2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 634A - Doctors of Oriental Medicine › NRS 634A.170 - Suspension or revocation of or refusal to issue license: Grounds.

The Board may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke any license for any one or any combination of the following causes:
1. Conviction of:
(a) A felony relating to the practice of Oriental medicine;
(b) Any offense involving moral turpitude;
(c) A violation of any state or federal law regulating the possession, distribution or use of any controlled substance, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court; or
(d) A violation of any of the provisions of NRS 616D.200, 616D.220, 616D.240 or 616D.300 to 616D.440, inclusive;
2. The obtaining of or any attempt to obtain a license or practice in the profession for money or any other thing of value, by fraudulent misrepresentations;
3. Gross or repeated malpractice, which may be evidenced by claims of malpractice settled against a practitioner;
4. Advertising by means of a knowingly false or deceptive statement;
5. Advertising, practicing or attempting to practice under a name other than one’s own;
6. Habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of a controlled substance;
7. Using any false, fraudulent or forged statement or document, or engaging in any fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest or immoral practice in connection with the licensing requirements of this chapter;
8. Sustaining a physical or mental disability which renders further practice dangerous;
9. Engaging in any dishonorable, unethical or unprofessional conduct which may deceive, defraud or harm the public, or which is unbecoming a person licensed to practice under this chapter;
10. Using any false or fraudulent statement in connection with the practice of Oriental medicine or any branch thereof;
11. Violating or attempting to violate, or assisting or abetting the violation of, or conspiring to violate any provision of this chapter;
12. Being adjudicated incompetent or insane;
13. Advertising in an unethical or unprofessional manner;
14. Obtaining a fee or financial benefit for any person by the use of fraudulent diagnosis, therapy or treatment;
15. Willful disclosure of a privileged communication;
16. Failure of a licensee to designate the nature of his or her practice in the professional use of his or her name by the term doctor of Oriental medicine;
17. Willful violation of the law relating to the health, safety or welfare of the public or of the regulations adopted by the State Board of Health;
18. Administering, dispensing or prescribing any controlled substance, except for the prevention, alleviation or cure of disease or for relief from suffering;
19. Performing, assisting or advising in the injection of any liquid silicone substance into the human body;
20. Performing or supervising the performance of a pelvic examination in violation of NRS 629.085; and
21. Operation of a medical facility, as defined in NRS 449.0151, at any time during which:
(a) The license of the facility is suspended or revoked; or
(b) An act or omission occurs which results in the suspension or revocation of the license pursuant to NRS 449.160.
This subsection applies to an owner or other principal responsible for the operation of the facility.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 638; A 1975, 122, 235; 1981, 594; 1987, 1562; 1991, 1129; 1993, 788; 2001, 1106; 2003, 2710; 2009, 887; 2011, 852; 2021, 1578)