Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners
Examples of actions that could subject a physician are set forth in NRS 630.301:
disciplinary action taken by other jurisdiction
surrender of previous license while under investigation
malpractice
engaging in sexual activity with patient
disruptive behavior
violating or exploiting trust of patient for financial or personal gain
failure to offer appropriate care with intent to positively influence financial well-being
engaging in disreputable conduct
engaging in sexual contact with surrogate of patient or relatives of patient.
NRS 630.304. The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary action or denying licensure:
Obtaining, maintaining or renewing or attempting to obtain, maintain or renew a license to practice medicine by bribery, fraud or misrepresentation or by any false, misleading, inaccurate or incomplete statement.
Advertising the practice of medicine in a false, deceptive or misleading manner.
Practicing or attempting to practice medicine under another name.
Signing a blank prescription form.
Influencing a patient in order to engage in sexual activity with the patient or with others.
Attempting directly or indirectly, by way of intimidation, coercion or deception, to obtain or retain a patient or to discourage the use of a second opinion.
Terminating the medical care of a patient without adequate notice or without making other arrangements for the continued care of the patient.
Misrepresentation in obtaining or renewing license
false advertising
practicing under another name
signing blank prescription forms
influencing patient to engage in sexual activity
discouraging second opinion
terminating care without adequate notice.
NRS 630.305
Accepting compensation to influence evaluation or treatment
inappropriate division of fees
inappropriate referral to health facility, laboratory or commercial establishment
charging for services not rendered
aiding practice by unlicensed person
delegating responsibility to unqualified person
failing to disclose conflict of interest
failing to initiate performance of community service
1.The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary action or denying licensure:
(a) Directly or indirectly receiving from any person, corporation or other business organization any fee, commission, rebate or other form of compensation which is intended or tends to influence the physician’s objective evaluation or treatment of a patient.
(b) Dividing a fee between licensees except where the patient is informed of the division of fees and the division of fees is made in proportion to the services personally performed and the responsibility assumed by each licensee.
(c) Referring, in violation of NRS 439B.425, a patient to a health facility, medical laboratory or commercial establishment in which the licensee has a financial interest.
(d) Charging for visits to the physician’s office which did not occur or for services which were not rendered or documented in the records of the patient.
(e) Aiding, assisting, employing or advising, directly or indirectly, any unlicensed person to engage in the practice of medicine contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the Board.
(f) Delegating responsibility for the care of a patient to a person if the licensee knows, or has reason to know, that the person is not qualified to undertake that responsibility.
(g) Failing to disclose to a patient any financial or other conflict of interest.
(h) Failing to initiate the performance of community service within 1 year after the date the community service is required to begin, if the community service was imposed as a requirement of the licensee’s receiving loans or scholarships from the Federal Government or a state or local government for the licensee’s medical education.
2.Nothing in this section prohibits a physician from forming an association or other business relationship with an optometrist pursuant to the provisions of NRS 636.373.
NRS 630.306
Inability to practice medicine
deceptive conduct
violation of regulation governing practice of medicine or adopted by State Board of Pharmacy
unlawful distribution of controlled substance
injection of silicone
practice beyond scope of license
practicing experimental medicine without consent of patient or patient’s family
lack of skill or diligence
alcohol or other substance use disorder
filing of false report
failure to report certain changes of information or disciplinary or criminal action in another jurisdiction
failure to be found competent after examination
certain operation of a medical facility
prohibited administration of anesthesia or sedation
engaging in unsafe or unprofessional conduct
knowingly or willfully procuring or administering certain controlled substances or dangerous drugs
failure to supervise medical assistant adequately
allowing person not enrolled in accredited medical school to perform certain activities
failure to obtain required training regarding controlled substances
unauthorized injection of dermal or soft tissue fillers or botulinum toxin.
1.The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary action or denying licensure:
(a)Inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety because of illness, a mental or physical condition or the use of alcohol, drugs, narcotics or any other substance.
(b)Engaging in any conduct:
(1)Which is intended to deceive;
(2)Which the Board has determined is a violation of the standards of practice established by regulation of the Board; or
(3)Which is in violation of a provision of chapter 639 of NRS, or a regulation adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant thereto, that is applicable to a licensee who is a practitioner, as defined in NRS 639.0125.
(c)Administering, dispensing or prescribing any controlled substance, or any dangerous drug as defined in chapter 454 of NRS, to or for himself or herself or to others except as authorized by law.
(d)Performing, assisting or advising the injection of any substance containing liquid silicone into the human body, except for the use of silicone oil to repair a retinal detachment.
(e)Practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law or performing services which the licensee knows or has reason to know that he or she is not competent to perform or which are beyond the scope of his or her training.
(f)Performing, without first obtaining the informed consent of the patient or the patient’s family, any procedure or prescribing any therapy which by the current standards of the practice of medicine is experimental.
(g)Continual failure to exercise the skill or diligence or use the methods ordinarily exercised under the same circumstances by physicians in good standing practicing in the same specialty or field.
(h)Having an alcohol or other substance use disorder.
(i)Making or filing a report which the licensee or applicant knows to be false or failing to file a record or report as required by law or regulation.
(j)Failing to comply with the requirements of NRS 630.254.
(k)Failure by a licensee or applicant to report in writing, within 30 days, any disciplinary action taken against the licensee or applicant by another state, the Federal Government or a foreign country, including, without limitation, the revocation, suspension or surrender of a license to practice medicine in another jurisdiction. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to any disciplinary action taken by the Board or taken because of any disciplinary action taken by the Board.
(l)Failure by a licensee or applicant to report in writing, within 30 days, any criminal action taken or conviction obtained against the licensee or applicant, other than a minor traffic violation, in this State or any other state or by the Federal Government, a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or any local or federal jurisdiction of a foreign country.
(m)Failure to be found competent to practice medicine as a result of an examination to determine medical competency pursuant to NRS 630.318.
(n)Operation of a medical facility at any time during which:
(1)The license of the facility is suspended or revoked; or
(2)An act or omission occurs which results in the suspension or revocation of the license pursuant to NRS 449.160.
Ê This paragraph applies to an owner or other principal responsible for the operation of the facility.
(o)Failure to comply with the requirements of NRS 630.373.
(p)Engaging in any act that is unsafe or unprofessional conduct in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.
(q)Knowingly or willfully procuring or administering a controlled substance or a dangerous drug as defined in chapter 454 of NRS that is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, unless the unapproved controlled substance or dangerous drug:
(1)Was procured through a retail pharmacy licensed pursuant to chapter 639 of NRS;
(2)Was procured through a Canadian pharmacy which is licensed pursuant to chapter 639 of NRS and which has been recommended by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 639.2328;
(3)Is marijuana being used for medical purposes in accordance with chapter 453A of NRS; or
(4)Is an investigational drug or biological product prescribed to a patient pursuant to NRS 630.3735 or 633.6945.
(r)Failure to supervise adequately a medical assistant pursuant to the regulations of the Board.
(s)Failure to comply with the provisions of NRS 630.3745.
(t)Failure to obtain any training required by the Board pursuant to NRS 630.2535.
(u)Failure to comply with the provisions of NRS 454.217 or 629.086.
2.As used in this section, “investigational drug or biological product” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 454.351.
NRS 630.3062
Failure to maintain proper medical records
altering medical records
making false report
failure to file or obstructing required report
failure to allow inspection and copying of medical records
failure to report other person in violation of chapter or regulations
failure to comply with certain requirements relating to controlled substances.
1.The following acts, among others, constitute grounds for initiating disciplinary action or denying licensure:
(a)Failure to maintain timely, legible, accurate and complete medical records relating to the diagnosis, treatment and care of a patient.
(b)Altering medical records of a patient.
(c)Making or filing a report which the licensee knows to be false, failing to file a record or report as required by law or knowingly or willfully obstructing or inducing another to obstruct such filing.
(d)Failure to make the medical records of a patient available for inspection and copying as provided in NRS 629.061, if the licensee is the custodian of health care records with respect to those records.
(e)Failure to comply with the requirements of NRS 630.3068.
(f)Failure to report any person the licensee knows, or has reason to know, is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the Board within 30 days after the date the licensee knows or has reason to know of the violation.
(g)Failure to comply with the requirements of NRS 453.163, 453.164, 453.226, 639.23507, 639.23535 and 639.2391 to 639.23916, inclusive, and any regulations adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant thereto.
(h)Fraudulent, illegal, unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate prescribing, administering or dispensing of a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III or IV.
2.As used in this section, “custodian of health care records” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.016.