Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 641B - Social Workers
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
Section 641B.225 - "Professional incompetence" interpreted

1. "Professional incompetence" as that term is used in NRS 641B.400 will be interpreted by the Board to mean a lack of knowledge, skill or ability in discharging a professional obligation and includes malpractice, gross negligence and impairment.

2. For the purposes of this section, "malpractice" in the practice of social work means conduct which falls below the standard of care required of a licensee under the circumstances and which proximately causes damage to a client.

3. For the purposes of this section, "gross negligence" in the practice of social work means conduct which represents an extreme departure from the standard of care required of a licensee under the circumstances and which proximately causes damage to a client.

4. For the purposes of this section, "impairment" in the practice of social work means the failure of a licensee to act in a manner consistent with the established or customary standard of care required of a licensee, with or without good cause, due to the physical, mental or emotional condition of a licensee.