Current through December 12, 2024
1. For the purposes
of this chapter and chapter 633 of NRS, an osteopathic physician engages in
unethical conduct if he or she:
(a) Engages in
sexual misconduct with a patient;
(c) Willfully makes and files false reports,
records or claims in the osteopathic physician's practice;
(d) Willfully fails to file or record a
medical report required by law, willfully impedes or obstructs the filing or
recording of such a report, or willfully induces another person to fail to file
or record such a report;
(e) Fails
to generate or create medical records relating to the diagnosis, treatment and
care of a patient;
(f) Prescribes a
controlled substance in a manner or an amount that the Board determines is
excessive;
(g) Fails to comply with
the terms of an agreement with a diversion program approved by the
Board;
(h) Fails to comply with an
order of the Board;
(i) Violates
the provisions of NRS 633.750 concerning
retaliation or discrimination against an employee;
(j) Violates the provisions of
NRS
629.061 concerning making the health care
records of a patient available for physical inspection and furnishing a copy of
the health care records;
(k) Fails
to provide adequate supervision of a medical assistant who is employed or
supervised by the osteopathic physician; or
(l) Engages in any other conduct that the
Board determines constitutes unfitness to practice osteopathic
medicine.
2. For the
purposes of this chapter and chapter 633 of NRS, a physician assistant or
anesthesiologist assistant engages in unethical conduct if the physician
assistant or anesthesiologist assistant engages in any conduct which
constitutes unethical conduct by an osteopathic physician pursuant to
paragraphs (a) to (i), inclusive, of subsection 1 or engages in any other
conduct which the Board determines constitutes unfitness to perform medical
services or assist in the practice of medicine, as applicable.
3. As used in this section, "medical
assistant" means any person who:
(a) Is
employed by an osteopathic physician;
(b) Is under the direction and supervision of
the osteopathic physician;
(c)
Assists in the care of a patient; and
(d) Is not required to be certified or
licensed by an administrative agency to provide that assistance.
Added to NAC by
Bd. of Osteopathic Med. by R057-02, eff. 10-24-2002; A by R192-07, 12-17-2008;
R154-09, 10-15-2010; R154-09, 10-15-2010, eff. 7-1-2011; A by
R001-24A,
eff. 10/28/2024
NRS 633.131, as amended by
section 60 of Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at
page 1569, NRS
633.291,
633.434 and section 49 of
Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1567
(NRS
633.4252)
