Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 630 - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care
Section 630.Sec. 23 - NEW
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 630.Sec. 23
Current through September 16, 2024
1. An anesthesiologist assistant shall not:
(a) Falsify or alter records of health
care;
(b) Falsify or alter 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 anesthesiologist 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) 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;
(f) Engage in any sexual
activity with a patient who is currently being treated by the anesthesiologist
assistant;
(g) Engage in disruptive
behavior with any physician, hospital personnel, patient, member of the family
of a patient or other person if the behavior interferes with patient care or
has an adverse impact on the quality of care rendered to a patient;
(h) Engage in conduct that violates the trust
of a patient and exploits the relationship between the anesthesiologist
assistant and the patient for financial or other personal gain;
(i) Engage in or conceal conduct which brings
the profession of assisting anesthesiologists into disrepute;
(j) Engage 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 anesthesiologist assistant and the patient in a sexual
manner;
(k) Make or file a report
that the anesthesiologist assistant knows to be false, fail to file a record or
report as required by law or willfully obstruct or induce another person to
obstruct such a filing;
(l) Fail to
report any person that the anesthesiologist assistant knows, or has reason to
know, is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 630 of NRS
relating to the practice of medicine or practice as an anesthesiologist
assistant;
(m) Misrepresent in any
manner, either directly or indirectly, his or her skills, training,
professional credentials, identity or services; or
(n) 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.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Single-dose vial" means a vial,
including, without limitation, a sealed sterile vial, which may be accessed by
insertion of a needle and which, according to the manufacturer's instructions:
(1) Contains only one dose of a medication;
and
(2) May be used for only one
patient.
(b) "Single-use
medical device" means a medical device that is intended for one use or on a
single patient during a single procedure and includes, without limitation, a
blade, clip, catheter, implant, insufflator, lancet, needle, sleeve, syringe
and single-dose vial.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam'rs 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
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