Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 640 - Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants and Physical Therapist Technicians

NRS 640.011 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

NRS 640.013 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the Nevada Physical Therapy Board. (Added to NRS...

NRS 640.014 - "Dry needling" defined. - "Dry needling": 1. Means a skilled technique performed by a...

NRS 640.016 - "Immediate supervision" defined. - "Immediate supervision" means that a person is present on-site and...

NRS 640.021 - "Physical therapist" defined. - "Physical therapist" means a person who is licensed as such...

NRS 640.0213 - "Physical therapist assistant" defined. - "Physical therapist assistant" means a person who assists in the...

NRS 640.0216 - "Physical therapist technician" defined. - "Physical therapist technician" means an unlicensed person who performs certain...

NRS 640.022 - "Physical therapy" defined. - "Physical therapy" means the specialty in the field of health...

NRS 640.024 - "Practice of physical therapy" defined. - "Practice of physical therapy": 1. Includes: (a) The performing and...

NRS 640.026 - "Supervising physical therapist" defined. - "Supervising physical therapist" means a physical therapist who supervises a...

NRS 640.029 - Applicability of chapter. - 1. This chapter does not apply to: (a) A provider...

NRS 640.030 - Creation; number, appointment, qualifications, terms and removal of members; quorum; civil liability; compliance with Open Meeting Law. - 1. The Nevada Physical Therapy Board, consisting of five members...

NRS 640.035 - Election of officers. - At the first meeting of each fiscal year, the Board...

NRS 640.045 - Salary of voting members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of voting members and employees. - 1. Each voting member of the Board is entitled to...

NRS 640.050 - Powers and duties; regulations. - 1. The Board shall: (a) Enforce the provisions of this...

NRS 640.055 - Appointment of advisory members; term; duties. - The Board may, by majority vote, select any person, including,...

NRS 640.060 - Approval of schools or program of physical therapy. - For the purposes of NRS 640.080 and 640.092, the Board...

NRS 640.065 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...

NRS 640.070 - Deposit of fees; expenses; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines imposed by Board; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. - 1. All fees collected under this chapter must be deposited...

NRS 640.075 - Confidentiality of certain records of the Board; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...

NRS 640.080 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as physical therapist. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 640.145 and 640.146, to...

NRS 640.090 - Application for licensure as physical therapist or physical therapist assistant: Contents; fee; fingerprints. - 1. Unless he or she is entitled to licensure under...

NRS 640.092 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as physical therapist assistant. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 640.145 and 640.146, to...

NRS 640.093 - Requirements for program of professional education for physical therapist assistant. - 1. For the purposes of NRS 640.092, the Board shall...

NRS 640.094 - Requirements for physical therapist assistant to assist in practice of physical therapy. - A person licensed as a physical therapist assistant may assist...

NRS 640.095 - 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 640.110 - Issuance and display of license; fee to change name on license; duration of license as physical therapist assistant. - 1. The Board shall license as a physical therapist or...

NRS 640.120 - Temporary license for medical emergency; temporary exemptions from licensing for certain students and applicants. - 1. The Board may issue, without examination, a license to...

NRS 640.135 - Temporary exemption from licensure to practice physical therapy for physical therapist 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 640.145 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance. - 1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement as...

NRS 640.146 - 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. The Board may issue a license by endorsement as...

NRS 640.150 - Renewal; expiration and reinstatement of license; continuing competency; regulations; fees. - 1. A license to practice as a physical therapist or...

NRS 640.152 - Renewal of license: Authority 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 may: (a) Make the data request developed...

NRS 640.155 - Issuance of citation to licensee for certain violations; remedial action; administrative fine. - 1. After conducting an inspection pursuant to NRS 640.050, a...

NRS 640.157 - Request for hearing on citation; notice of hearing; hearing process; citation deemed final order of Board when not contested; service of process. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to contest...

NRS 640.160 - Authorized actions; grounds. - 1. The Board, after notice and a hearing as required...

NRS 640.1605 - 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 640.161 - Complaint: Filing; contents; review by Board; retention. - 1. A complaint against any person who has been licensed...

NRS 640.162 - Commencement of disciplinary proceedings required for certain violations of Industrial Insurance Act. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if the...

NRS 640.163 - Subpoenas. - 1. The Board or any member thereof may issue subpoenas...

NRS 640.164 - Fees and mileage for witness. - Each witness who appears by order of the Board is...

NRS 640.169 - Unlawful to practice physical therapy without license; exceptions; penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 629.091 and 640.120,...

NRS 640.1695 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board. - Unless the Board determines that extenuating circumstances exist, the Board...

NRS 640.170 - Penalty for unauthorized use of letters, words or insignia indicating or implying person or entity is licensed physical therapist or provides services of licensed physical therapist. - 1. A person who is licensed under this chapter as...

NRS 640.175 - Penalty for unauthorized use of letters, words or insignia indicating or implying person is licensed physical therapist assistant. - 1. A person who is licensed under NRS 640.092, 640.093...

NRS 640.180 - False oath or affirmation; fraudulent representation to obtain license; penalty. - A person who makes a willfully false oath or affirmation...

NRS 640.190 - Restriction on practice of other forms of healing. - This chapter does not authorize a physical therapist, whether licensed...

NRS 640.195 - Limitation on insertion of same needle during dry needling. - A physical therapist who is qualified to perform dry needling...

NRS 640.210 - Enforcement: Duties of Board; injunction. - 1. The Board shall investigate every supposed violation of this...

NRS 640.310 - Supervision by physical therapist while performing activities related to physical therapy; regulations. - The Board shall adopt regulations prescribing the activities that a...