Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 640B - ATHLETIC TRAINERS
Section 640B.Sec. 3 - NEW
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 640B.Sec. 3
Current through December 31, 2024
1. Before performing dry needling, an athletic trainer must obtain a signed form which provides informed consent from the patient. Such a form must include, without limitation:
(a) The definition of "dry needling" set forth in section 8 of Senate Bill No. 186, chapter 277, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 1587;
(b) A description of the particular treatment that will be provided and the risks and benefits of the treatment; and
(c) The signature of the patient.
2. An athletic trainer who performs dry needling:
(a) Shall use only single-use, single-insertion sterile needles;
(b) Shall not insert the same needle:
(1) More than one time in a person; or
(2) In more than one person;
(c) Shall not retain a needle in the body of a patient after completing a procedure;
(d) Shall dispose of each needle after completing a procedure;
(e) Shall not delegate dry needling to a student athletic trainer, graduate student athletic trainer or other person who is not authorized to perform dry needling; and
(f) Shall ensure that the form described in subsection 1 is maintained as part of the health care records of the patient pursuant to NRS 629.051.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Athletic Trainers by R053-19A, eff. 11/2/2020
NRS 640B.260, as amended by section 11 of Senate Bill No. 186, chapter 277, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 1588
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