1. This chapter does not apply to:
(a) A provider of health care who:
(1) Is licensed to practice in this state;
(2) Practices within the scope of that license; and
(3) Does not use any letters, words or insignia listed in NRS 640.170 or 640.175 in connection with his or her name or otherwise represent that he or she is a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, or that he or she practices physical therapy; or
(b) A physical therapist who is temporarily exempt from licensure pursuant to NRS 640.135 and is practicing physical therapy within the scope of the exemption.
2. As used in this section, "provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 991; A 1993, 2544; 2003, 904; 2017, 1581, 3484)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 640 - Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants and Physical Therapist Technicians
NRS 640.013 - "Board" defined.
NRS 640.014 - "Dry needling" defined.
NRS 640.016 - "Immediate supervision" defined.
NRS 640.021 - "Physical therapist" defined.
NRS 640.0213 - "Physical therapist assistant" defined.
NRS 640.0216 - "Physical therapist technician" defined.
NRS 640.022 - "Physical therapy" defined.
NRS 640.024 - "Practice of physical therapy" defined.
NRS 640.026 - "Supervising physical therapist" defined.
NRS 640.029 - Applicability of chapter.
NRS 640.035 - Election of officers.
NRS 640.050 - Powers and duties; regulations.
NRS 640.055 - Appointment of advisory members; term; duties.
NRS 640.060 - Approval of schools or program of physical therapy.
NRS 640.075 - Confidentiality of certain records of the Board; exceptions.
NRS 640.080 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as physical therapist.
NRS 640.092 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as physical therapist assistant.
NRS 640.093 - Requirements for program of professional education for physical therapist assistant.
NRS 640.145 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
NRS 640.160 - Authorized actions; grounds.
NRS 640.161 - Complaint: Filing; contents; review by Board; retention.
NRS 640.164 - Fees and mileage for witness.
NRS 640.169 - Unlawful to practice physical therapy without license; exceptions; penalties.
NRS 640.1695 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board.
NRS 640.180 - False oath or affirmation; fraudulent representation to obtain license; penalty.
NRS 640.190 - Restriction on practice of other forms of healing.
NRS 640.195 - Limitation on insertion of same needle during dry needling.