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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.080 - Examinations

Current through June 11, 2024
1. For the purposes of paragraph (d) of
			 subsection 2 of NRS
			 630.160, an applicant for a license to
			 practice medicine must, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, pass an
			 examination, designated by the Board, to test the competency of the applicant
			 to practice medicine, including, without limitation:
(a) The Special Purpose
			 Examination;
(b) An examination
			 testing competence to practice medicine conducted by physicians; or
(c) Any other examination designed to test
			 the competence of the applicant to practice medicine.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.130 - Limited license for graduate program of training

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The applicant for a limited license to
			 practice medicine as a resident physician in a graduate program of clinical
			 training must file an application with the Board on the standard form for
			 application for a license to practice medicine and submit with the application
			 such proofs and documents as are required on the form to the extent that the
			 proofs and documents are applicable to the issuance of the limited
			 license.
2. The application must be
			 accompanied by written confirmation from the institution sponsoring the
			 graduate program of clinical training that the applicant has been appointed to
			 a position in the program. If the applicant is not a citizen of the United
			 States, the applicant must also provide satisfactory evidence from the United
			 States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland
			 Security that he or she is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United
			 States.
3. The Board will review
			 the application and, upon approval, issue the limited license. An applicant for
			 a limited license may be required to appear before the Board or one of its
			 members for an oral interview before the issuance of the limited
			 license.
4. A limited license
			 issued under this section will state on its face that it is a limited license
			 to practice medicine as a resident physician in a graduate program of clinical
			 training, and the period during which it is valid. If the licensee is not a
			 citizen of the United States, a limited license is valid only as long as the
			 licensee is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United
			 States.
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§
									NRS
				630.130, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A 6-23-86;
				R042-12, 2-20-2013
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.265
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.135 - Renewal of limited license for graduate program of training; annual report required; grounds for disciplinary action or denial or revocation of license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A resident
			 physician who wishes to renew a limited license to practice medicine as a
			 resident physician in a graduate program of clinical training must file an
			 application for renewal with the Board.
2. The application must be:
(a) Completed by the applicant; and
(b) Certified by the director of the program
			 of clinical training.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.145 - Restricted license: "Medically underserved area" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of subsection 1 of
				NRS
				630.264, "medically underserved area" means
				any geographic area designated by the Board with a population to primary care
				physician ratio of 2,500:1. When designating a geographic area as medically
				underserved, the Board may consider any additional criteria proposed by the
				Officer of Rural Health of the University of Nevada School of Medicine or a
				board of county commissioners.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs by R108-01, eff. 11-29-2001-Substituted in revision for NAC
				630.035
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.264
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.147 - Special event license to demonstrate medical techniques and procedures: Application

Current through June 11, 2024
An applicant for a special event license issued pursuant to
				NRS
				630.266 must, not later than 30 days before
				the requested effective date described in subsection 1, submit to the Board or,
				where appropriate, cause to be submitted to the Board:
1. An application for a special event license
			 on a form approved by the Board. The application must include, without
			 limitation, the date on which the applicant wishes the special event license to
			 become effective. To ensure compliance with
			 NRS
			 630.266, the application must also include:
(a) Verification that the applicant is
			 currently licensed as a physician in another state and is in good standing in
			 that state;
(b) The dates and
			 locations of the demonstrations of medical techniques or procedures that the
			 applicant plans to conduct pursuant to the special event license; and
(c) A description of the type of persons
			 expected to attend the demonstrations.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.149 - Special event license to demonstrate medical techniques and procedures: Validity; limitations on conduct of demonstrations

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the Board
			 issues a special event license pursuant to
			 NRS
			 630.266, the Board will provide the period
			 for which the special event license is valid. The period of validity will not
			 exceed 15 days after the effective date of the special event license as
			 established by the Board.
2. A
			 holder of a special event license issued pursuant to
			 NRS
			 630.266 may, pursuant to the special event
			 license:
(a) Conduct only those demonstrations
			 of medical techniques or procedures approved by the Board; and
(b) Conduct those demonstrations only on the
			 dates and at the locations approved by the Board.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.153 - Continuing education: General requirements; exemption; failure to comply; credit for medical review

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NAC 630.157, each holder of a license to
			 practice medicine shall, at the time of the biennial registration, submit to
			 the Board by the final date set by the Board for submitting applications for
			 biennial registration evidence, in such form as the Board requires, that he or
			 she has completed 40 hours of continuing medical education during the preceding
			 2 years in one or more educational programs, 2 hours of which must be in
			 medical ethics and 20 hours of which must be in the scope of practice or
			 specialty of the holder of the license. Each educational program must:
(a) Offer, upon successful completion of the
			 program, a certificate of Category 1 credit as recognized by the American
			 Medical Association to the holder of the license;
(b) Be approved by the Board; and
(c) Be sponsored in whole or in part by an
			 organization accredited or deemed to be an equivalent organization to offer
			 such programs by the American Medical Association or the Accreditation Council
			 for Continuing Medical Education.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.154 - Continuing education: Course of instruction relating to medical consequences of act of terrorism involving use of weapon of mass destruction

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Pursuant to the provisions of
			 NRS
			 630.253, a holder of a license to practice
			 medicine shall complete a course of instruction relating to the medical
			 consequences of an act of terrorism that involves the use of a weapon of mass
			 destruction:
(a) If the holder of a license to
			 practice medicine was initially licensed by the Board on or after October 1,
			 2003, within 2 years of initial licensure.
(b) If the holder of a license to practice
			 medicine was initially licensed by the Board before October 1, 2003, on or
			 before September 30, 2005.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.155 - Continuing education: Credit for continuing education class on geriatrics and gerontology

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, if a holder of a license to practice
			 medicine takes a continuing education course on geriatrics and gerontology, the
			 holder of the license is entitled to receive credit towards the continuing
			 medical education required pursuant to NAC
			 630.153 equal to twice the number
			 of hours the holder of the license actually spends in the continuing education
			 course on geriatrics and gerontology.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
			 subsections 4 and 5, if a holder of a license to practice medicine takes a
			 continuing education course on the recent developments, research and treatment
			 of Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, the holder of the license is
			 entitled to receive credit towards the continuing medical education required
			 pursuant to NAC
			 630.153 equal to twice the number
			 of hours the holder of the license actually spends in the continuing education
			 course on the recent developments, research and treatment of Alzheimer's
			 disease or other forms of dementia.
3. Except as otherwise provided in
			 subsections 4 and 5, if a holder of a license to practice medicine takes a
			 continuing education course on the diagnosis of rare diseases, the holder of
			 the license is entitled to receive credit towards the continuing medical
			 education required pursuant to NAC
			 630.153 equal to twice the number
			 of hours the holder of the license actually spends in the continuing education
			 course on the diagnosis of rare diseases.
4. During any biennial licensing period, a
			 holder of a license to practice medicine may receive a maximum credit pursuant
			 to this section of 8 hours of continuing medical education for 4 hours of time
			 spent in a continuing education course described in subsection 1, 2 or 3, or
			 any combination thereof.
5. A
			 holder of a license to practice medicine is only entitled to receive the
			 additional credit for a continuing education course pursuant to either
			 subsection 1, 2 or 3, but not any combination thereof.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs by R145-03, eff. 12-16-2003; A by
				R103-15,
				eff. 4/4/2016; A by
				R086-19A,
				eff. 12/29/2020
NRS
				630.130,
				630.253
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.156 - Continuing education: Training required for certain physicians relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; credit for training

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Pursuant to the
			 provisions of NRS
			 630.2535, a holder of a license to practice
			 medicine who is registered to dispense controlled substances pursuant to
			 NRS
			 453.231 shall, during each period for
			 biennial registration, complete at least 2 hours of continuing medical
			 education relating specifically to the misuse and abuse of controlled
			 substances, the prescribing of opioids or addiction.
2. A program of continuing medical education
			 relating specifically to the misuse and abuse of controlled substances, the
			 prescribing of opioids or addiction must offer, upon successful completion of
			 the program, a certificate of Category 1 credit as recognized by the American
			 Medical Association to the holder of the license.
3. A holder of a license to practice medicine
			 who is registered to dispense controlled substances pursuant to
			 NRS
			 453.231 is entitled to receive credit towards
			 the continuing medical education required pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC
			 630.153 for each hour of
			 continuing medical education completed pursuant to subsection 1.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Medical Exam'rs by
				R163-16AP,
				eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				630.130,
				630.2535
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.157 - Continuing education: Licensing after beginning of period of biennial registration; change of status to active

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in NAC 630.153, each person licensed after the beginning of
			 a period of biennial registration must, if he or she was licensed during the:
(a) First 6 months of the biennial period of
			 registration, complete 40 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education as
			 recognized by the American Medical Association;
(b) Second 6 months of the biennial period of
			 registration, complete 30 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education as
			 recognized by the American Medical Association;
(c) Third 6 months of the biennial period of
			 registration, complete 20 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education as
			 recognized by the American Medical Association; or
(d) Fourth 6 months of the biennial period of
			 registration, complete 10 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education as
			 recognized by the American Medical Association.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.162 - Temporary license: "Community" interpreted

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of
				NRS
				630.261, "community" means a geographical
				area or patient service area served by an agency of the State
				Government.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 11-21-88
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.261
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.165 - Effect of revocation of license in another jurisdiction: "Gross medical negligence" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of
				NRS
				630.161, "gross medical negligence" means an
				act or omission that:
1. Demonstrates
			 a conscious indifference to or disregard for the safety or welfare of a
			 patient; or
2. Constitutes gross
			 medical negligence in the jurisdiction in which a license was revoked.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 7-18-96; A by
				R118-21A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130,
				  630.161
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.170 - Termination of license issued to alien (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§630.170, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A by R007-99, 9-27-99; R by
				R171-20A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.175 - Fee for biennial registration: Payment; refund

Current through June 11, 2024
Unless the license has expired for nonpayment of the fee for
				registration, any person licensed to practice by the Board after July 1 of the
				second year of a period of biennial registration shall pay one-half of the fee
				for biennial registration for the current period of biennial registration. Any
				person licensed to practice by the Board after commencement of a period of
				biennial registration, but on or before July 1 of the second year of a period
				of biennial registration, shall pay the full fee for biennial registration.
				Except as otherwise provided by specific regulation, the fees for biennial
				registration are not refundable.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 6-23-86; A 1-13-94; R141-11,
				9-14-2012
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.267
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.178 - Change in status of license after expiration for nonpayment of fee

Current through June 11, 2024
If a person whose license to practice medicine expired pursuant
				to
				NRS
				630.267 for nonpayment of the fee for
				biennial registration wishes to change the status of his or her license from
				active to inactive or from inactive to active, the person must, within 2 years
				after the date on which the license expired, submit:
1. Twice the amount of the fee for biennial
			 registration applicable to the status of his or her license at the time of the
			 expiration; and
2. Any other
			 information or documentation required to complete that biennial
			 registration.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs by R002-06, eff. 5-21-2007; A by R136-11,
				9-14-2012
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.267
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › LICENSING › Section 630.180 - Refund of fee for application; rejection of application

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If an applicant:
(a) Does not complete his or her application
			 by providing all the documentation required by the form for application within
			 6 months after the actual date of filing of the form by the
			 applicant;
(b) Withdraws his or her
			 application; or
(c) Dies before he
			 or she is issued a license by the Board,
ÃS the Board will not refund any portion of the fee for
				application.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.185 - Standards established

Current through June 11, 2024
NAC 630.185 to 630.230, inclusive, set forth the standards of
				practice established by the Board.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 6-23-86; A 7-18-96
NRS
				  630.130
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.187 - Adoption by reference of Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Board hereby
			 adopts by reference the Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics,
			 April 2017, published by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United
			 States, Inc., and any subsequent revision of the publication that has been
			 approved by the Board for use in this State. Each revision of the publication
			 shall be deemed approved by the Board unless it disapproves of the revision
			 within 180 days after the date of publication of the revision.
2. The most recent publication of the
			 Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics that has been approved by
			 the Board will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of
			 Medical Examiners, 9600 Gateway Drive, Reno, Nevada 89521, or may be obtained,
			 free of charge, from the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United
			 States, Inc., 400 Fuller Wiser Road, Euless, Texas 76039, or from the
			 Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc., at the Internet
			 address
http://www.fsmb.org
.
3. The Board shall:
(a) Review each revision of the publication
			 described in subsection 1 to ensure its suitability for this State;
			 and
(b) File a copy of each
			 revision of the publication described in subsection 1 that it approves with the
			 Secretary of State and the State Library, Archives and Public Records
			 Administrator.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.190 - Prohibited advertising

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A licensee shall
			 not advertise in such a manner that the advertising:
(a) Claims that a manifestly incurable
			 disease can be permanently cured;
(b) Includes any false claim of a licensee's
			 medical skill, or the efficacy or value of his or her medicine or
			 treatment;
(c) Claims or implies
			 professional superiority of the performance of any professional service in a
			 manner superior to that of other practitioners;
(d) Guarantees any professional service or
			 the results of any course of treatment or surgical procedure, or the
			 performance of any operation painlessly;
(e) Includes any statement which is known to
			 be false, or through the exercise of reasonable care should be known to be
			 false, deceptive, misleading or harmful, in order to induce any person to
			 purchase, utilize or acquire any professional services or to enter into any
			 obligation or transaction relating thereto;
(f) Includes any extravagant claim,
			 aggrandizement of abilities or self-laudatory statement calculated to attract
			 patients, and which has a tendency to mislead the public or produce unrealistic
			 expectations in particular cases; or
(g) Is false, deceptive or misleading in
			 regard to the price, cost, charge, fee or terms of credit or services performed
			 or to be performed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.205 - Prescription of appetite suppressants (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 7-18-96; A by R108-01, 11-29-2001; A by
				R021-15,
				eff. 12/30/2015; R
				by
				R008-17A,
				eff. 8/21/2019
NRS
				630.130,
				630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.210 - Consultation with another provider of health care

Current through June 11, 2024
A physician or physician assistant shall seek consultation with
				another provider of health care in doubtful or difficult cases whenever it
				appears that consultation may enhance the quality of medical
				services.
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§630.210, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A 6-23-86; A by
				R171-20A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.225 - Reporting of physician brought into this State for consultation with or assistance to licensed physician

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any physician
			 licensed in this State shall notify the Board if any unlicensed physician comes
			 into this State for consultation with or assistance to the physician licensed
			 in this State and specify the date of the consultation or assistance, whether
			 the unlicensed physician has provided such consultation or assistance, or both,
			 to the licensed physician in the past, and the date of that consultation and
			 assistance.
2. A physician licensed
			 in this State who consults with or receives assistance from a physician
			 licensed in another state pursuant to subsection 1 shall comply with the
			 provisions of chapter 629 of NRS governing the preparation, retention or
			 dissemination of any health care record resulting from the consultation or
			 assistance between the physician licensed in this State and the physician
			 licensed in another state.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 6-23-86; A by R045-09,
				11-25-2009
NRS
				  630.130
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 630.230 - Prohibited professional conduct

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who is
			 licensed as a physician or physician assistant shall not:
(a) Falsify records of health care;
(b) Falsify the medical records of a hospital
			 so as to indicate his or her presence at a time when he or she was not in
			 attendance or falsify those records to indicate that procedures were performed
			 by him or her which were in fact not performed by him or her;
(c) Render professional services to a patient
			 while the physician or physician assistant is under the influence of alcohol or
			 any controlled substance or is in any impaired mental or physical
			 condition;
(d) Acquire any
			 controlled substances from any pharmacy or other source by misrepresentation,
			 fraud, deception or subterfuge;
(e)
			 Prescribe anabolic steroids for any person to increase muscle mass for
			 competitive or athletic purposes;
(f) Make an unreasonable additional charge
			 for tests in a laboratory, radiological services or other services for testing
			 which are ordered by the physician or physician assistant and performed outside
			 his or her own office;
(g) Allow
			 any person to act as a medical assistant in the treatment of a patient of the
			 physician or physician assistant, unless the medical assistant has sufficient
			 training to provide the assistance;
(h) Fail to provide adequate supervision of a
			 medical assistant who is employed or supervised by the physician or physician
			 assistant, including, without limitation, supervision provided in the manner
			 described in NAC
			 630.810 or
			 630.820;
(i) If the person is a physician, fail to
			 provide adequate supervision of a physician assistant or an anesthesiologist
			 assistant or adequate collaboration with an advanced practice registered nurse
			 with whom the physician is collaborating;
(j) Fail to honor the advance directive of a
			 patient without informing the patient or the surrogate or guardian of the
			 patient, and without documenting in the patient's records the reasons for
			 failing to honor the advance directive of the patient contained
			 therein;
(k) Engage in the practice
			 of writing prescriptions for controlled substances to treat acute pain or
			 chronic pain in a manner that deviates from the policies set forth in the
Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics
adopted by
			 reference in NAC
			 630.187; or
(l) Administer or use, or allow any person
			 under his or her supervision, direction or control to administer or use, a
			 single-use medical device:
(1) For more than
			 one procedure;
(2) For more than
			 one patient; or
(3) In a manner
			 inconsistent with the manufacturer's instructions or directions included on or
			 with the single-use medical device.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › REPORTS › Section 630.235 - Annual reports of certain information concerning surgeries: Submission; form

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each holder of a license to practice
			 medicine shall annually submit a report pursuant to
			 NRS
			 630.30665, on a form to be provided by the
			 Board. The form must include, without limitation:
(a) The name of the licensee;
(b) The office address of the
			 licensee;
(c) The office phone
			 number of the licensee;
(d) The
			 number and type of surgeries requiring conscious sedation, deep sedation or
			 general anesthesia performed by the licensee at his or her office or any other
			 facility, excluding any surgical care performed:
(1) At a medical facility, as defined in
			 NRS
			 449.0151; or
(2) Outside of this State; and
(e) Information regarding the
			 occurrence of any sentinel event arising from the type of surgeries described
			 in paragraph (d).
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › REPORTS › Section 630.237 - Annual reports of certain information concerning surgeries: Administrative penalty

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The failure of a
			 holder of a license to practice medicine to submit to the Board a report
			 required pursuant to
			 NRS
			 630.30665:
(a) In a timely manner; or
(b) In an accurate or complete manner if the
			 holder of the license knowingly misstates or misrepresents:
(1) The number or types of surgeries required
			 to be reported pursuant to that section or NAC 630.235; or
(2) The occurrence or outcome of any
			 reportable sentinel events pursuant to those sections, constitutes grounds for
			 imposing an administrative penalty against the holder of the license.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.240 - Voluntary surrender of license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a licensee
			 desires to surrender his or her license to practice medicine, practice as an
			 anesthesiologist assistant, practice perfusion or practice respiratory care
			 while an investigation concerning the license or disciplinary proceedings
			 concerning the licensee are pending, the licensee shall submit to the Board a
			 sworn written statement of surrender of the license accompanied by delivery to
			 the Board of the actual license issued to him or her.
2. The voluntary surrender of a license is
			 not effective until it is accepted by the Board in a public meeting. An order
			 accepting such a surrender must prescribe a period of at least 1 year but not
			 more than 10 years during which the holder of the surrendered license is
			 prohibited from applying for reinstatement of the license.
3. The Board will:
(a) Make the voluntary surrender of a license
			 public; and
(b) Deem the voluntary
			 surrender of a license to be disciplinary action and report the surrender to
			 applicable national databases.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.243 - Procedure for dealing with findings of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus

Current through June 11, 2024
If a committee conducting an investigation pursuant to
				NRS
				630.311 becomes aware that the physician,
				physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, practitioner of respiratory
				care or perfusionist who is subject to the investigation has tested positive
				for exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus, the committee shall appoint a
				group of specialists in the fields of public health and infectious diseases who
				shall:
1. Review all the circumstances
			 of the practice of the physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist
			 assistant, practitioner of respiratory care or perfusionist; and
2. Advise the committee, in accordance with
			 the most recent guidelines on the exposure of health care workers to the human
			 immunodeficiency virus established by the Centers for Disease Control and
			 Prevention, on the action, if any, the committee should take concerning the
			 physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, practitioner of
			 respiratory care or perfusionist.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs by R007-99, eff. 9-27-99; A by R108-01, 11-29-2001; R060-11,
				5-30-2012; A by
				R069-23A,
				eff. 4/19/2024
NRS 630.130 and section 10 of
				  Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page
				  1548
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.251 - Grounds: "Gross malpractice" interpreted (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 7-18-96; A by R149-97, 3-30-98; R by
				R118-21A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.255 - Exemption from grounds: "Intractable pain" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of
				NRS
				630.3066, "intractable pain" means a
				condition of discomfort for which the cause cannot be removed or otherwise
				treated and for which a method of providing relief, or of which a cure for the
				cause, has not been found after reasonable efforts have been taken in
				accordance with accepted standards for the practice of medicine, including, but
				not limited to, evaluation by an attending physician and one or more physicians
				specializing in the treatment of the area, system, or organ of the body which
				is believed to be the source of the discomfort.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 7-18-96
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.135,
				  630.3066
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.258 - Violation by licensee of certain provisions relating to prescriptions for controlled substances: Additional continuing education required; determination of violation and imposition of disciplinary action by Board

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The disciplinary action imposed by the
			 Board upon finding that a licensee has committed a violation described in
			 subsection 6 of
			 NRS
			 630.323 must include, without limitation, a
			 requirement that the licensee complete additional continuing education
			 concerning prescribing controlled substances listed in schedules II, III and
			 IV.
2. The Board will consider the
			 degree to which a licensee made a good faith attempt to comply with applicable
			 provisions of law and regulations, including, without limitation, the
			 provisions of
			 NRS
			 639.2391 to
			 639.23916,
			 inclusive, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, when determining:
(a) Whether a licensee has committed a
			 violation described in subsection 6 of
			 NRS
			 630.323; and
(b) The disciplinary action to impose for the
			 violation, when applicable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.260 - Notice of technical or scientific facts (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§630.260, eff. 12-20-79; R by
				R171-20A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.270 - Disposition of findings and order of Board

Current through June 11, 2024
A copy of the disciplinary findings and order of the Board will
				be:
1. Served by personal service or
			 by certified mail upon the person affected by them at the last known mailing
			 address of the person on file with the Board and his or her attorney of record;
			 and
2. Published on the Internet
			 website maintained by the Board pursuant to
			 NRS
			 630.144.
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§630.270, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A by R149-97, 3-30-98; R007-99, eff. 9-27-99;
				R062-11, 5-30-2012; A by
				R118-21A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130,
				  630.269,
				  630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › DISCIPLINARY ACTION › Section 630.275 - Confidentiality of certain information regarding physicians, physician assistants, practitioners of respiratory care and perfusionists

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Board will, pursuant to subsection 3
			 of NRS
			 630.336, keep confidential all records
			 relating to a program established by the Board to enable a physician, physician
			 assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, practitioner of respiratory care or
			 perfusionist to correct:
(a) A dependence
			 upon alcohol or a controlled substance; or
(b) Any other impairment which could result
			 in the revocation of his or her license.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.280 - Qualifications of applicants

Current through June 11, 2024
An applicant for licensure as a physician assistant must have
				the following qualifications:
1. If
			 the applicant has not practiced as a physician assistant for 24 months or more
			 before applying for licensure in this State, he or she must, at the order of
			 the Board, have taken and passed the same examination to test medical
			 competency as that given to applicants for initial licensure.
2. Be able to communicate adequately orally
			 and in writing in the English language.
3. Be of good moral character and
			 reputation.
4. Have attended and
			 completed a course of training in residence as a physician assistant approved
			 by one of the following entities affiliated with the American Medical
			 Association or its successor organization:
(a)
			 The Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation or its successor
			 organization;
(b) The Commission on
			 Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or its successor
			 organization; or
(c) The
			 Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its
			 successor organization.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.290 - Application for license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An application
			 for licensure as a physician assistant must be made on a form supplied by the
			 Board. The application must state:
(a) The
			 date and place of the applicant's birth and his or her sex;
(b) The applicant's education, including,
			 without limitation, high schools and postsecondary institutions attended, the
			 length of time in attendance at each and whether he or she is a graduate of
			 those schools and institutions;
(c)
			 Whether the applicant has ever applied for a license or certificate as a
			 physician assistant in another state and, if so, when and where and the results
			 of his or her application;
(d) The
			 applicant's training and experience as a physician assistant;
(e) Whether the applicant has ever been
			 investigated for misconduct as a physician assistant or had a license or
			 certificate as a physician assistant revoked, modified, limited or suspended or
			 whether any disciplinary action or proceedings have ever been instituted
			 against the applicant by a licensing body in any jurisdiction;
(f) Whether the applicant has ever been
			 convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude;
(g) Whether the applicant has ever been
			 investigated for, charged with or convicted of the use or illegal sale or
			 dispensing of controlled substances; and
(h) The various places of his or her
			 residence from the date of:
(1) Graduation
			 from high school;
(2) Receipt of a
			 high school general equivalency diploma; or
(3) Receipt of a postsecondary degree,
			 whichever occurred most recently.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.310 - Rejection of application

Current through June 11, 2024
If it appears that:
1.
			 An applicant for licensure as a physician assistant is not qualified or is not
			 of good moral character or reputation;
2. Any credential submitted is false;
			 or
3. The application is not made
			 in proper form or other deficiencies appear in it, the application may be
			 rejected.
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§ 630.310, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A 6-23-86; R149-97, 3-30-98; R108-01,
				11-29-2001
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.315 - Denial of application

Current through June 11, 2024
The Board may deny an application for the issuance or renewal
				of a license to practice as a physician assistant if the applicant has
				committed any of the acts described in subsection 1 of NAC 630.380.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs by R080-06, eff. 9-18-2006
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.320 - Temporary license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Board will
			 issue a temporary license to any qualified applicant who:
(a) Meets the educational and training
			 requirements for certification as a physician assistant of the National
			 Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is scheduled to and
			 does sit for the first proficiency examination offered by the National
			 Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants following the completion of
			 his or her training;
(b) Has taken
			 the proficiency examination offered by the National Commission on Certification
			 of Physician Assistants but has not yet been notified of the results;
			 or
(c) Is licensed or certified in
			 another state, meets the requirements for licensure pursuant to NAC 630.280 and
			 is scheduled to sit for the next examination offered by the Board.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.325 - Locum tenens license

Current through June 11, 2024
The Board may issue a locum tenens license, which is effective
				for not more than 3 months after issuance, to any physician assistant who is
				licensed or certified as a physician assistant and in good standing in another
				state and who is of good moral character and reputation. The purpose of this
				license is to enable an eligible physician assistant to serve as a substitute
				for another physician assistant who is licensed to practice as a physician
				assistant in this State and who is absent from his or her practice for reasons
				deemed sufficient by the Board. A license issued pursuant to this section is
				not renewable.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Medical Exam'rs, eff. 1-13-94; A by R149-97, 3-30-98; R108-01,
				11-29-2001
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.330 - Contents of license

Current through June 11, 2024
The license issued by the Board must contain:
1. The name of the physician
			 assistant;
2. The duration of the
			 license; and
3. Any other
			 limitations or requirements which the Board prescribes.
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§ 630.330, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A 6-23-86; 11-21-88; 9-12-91; 1-13-94;
				7-18-96; R149-97, 3-30-98; R108-01, 11-29-2001; R145-03,
				12-16-2003
NRS
				  630.130,
				  630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.340 - Period of validity of license; notification of practice; termination of supervision; disciplinary action; refusal to license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The license of a physician assistant is
			 valid for 2 years.
2. Before
			 providing medical services, a physician assistant, on a form prescribed by the
			 Board, shall notify the Board of the name and location of the practice of the
			 physician assistant, the name of the supervising physician and the portion of
			 the practice of the physician assistant that the supervising physician
			 supervises. The notice must contain the signatures of the physician assistant
			 and the supervising physician of the physician assistant.
3. The physician assistant and the
			 supervising physician shall, within 72 hours after the termination of the
			 supervision of the physician assistant by the supervising physician, notify the
			 Board of the termination of the supervision of the physician assistant by the
			 supervising physician. For any portion of the practice of the physician
			 assistant that the supervising physician terminating supervision of the
			 physician assistant supervised, the physician assistant shall not provide
			 medical services until the physician assistant and a supervising physician
			 submit notice to the Board pursuant to subsection 2.
4. A physician assistant who has been
			 licensed by the Board but is not currently licensed, has surrendered his or her
			 license or has failed to renew his or her license will be disciplined by the
			 Board, if the Board deems it necessary, upon hearing a complaint for
			 disciplinary action against the physician assistant.
5. If the Board determines that the conduct
			 of a physician assistant when he or she was on inactive status in another
			 jurisdiction would have resulted in the denial of an application for licensure
			 in this State, the Board will, if appropriate, refuse to license the physician
			 assistant.
Bd. of Medical Exam'rs,
				§630.340, eff. 12-20-79-NAC A 6-23-86; 9-12-91; 1-13-94; R149-97, 3-30-98;
				R108-01, 11-29-2001; R145-03, 12-16-2003; A by
				R171-20A,
				eff. 6/2/2023
NRS 630.130,
				  630.275
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 630.350 - Renewal, expiration and reinstatement of license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The license of a physician assistant may
			 be renewed biennially. The license will not be renewed unless the physician
			 assistant provides satisfactory proof that the physician assistant has
			 completed the following number of hours of continuing medical education as
			 defined by the American Academy of Physician Assistants or has received a
			 certificate documenting the completion of the following number of hours of
			 Category 1 credits as recognized by the American Medical Association:
(a) If licensed during the first 6 months of
			 the biennial period of registration, 40 hours.
(b) If licensed during the second 6 months of
			 the biennial period of registration, 30 hours.
(c) If licensed during the third 6 months of
			 the biennial period of registration, 20 hours.
(d) If licensed during the fourth 6 months of
			 the biennial period of registration, 10 hours.