Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 444 - Sanitation
INVASIVE BODY DECORATION ESTABLISHMENTS
Permitting and General Requirements for Operation
Section 444.00811 - Extreme body modification at establishment may only be performed by certain licensed medical personnel or under direct supervision of such personnel

1. Extreme body modification is considered a medical or surgical procedure and must not be performed in an invasive body decoration establishment unless performed by or under the direct supervision of a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to NRS 632.237, who has determined that the procedure is safe, ethical and can be performed in accordance with the laws and regulations governing his or her profession and is not otherwise prohibited by statute.

2. As used in this section, "extreme body modification" means any method, other than tattooing, permanent makeup or body piercing, used to alter the appearance, sensation or function of the human body for decorative or cultural purposes, including, without limitation, scarification, branding, cutting, skin peeling, scleral tattooing, subdermal or transdermal implants, suspension piercing, dermal punching, amputation, trepanation, tongue or penis splitting, castration, circumcision, penectomy, saline injection and vacuum pumping.