforcement. - 1. Any person who practices or offers to practice as...
NRS 632.292 - Qualifications of applicant for certificate; certification by endorsement; issuance of certificate. - 1. An applicant for a certificate to practice as a...
NRS 632.293 - Designation of types of medical facilities that may employ medication aides - certified; notice; regulations. - 1. The Board shall designate by regulation the types of...
NRS 632.294 - Authorized services that may be provided by medication aide - certified; restrictions on scope of practice; regulations by Board regarding scope of practice. - 1. A medication aide - certified may only administer authorized...
NRS 632.296 - Unlawful acts. - It is unlawful for any person: 1. To sell or...
NRS 632.300 - Temporary license or certificate. - 1. Upon application and payment of the required fee, the...
NRS 632.305 - Interim permit; regulations. - 1. The Board may, after verifying that an applicant meets...
NRS 632.307 - Nondisciplinary condition, limitation or restriction placed on license or certificate by Board. - 1. The Board may place any condition, limitation or restriction...
NRS 632.310 - Investigation of actions of licensee or holder of certificate by Board or Executive Director; authority of Board to request from employer complete name and work assignments of licensee, nursing assistant or medication aide - certified u... - 1. The Board may, upon its own motion, and shall,...
NRS 632.315 - Practicing or offering to practice nursing without license unlawful; enforcement. - 1. For the purposes of safeguarding life and health and...
NRS 632.316 - Exemptions from provisions requiring licensure. - The provisions of NRS 632.315 do not prohibit: 1. Gratuitous...
NRS 632.330 - Regulations concerning reissuance of license or certificate after revocation. - The Board may adopt regulations which prescribe the period during...
NRS 632.3405 - Board prohibited from issuing or renewing license unless applicant attests to knowledge of and compliance with certain guidelines related to safe and appropriate injection practices. - The Board shall not issue or renew a license to...
NRS 632.341 - Renewal and reinstatement of license; transfer to inactive list; issuance of temporary license. - 1. Every nurse licensed under the provisions of this chapter...
NRS 632.3415 - Renewal of license as registered nurse: 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... - 1. The Board shall: (a) Require each applicant for the...
NRS 632.342 - Renewal of certificate. - 1. The certificate of a nursing assistant or medication aide...
NRS 632.3423 - Renewal of license or certificate: Duty of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided. - 1. The Board shall: (a) Make the data request developed...
NRS 632.3425 - Renewal of suspended license or certificate. - A suspended license or certificate is subject to expiration and...
NRS 632.343 - Continuing education: Prerequisite to renewal of license; exemption; review of courses by Board; required and recommended courses. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Continuing education: Prerequisite to renewal of license; exemptio... - 1. The Board shall not renew any license issued under...
NRS 632.344 - Applicant for license or certificate required to submit set of fingerprints to Board. - An applicant for a license or certificate shall submit to...
NRS 632.3446 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license or certificate; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to... - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...
NRS 632.345 - Fees. - 1. The Board shall establish and may amend a schedule...
NRS 632.347 - Grounds for denial, revocation or suspension of license or certificate or other disciplinary action. - 1. The Board may deny, revoke or suspend any license...
NRS 632.348 - Suspension of license or certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license or certificate. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the f... - 1. If the Board receives a copy of a court...
NRS 632.349 - Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. - 1. If the Board determines that a licensee or holder...
NRS 632.350 - Filing of administrative complaint and service of notice required; right to obtain certain documents in possession of Board; hearing. - 1. Before suspending or revoking any license or certificate or...
NRS 632.352 - 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 632.353 - 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 632.355 - Delegation of authority to conduct hearing concerning discipline of licensee or holder of certificate. - The Board may delegate its authority to conduct hearings pursuant...
NRS 632.360 - Issuance of subpoenas; service of process. - 1. The Board or any person designated by the Board...
NRS 632.380 - Depositions of witnesses. - 1. The Board may, in any hearing before it, cause...
NRS 632.390 - Power of district court to compel attendance of witness and production of books and papers. - 1. The district court in and for the county in...
NRS 632.400 - Time for rendering decision; notice of decision required; effective date of decision. - 1. The Board shall render a decision on any administrative...
NRS 632.405 - Certain records relating to investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 632.430 - Schools of practical nursing: Standards and curricula; approval by Board; removal from approved list for just cause. - 1. The Board may prescribe standards and curricula for schools...
NRS 632.440 - Schools and courses of professional nursing: Standards and curricula; surveys; approval by Board; accreditation. - 1. The Board shall prescribe curricula and standards for schools...
NRS 632.460 - Schools of professional nursing: Survey and written report required before approval. - 1. The Board shall not approve a school of professional...
NRS 632.470 - Schools of professional nursing: Periodic survey of approved schools; acceptance of survey from nationally recognized association; reports and recommendations; notice of deficiencies; effect of failure to remedy deficiencies. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Board...
NRS 632.472 - Persons required to report on conduct constituting violation of licensees or holders of certificates; voluntary reports; immunity from civil liability. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Persons required to report on conduct constit... - 1. The following persons shall report in writing to the...
NRS 632.4725 - Employer of licensee, nursing assistant or medication aide - certified required to prepare and maintain record of work assignments. - Each employer of a licensee, nursing assistant or medication aide...
NRS 632.473 - Treatment of patients by nurse employed by Department of Corrections. - 1. A nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of this...
NRS 632.474 - Pronouncement of death by registered nurse. - A registered nurse who is authorized by a physician or...
NRS 632.475 - Unlawful to require participation in abortion; penalty. - 1. An employer shall not require a registered nurse, a...
NRS 632.477 - Identification including surname of licensee prohibited. - The Board, or a medical facility or any other person...
NRS 632.480 - Injunctive relief against violations of chapter. - Whenever the Board believes from evidence satisfactory to it that...
NRS 632.490 - Prosecution of violators. - 1. The Board shall cause the prosecution of all persons...
NRS 632.495 - Citations. - 1. In addition to any other penalty: (a) The Board...
NRS 632.500 - Penalties. - 1. Unless a greater penalty is provided by a specific...