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NRS 633.011 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 633.021 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. (Added to...
NRS 633.025 - "Complaint" defined. - "Complaint" means a written complaint filed with the Board pursuant...
NRS 633.033 - "Formal complaint" defined. - "Formal complaint" means a complaint filed with the Board pursuant...
NRS 633.041 - "Gross malpractice" defined. - "Gross malpractice" means malpractice where the failure to exercise the...
NRS 633.051 - "Healing art" defined. - "Healing art" means any system, treatment, operation, diagnosis, prescription or...
NRS 633.055 - "Hearing officer" defined. - "Hearing officer" means a person to whom the Board has...
NRS 633.061 - "Hospital internship" defined. - "Hospital internship" means a 1-year internship in a hospital conforming...
NRS 633.071 - "Malpractice" defined. - "Malpractice" means failure on the part of an osteopathic physician...
NRS 633.075 - "Medical assistant" defined. - 1. "Medical assistant" means a person who: (a) Performs clinical...
NRS 633.081 - "Osteopathic medicine" and "osteopathy" defined. - "Osteopathic medicine" or "osteopathy" means the school of medicine which:...
NRS 633.091 - "Osteopathic physician" defined. - "Osteopathic physician" means a person who: 1. Is a graduate...
NRS 633.105 - "Panel" defined. - "Panel" means a group of persons to whom the Board...
NRS 633.107 - "Physician assistant" defined. - "Physician assistant" means a person who is a graduate of...
NRS 633.108 - "Practice of osteopathic medicine" defined. - "Practice of osteopathic medicine" includes, without limitation, the performance of...
NRS 633.111 - "Professional incompetence" defined. - "Professional incompetence" means lack of ability safely and skillfully to...
NRS 633.121 - "School of osteopathic medicine" defined. - "School of osteopathic medicine" means a legally chartered osteopathic school...
NRS 633.122 - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" defined. - "Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach" means an...
NRS 633.123 - "Supervising osteopathic physician" defined. - "Supervising osteopathic physician" means an osteopathic physician who is licensed...
NRS 633.131 - "Unprofessional conduct" defined. - 1. "Unprofessional conduct" includes: (a) Knowingly or willfully making a...
NRS 633.151 - Purpose of licensing; license is revocable privilege. - The purpose of licensing osteopathic physicians and physician assistants is...
NRS 633.161 - Rights of osteopathic physicians same as other physicians; applicability of requirements to report births and deaths. - 1. Osteopathic physicians have the same rights as physicians of...
NRS 633.171 - Applicability of chapter. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Applicability of chapter. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. This chapter does not apply to: (a) The practice...
NRS 633.181 - Number and appointment of members. - The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine consists of seven members...
NRS 633.191 - Qualifications of members. - 1. Five members of the Board must: (a) Be licensed...
NRS 633.201 - Terms and replacement of members. - 1. After the initial terms, members serve terms of 4...
NRS 633.211 - Oaths of office. - Before entering upon the duties of his or her office,...
NRS 633.213 - Acknowledgment of statutory ethical standards. - 1. Each member of the Board shall comply with the...
NRS 633.221 - Officers. - The Board shall elect from its members a President, a...
NRS 633.231 - Meetings; quorum. - 1. The Board shall meet at least twice annually and...
NRS 633.241 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees. - 1. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive:...
NRS 633.251 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...
NRS 633.261 - Payment of Board’s expenses from fees; deposit of money received by Board. - 1. All reasonable expenses incurred by the Board in carrying...
NRS 633.271 - Executive Director; offices; employees. - The Board may: 1. Appoint an Executive Director who is...
NRS 633.281 - Oaths; subpoenas. - 1. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) The Secretary...
NRS 633.282 - Board required to provide quarterly list of licensed physician assistants to Board of Medical Examiners. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - On or before the last day of each quarter, the...
NRS 633.283 - 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 633.285 - Board required to disseminate annually to osteopathic physicians and physician assistants who care for children information relating to pediatric cancer. - The Board shall develop and disseminate annually to each licensed...
NRS 633.286 - Biennial report to Governor and Legislature. - 1. On or before February 15 of each odd-numbered year,...
NRS 633.291 - Regulations: Generally. - The Board shall adopt and enforce regulations necessary to enable...
NRS 633.293 - Regulations governing supervision of medical assistants. - The Board may adopt regulations governing the supervision of a...
NRS 633.301 - Records; confidentiality of certain records; exceptions. - 1. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings...
NRS 633.305 - Applications: Filing; action by Board. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.399, 633.400, 633.4335 and...
NRS 633.307 - 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 633.309 - Submission of fingerprints; conditions and limitations on information provided by Board. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...
NRS 633.311 - Qualifications of applicants for license to practice osteopathic medicine. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315 and 633.381...
NRS 633.315 - Effect of revocation of medical license in another jurisdiction for gross medical negligence; regulations. - 1. The Board shall not issue a license to practice...
NRS 633.322 - Submission of certificate of completion of progressive postgraduate training and, if applicable, proof of completion of certain postgraduate training program by applicant for license to practice osteopathic medicine. - In addition to the other requirements for licensure to practice...
NRS 633.324 - Submission of certain information concerning claims for malpractice, complaints and disciplinary action involving applicant for license to practice osteopathic medicine. - 1. In addition to the other requirements for licensure, an...
NRS 633.331 - Examinations. - 1. Examinations may be held once a year at the...
NRS 633.341 - Reexaminations. - 1. If an applicant fails in a first examination, the...
NRS 633.351 - Right of appeal of unsuccessful applicant; burden of proof. - An unsuccessful applicant may appeal to the district court to...
NRS 633.361 - Issuance of license without examination. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.3615 - License to practice osteopathic medicine to bear seal and signatures of Board’s officers; authority to practice osteopathic medicine. - Each license to practice osteopathic medicine issued by the Board:...
NRS 633.3617 - Nondisciplinary condition, limitation or restriction placed on license by Board. - 1. The Board may place any condition, limitation or restriction...
NRS 633.3619 - Board prohibited from issuing or renewing license unless applicant attests to certain information related to safe and appropriate injection practices. - The Board shall not issue or renew a license to...
NRS 633.371 - Display of license to practice osteopathic medicine. - Every license to practice osteopathic medicine must be displayed in...
NRS 633.381 - Licenses issued before July 1, 1977, remain effective. - All valid licenses to practice osteopathic medicine issued prior to...
NRS 633.391 - Temporary license to practice osteopathic medicine. - 1. The Board may issue to a qualified person a...
NRS 633.399 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice osteopathic medicine: Requirements; procedure for issuance. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.400 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice osteopathic medicine: Requirements; procedure for issuance; provisional license pending action on application. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.401 - Special licenses to practice osteopathic medicine: Physician from adjoining state; resident enrolled in postgraduate training program; physician from another jurisdiction for specified purposes. - 1. Unless the Board denies such licensure pursuant to NRS...
NRS 633.411 - Special licenses to practice osteopathic medicine: Resident medical officer; professional employee of State or United States. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.415 - Special licenses to practice osteopathic medicine: Graduate of foreign school who intends to teach, research or practice clinical osteopathic medicine in this State; specified purposes. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.416 - Special volunteer license to practice osteopathic medicine. - 1. An osteopathic physician who is retired from active practice...
NRS 633.417 - Authorized facility license to practice osteopathic medicine as psychiatrist in certain mental health centers. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.418 - Authorized facility license to practice as osteopathic physician in institution of Department of Corrections. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.419 - Special event license to demonstrate medical techniques and procedures; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board...
NRS 633.420 - 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 an...
NRS 633.432 - Authorized services. - 1. A physician assistant may perform such medical services as...
NRS 633.433 - Initial license as physician assistant: Issuance and conditions. - The Board may issue a license as a physician assistant...
NRS 633.4332 - Initial license as physician assistant: Requirements for application for simultaneous license to practice as physician assistant issued by Board of Medical Examiners; fees. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A person applying for a license to practice as a...
NRS 633.4335 - Expedited license by endorsement to practice as physician assistant: Requirements; procedure for issuance. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Expedited license by endorsement to practice as physician assistant: Requirements; proced... - 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to...
NRS 633.4336 - 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 633.434 - Regulations concerning licensure of physician assistants. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Regulations concerning licensure of physician assistants. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - The Board shall adopt regulations regarding the licensure of a...
NRS 633.438 - Simultaneous license to practice as physician assistant issued by Board of Medical Examiners: Application by holder of license as physician assistant issued by State Board of Osteopathic Medicine at time other than with application for... - If a person licensed to practice as a physician assistant...
NRS 633.442 - Display of license; identification; separate billing prohibited. - 1. A physician assistant shall: (a) Keep his or her...
NRS 633.452 - Rendering of emergency care in emergency or disaster without supervision of osteopathic physician. - 1. A physician assistant licensed under the provisions of this...
NRS 633.466 - Supervision of physician assistant by physician; joint regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Supervision of physician assistant who does not hold certain simultaneous license by physician licensed by Board of Medical Exami... - 1. A physician assistant may be supervised by a physician...
NRS 633.467 - Osteopathic physicians prohibited from acting as supervising osteopathic physician. - An osteopathic physician who does not normally provide care to...
NRS 633.468 - Supervising osteopathic physicians: Right to refuse to act as supervising osteopathic physician; certain agreements void. - 1. An osteopathic physician may at any time refuse to...
NRS 633.469 - Supervising osteopathic physicians: Requirements of supervision. - 1. A supervising osteopathic physician shall provide supervision to his...
NRS 633.471 - Prerequisites; notice to licensee; content and evidence of continuing medical education; exemption from fee. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Prerequisites; notice to licensee; content and evidence of continuing medical education;... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 11 and NRS...
NRS 633.4715 - Renewal of license: 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 nam... - 1. The Board shall: (a) Require each applicant for the...
NRS 633.4716 - Renewal of license: 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 633.4717 - Renewal of license as osteopathic physician: Duty of Board to make data request concerning practice information available to applicants for required completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...
NRS 633.4718 - Renewal of license as physician assistant: Requirements for application for simultaneous license to practice as physician assistant issued by Board of Medical Examiners. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A person applying to renew a license to practice as...
NRS 633.472 - 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 of license regarding performance of such actio... - 1. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant may: (a) Ask...
NRS 633.473 - Training 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 osteopathic physician...
NRS 633.481 - Expiration of license for failure to renew; waiver of requirements for continuing education; restoration of license. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a...
NRS 633.491 - Retired licensees; inactive status; procedure to restore active status. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Retired licensees; inactive status; procedure to restore active status. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. A licensee who retires from practice is not required...
NRS 633.501 - Fees; costs of special meetings. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Fees; costs of special meetings. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Board...
NRS 633.509 - Jurisdiction of Board over licensee unaffected by expiration or voluntary surrender of license. - The expiration of a license by operation of law or...
NRS 633.510 - 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 633.511 - Grounds for initiating disciplinary action. - 1. The grounds for initiating disciplinary action pursuant to this...
NRS 633.512 - Inspection of premises by Board. - Any member or agent of the Board may enter any...
NRS 633.521 - Prescribing or administering certain drugs or controlled substances or engaging in activity relating to medical use of cannabis not grounds for disciplinary action under certain circumstances. - An osteopathic physician is not subject to disciplinary action solely...
NRS 633.524 - Osteopathic 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; regulat... - 1. The Board shall require each holder of a license...
NRS 633.526 - Insurer of osteopathic physician or physician assistant required to report certain information concerning malpractice; administrative fine for failure to report. - 1. The insurer of an osteopathic physician or physician assistant...
NRS 633.527 - Osteopathic physician and physician assistant required to report certain information concerning malpractice and sanctions imposed against osteopathic physician or physician assistant; administrative fine for failure to report; reports d... - 1. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant shall report to...
NRS 633.528 - Board required to conduct investigation after receiving certain reports concerning malpractice; exception. - If the Board receives a report pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 633.529 - Examination of osteopathic physician or physician assistant to test competence to practice; consent to examination; testimony and examination reports not privileged. - 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if...
NRS 633.531 - Mandatory or optional filing of complaint; retention of complaints. - 1. The Board or any of its members, or a...
NRS 633.533 - General requirements for filing complaint; mandatory filing of complaint by licensee, medical school or medical facility; medical facilities and societies required to report certain information concerning privileges and disciplinary act... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any person...
NRS 633.541 - Review of complaint by designated member of Board; investigation of complaint; formal complaint. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.574, when a...
NRS 633.542 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board. - Unless the Board determines that extenuating circumstances exist, the Board...
NRS 633.561 - Mental or physical examination to determine competence to practice osteopathic medicine or as physician assistant; diversion program; consent to examination; testimony and examination reports not privileged; effect of failure to submit... - 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if...
NRS 633.571 - Examination of medical competency. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if the...
NRS 633.574 - 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 633.577 - 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 633.581 - 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 of an osteopathic...
NRS 633.591 - Summary suspension of license: Stay by court of Board’s order prohibited; exception. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if the...
NRS 633.601 - Injunctive relief. - 1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law,...
NRS 633.621 - Commencement of disciplinary proceedings required for certain violations of Industrial Insurance Act. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if the...
NRS 633.625 - 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 633.631 - Service of process; publication of notice. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and chapter 622A...
NRS 633.641 - Requirements for proof. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, in any...
NRS 633.643 - Standard of proof. - In any disciplinary proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter, the...
NRS 633.651 - Required disciplinary action for violations; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. - 1. If the Board finds a person guilty in a...
NRS 633.660 - Hearing officers and panels: Delegation of authority by Board. - The Board may delegate its authority to conduct a hearing...
NRS 633.665 - Hearing officers and panels: Powers. - A hearing officer or panel has all the powers that...
NRS 633.671 - Judicial review. - 1. Any person who has been placed on probation or...
NRS 633.681 - Removal of limitation on or suspension of license and reinstatement of license. - 1. Any person: (a) Whose practice of osteopathic medicine or...
NRS 633.691 - Immunity from civil action; Board prohibited from taking certain action against osteopathic physician or physician assistant for disclosing certain violations to governmental entity or cooperating in related investigation, hearing or in... - 1. In addition to any other immunity provided by the...
NRS 633.693 - Performance of laser eye surgery or intense pulsed light therapy by osteopathic physician. - Laser surgery or intense pulsed light therapy on the globe...
NRS 633.694 - Administration of anesthesia or sedation. - 1. An osteopathic physician shall not administer or supervise directly...
NRS 633.6945 - Investigational drug, biological product or device: Conditions under which osteopathic physician is authorized to prescribe or recommend; contents of form for consent; action not grounds for disciplinary action. - 1. An osteopathic physician may prescribe or recommend an investigational...
NRS 633.695 - Authority of 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. - A private nonprofit school of osteopathic medicine that is licensed...
NRS 633.6955 - Osteopathic physician prohibited from allowing person not enrolled in good standing at accredited school to perform or participate in certain activities; exception; civil penalty; limitation of action. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an osteopathic...
NRS 633.701 - Limitation or termination of licensee’s privileges or criminal prosecution not precluded by filing, review and disposition of complaint; immunity from civil liability. - The filing and review of a complaint and any subsequent...
NRS 633.706 - 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 633.707 - Osteopathic physician or physician assistant authorized to issue order for school or authorized entity to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine; immunity from liability. - 1. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant may issue to...
NRS 633.711 - Injunctive relief against person practicing without license. - 1. The Board, through an officer of the Board or...
NRS 633.721 - Sufficiency of allegations in criminal complaint charging practicing without license. - In a criminal complaint charging any person with practicing osteopathic...
NRS 633.731 - Prosecution of violators; employment of investigators and assistants. - In a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 622A...
NRS 633.741 - Unlawful acts; penalties. - 1. It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Except...
NRS 633.750 - Osteopathic 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 osteopathic... - 1. An osteopathic physician or any agent or employee thereof...
NRS 633.755 - 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 an osteopathic physician or a registered...