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NRS 638.001 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 638.0015 - "Agency" defined. - "Agency" means: 1. A law enforcement agency; 2. An animal...
NRS 638.002 - "Animal" defined. - "Animal" excludes a human being and includes any mammal, amphibian,...
NRS 638.004 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners....
NRS 638.005 - "Euthanasia technician" defined. - "Euthanasia technician" means an employee of a law enforcement agency,...
NRS 638.007 - "Licensed veterinarian" defined. - "Licensed veterinarian" means a person who is licensed by the...
NRS 638.008 - "Practice of veterinary medicine" defined. - 1. "Practice of veterinary medicine" means: (a) To diagnose, treat,...
NRS 638.009 - "School of veterinary medicine" defined. - "School of veterinary medicine" means any veterinary college or division...
NRS 638.011 - "Veterinarian" defined. - "Veterinarian" means a person who has received a doctor’s degree...
NRS 638.012 - "Veterinary medicine" defined. - "Veterinary medicine" includes veterinary surgery, obstetrics, dentistry and all other...
NRS 638.013 - "Veterinary technician" defined. - "Veterinary technician" means a person who is: 1. Licensed by...
NRS 638.014 - "Veterinary telemedicine" defined. - "Veterinary telemedicine" means the use of medical information exchanged from...
NRS 638.015 - Applicability of chapter. - Nothing in this chapter applies: 1. To the gratuitous castrating,...
NRS 638.017 - Service of process: Methods; filing and recording of proof. - Except as otherwise provided in chapter 622A of NRS: 1....
NRS 638.019 - Action to collect compensation for regulated services requires proof of licensure at time of service. - 1. A person engaged in any business or profession for...
NRS 638.020 - Creation; number, appointment, qualifications and removal of members. - 1. The Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners is...
NRS 638.030 - Oaths of members. - 1. Before entering upon the duties of office, each appointed...
NRS 638.040 - Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees; payment of salaries and expenses. - 1. Members of the Board are entitled to receive: (a)...
NRS 638.050 - Officers; representative member at meetings; employment and performance review of Executive Director; regulations. - 1. The Board shall elect from its appointed members a...
NRS 638.060 - Meetings; quorum. - 1. The Board shall meet at least annually and on...
NRS 638.070 - Regulations; powers regarding employees, investigations and evidence and offices. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations providing an administrative fine...
NRS 638.073 - Administration of oaths. - The President of the Board, or in the President’s absence,...
NRS 638.077 - Inspection of facilities. - The Board, a member thereof or its authorized representative may...
NRS 638.080 - Duties of Executive Director; deposit, use and payment of Board’s money. - 1. The Executive Director is the custodian of all the...
NRS 638.083 - Payment of expenses of Board; deposit of money collected or received by Board or its delegate; delegation of Board’s authority to take disciplinary action; claim for payment of attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, all reasonable...
NRS 638.085 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...
NRS 638.087 - Records: General requirements; confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions. - 1. The Board shall keep a record of: (a) All...
NRS 638.089 - Records: Additional provisions governing confidentiality and disclosure. - 1. Except as provided in this section and NRS 239.0115,...
NRS 638.090 - Unlawful to practice without license. - It is unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine,...
NRS 638.100 - Application for license to practice veterinary medicine; qualifications; fee; grounds for refusal to issue license. - 1. Any person who desires to secure a license to...
NRS 638.103 - 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 638.105 - Issuance of license to practice veterinary medicine without examination or as diplomate. - 1. The Board may in its discretion license an applicant...
NRS 638.110 - Examination for license to practice veterinary medicine; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 638.105, each applicant...
NRS 638.116 - Euthanasia technician: Application for license; qualifications; fee. - 1. Any person who desires to secure a license as...
NRS 638.117 - Euthanasia technician: Examination. - 1. The Board shall examine every applicant for a license...
NRS 638.118 - Euthanasia technician: Duties upon cessation of qualified employment. - A euthanasia technician shall surrender his or her license to...
NRS 638.119 - Euthanasia technician: Regulations. - The Board may adopt regulations governing the tasks and procedures...
NRS 638.122 - Veterinary technician: Application for license; qualifications; fee. - 1. Any person who desires to secure a license as...
NRS 638.123 - Veterinary technician: Examination; regulations. - 1. Each applicant for a license as a veterinary technician...
NRS 638.124 - Veterinary technician: Regulations; responsibility of supervising veterinarian. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations pertaining to and limiting...
NRS 638.1245 - Veterinary technician: Conditions under which supervision via veterinary telemedicine is authorized. - A supervising veterinarian who has established a veterinarian-client-patient relationship may...
NRS 638.125 - Practice by veterinarians licensed by adjoining states in areas within State not adequately served; conditions. - Unless the Board finds, after the filing with the Board...
NRS 638.127 - Renewal of license; forfeiture of license for failure to renew; reinstatement; examination before renewal in certain circumstances. - 1. On or before May 15 of each odd-numbered year,...
NRS 638.128 - Placement of license to practice veterinary medicine on inactive status: Application; qualifications; effect; regulations. - 1. A licensed veterinarian may apply to the Board to...
NRS 638.129 - Removal of limitation or suspension of license; reinstatement of revoked license. - 1. Any person: (a) Whose practice of veterinary medicine has...
NRS 638.131 - Provision of regulations to certain licensees governing sanitary conditions of facilities in which veterinary medicine is practiced. - A copy of the regulations of the Board governing the...
NRS 638.132 - Regulations for licensure of facility in which veterinary medicine is practiced. - The Board shall adopt regulations which prescribe the requirements for...
NRS 638.133 - Duty of veterinarian and veterinary technician to report claim for malpractice or negligence and disposition. - Every veterinarian or veterinary technician licensed pursuant to this chapter...
NRS 638.134 - Duty of licensed veterinarian to recommend vaccinations for zoonotic diseases; administration of such vaccinations; regulations; duty to provide veterinary services at level of quality required by chapter. - 1. Each licensed veterinarian to whom an animal is brought...
NRS 638.135 - Authority of licensed veterinarian to administer or recommend certain products containing hemp or CBD; disciplinary action prohibited. - 1. A licensed veterinarian may: (a) Administer to an animal...
NRS 638.140 - Statutory or regulatory violations; criminal offenses; improper or unlawful acts involving certain substances; incompetence, negligence or malpractice; willful noncompliance; failed supervision. - The following acts, among others, are grounds for disciplinary action:...
NRS 638.1402 - Fraudulent acts. - The following acts, among others, are grounds for disciplinary action:...
NRS 638.1404 - Claiming professional superiority; accepting money to cure manifestly incurable disease; participating in agreement to split fees or provide rebates in connection with referral of client without informing client of agreement. - The following acts, among others, are grounds for disciplinary action:...
NRS 638.1406 - Allowing improper use of name; unlawful professional association; failure to report revocation of license to practice in another state, territory or district of United States. - The following acts, among others, are grounds for disciplinary action:...
NRS 638.1408 - Failure to maintain facilities in sanitary condition; failure to maintain or alteration of records; filing false report or failing to make required report; inhumane or cruel treatment of animals. - The following acts, among others, are grounds for disciplinary action:...
NRS 638.1409 - 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 sta... - 1. If the Board receives a copy of a court...
NRS 638.1413 - Filing of complaint; investigation by Board; provision of notice to person being investigated. - 1. The Board or any of its members who becomes...
NRS 638.1416 - Physical examination of animal after filing of complaint concerning care of animal. - Any person who files with the Board a verified complaint...
NRS 638.1419 - Conduct of investigation. - The Board shall appoint one of its members to conduct...
NRS 638.142 - Examination to determine competence to practice veterinary medicine or act as veterinary technician; effect of failure to submit to examination. - 1. If the Board has reason to believe that the...
NRS 638.1423 - Summary order of suspension of license of veterinarian or veterinary technician or prohibition of procedures or activities: Grounds; notice; hearing; investigation; order; formal hearing. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS: 1. If...
NRS 638.1429 - Procedure after investigation of complaint completed. - 1. After the investigation of the complaint is completed, the...
NRS 638.144 - Subpoenas. - 1. The Board, or a member assigned to investigate a...
NRS 638.1445 - Search warrant. - In a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 622A...
NRS 638.145 - Evidentiary standard for refusing to issue license or taking disciplinary action. - 1. The Board shall not refuse to issue a license...
NRS 638.147 - Authority of Board to take disciplinary or other action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records; nondisciplinary letters of correction for certain violations; regulations. - 1. If the Board determines that any applicant for a...
NRS 638.1471 - Issuance of citation by Board containing order of abatement or order to pay administrative fine; contents; penalty for failure to comply; regulations. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS: 1. The...
NRS 638.148 - Judicial review. - 1. Any person against whom disciplinary action has been taken...
NRS 638.151 - Legal representation of Board at hearing. - In a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 622A...
NRS 638.1515 - Requirements for proof. - 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, in...
NRS 638.152 - Immunity from civil action. - In addition to any other immunity provided by the provisions...
NRS 638.1521 - Practice of veterinary medicine without establishment of veterinarian-client-patient relationship prohibited; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person...
NRS 638.1525 - Unlawful for licensee to provide medical assistance, treatment or counsel to human being; exception; ground for disciplinary action; suspension of license; penalty; reporting of violation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.500, a person...
NRS 638.153 - Criminal prosecution not precluded by disciplinary or other action. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, the filing...
NRS 638.155 - Injunctive relief for violations of chapter. - Whenever any person has violated or is about to violate...
NRS 638.1551 - Injunctive relief for unprofessional conduct. - 1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law,...
NRS 638.1555 - Allegation necessary for injunction. - Any person seeking to enjoin another person from acting as...
NRS 638.160 - Prosecution of violators by Attorney General or district attorneys. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, when requested...
NRS 638.170 - Criminal penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3...
NRS 638.200 - Donated drugs: Restrictions on reissuance; donation; immunity from liability; maintenance of records; regulations. - 1. An owner of an animal may donate a drug...