1. The Board may issue a license by endorsement as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant to an applicant who meets the requirements set forth in this section. An applicant may submit to the Board an application for such a license if the applicant holds a corresponding valid and unrestricted license as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, as applicable, in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States.
2. An applicant for a license by endorsement pursuant to this section must submit to the Board with his or her application:
(a) Proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant:
(1) Satisfies the requirements of subsection 1;
(2) Has not been disciplined and is not currently being investigated by the corresponding regulatory authority of the District of Columbia or any state or territory in which the applicant currently holds or has held a license as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant; and
(3) Has not been held civilly or criminally liable for malpractice in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States;
(b) A complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Board to forward the fingerprints in the manner provided in NRS 640.090;
(c) An affidavit stating that the information contained in the application and any accompanying material is true and correct;
(d) A fee in the amount of the fee set by a regulation of the Board pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 640.090 for an application for a license; and
(e) Any other information required by the Board.
3. Not later than 15 business days after receiving an application for a license by endorsement pursuant to this section, the Board shall provide written notice to the applicant of any additional information required by the Board to consider the application. Unless the Board denies the application for good cause, the Board shall approve the application and issue a license by endorsement to the applicant not later than:
(a) Forty-five days after receiving the application; or
(b) Ten days after the Board receives a report on the applicant’s background based on the submission of the applicant’s fingerprints,
whichever occurs later.
4. A license by endorsement may be issued at a meeting of the Board or between its meetings by the Chair of the Board or his or her designee. Such an action shall be deemed to be an action of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3022; A 2017, 1586; 2019, 4296)
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.