Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care › PRACTITIONERS OF RESPIRATORY CARE › Section 630.540 - Grounds for discipline or denial of licensure

Current through June 11, 2024
A practitioner of respiratory care
			 is subject to discipline or denial of licensure by the Board if, after notice
			 and hearing in accordance with this chapter, the Board finds that the
			 practitioner of respiratory care:
1.
			 Willfully and intentionally made a false or fraudulent statement or submitted a
			 forged or false document in applying for a license or renewing a
			 license.
2. Performed respiratory
			 care services other than as permitted by law.
3. Committed malpractice in the performance
			 of respiratory care services, which may be evidenced by claims settled against
			 a practitioner of respiratory care.
4. Disobeyed any order of the Board or an
			 investigative committee of the Board or violated a provision of this
			 chapter.
5. Is not competent to
			 provide respiratory care services.
6. Lost his or her certification by the
			 National Board for Respiratory Care or its successor organization.
7. Failed to notify the Board of loss of
			 certification by the National Board for Respiratory Care or its successor
			 organization.
8. Falsified records
			 of health care.
9. Rendered
			 respiratory care to a patient while under the influence of alcohol or any
			 controlled substance or in any impaired mental or physical condition.
10. Practiced respiratory care after his or
			 her license has expired or been suspended.
11. Has been convicted of a felony, any
			 offense involving moral turpitude or any offense relating to the practice of
			 respiratory care or the ability to practice respiratory care.
12. Has had a license to practice respiratory
			 care revoked, suspended, modified or limited by any other jurisdiction or has
			 surrendered such license or discontinued the practice of respiratory care while
			 under investigation by any licensing authority, a medical facility, a branch of
			 the Armed Forces of the United States, an insurance company, an agency of the
			 Federal Government or any employer.
13. Engaged in any sexual activity with a
			 patient who is currently being treated by the practitioner of respiratory
			 care.
14. Engaged in disruptive
			 behavior with physicians, hospital personnel, patients, members of the family
			 of a patient or any other person if the behavior interferes with patient care
			 or has an adverse impact on the quality of care rendered to a
			 patient.
15. Engaged in conduct
			 that violates the trust of a patient and exploits the relationship between the
			 practitioner of respiratory care and the patient for financial or other
			 personal gain.
16. Engaged in
			 conduct which brings the respiratory care profession into disrepute, including,
			 without limitation, conduct which violates any provision of a national code of
			 ethics adopted by the Board by regulation.
17. Engaged in sexual contact with a
			 surrogate of a patient or other key person related to a patient, including,
			 without limitation, a spouse, parent or legal guardian, that exploits the
			 relationship between the practitioner of respiratory care and the patient in a
			 sexual manner.
18. Made or filed a
			 report that the practitioner of respiratory care knows to be false, failed to
			 file a record or report as required by law or willfully obstructed or induced
			 another to obstruct such filing.
19. Altered the medical records of a
			 patient.
20. Failed to report any
			 person that the practitioner of respiratory care knows, or has reason to know,
			 is in violation of the provisions of chapter 630 of NRS or NAC
			 630.500 to
			 630.560, inclusive, relating to
			 the practice of respiratory care.
21. Has been convicted of a violation of any
			 federal or state law regulating the prescription, possession, distribution or
			 use of a controlled substance.
22.
			 Held himself or herself out or permitted another to represent him or her as a
			 licensed physician.
23. Violated
			 any provision that would subject a practitioner of medicine to discipline
			 pursuant to NRS
			 630.301 to
			 630.3065, inclusive, or NAC
			 630.230.
24. Failed to comply with any applicable
			 provisions of chapter 629 of NRS or any regulation adopted pursuant
			 thereto.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical
			 Exam'rs by R108-01, eff. 11-29-2001; A by
			 R009-19A,
			 eff. 12/29/2020; A
			 by
			 R002-23A,
			 eff. 11/9/2023
NRS
			 630.130,
			 630.279