Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 637B - Audiologists and Speech Pathologists
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
Section 637B.042 - Professional responsibility
Current through December 12, 2024
A licensee:
1. Shall not misrepresent, in advertising or otherwise, his or her education, training, type of license or certificate, qualifications, competence or service, or the results to be achieved if he or she provides service to a client.
2. Shall not engage in the practice of audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids while the licensee is impaired by:
3. Shall not use his or her relationship with a client to further his or her own personal, religious, political or business interests.
4. Shall set and maintain professional boundaries with clients, interns and persons with whom the licensee works.
5. Shall not give or receive, directly or indirectly, a fee, commission, rebate or other compensation for professional services that the licensee has not actually and personally provided.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, shall not disparage the qualifications of any colleague.
7. Shall report to the Board any unlicensed, unauthorized, unqualified or unethical practice of audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids that is occurring.
8. Shall not attempt to diagnose, prescribe for, treat or provide advice for any problem which is outside of his or her field of competence, the scope of the practice of audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids or the scope of his or her license or certificate.
9. Shall base his or her practice upon the recognized knowledge relevant to audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids.
10. Shall critically examine and keep current with emerging knowledge relevant to the practice of audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids.
11. Based upon recognized knowledge and standards for the practice of audiology, speech-language pathology or fitting and dispensing hearing aids, shall prepare and maintain in a timely manner a record for each of his or her clients which:
As used in this subsection, "assessment" means an evaluation of the client that is based upon comprehensive information about the client.
12. Shall complete and submit any reports required by this chapter and chapter 637B of NRS, or pursuant to any rule, order or instruction of a court of competent jurisdiction, in a timely manner.
13. Shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 637B of NRS and all other applicable federal laws and regulations.
14. Shall not authorize a person under the supervision of the licensee to perform services that are outside of the scope of the license, certificate, training or experience of the person performing the services, or allow such a person to hold himself or herself out as having expertise in a field or activity in which that person is not qualified.
15. Shall notify the Board in writing within 10 days after:
Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam'rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R219-03, eff. 9-16-2004; A by R129-15, eff. 6/28/2016
Section 17 of Assembly Bill No. 115, chapter 404, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 2296 (NRS 637B.132)