Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 649 - Collection Agencies
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Section Sec. 3 - NEW
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code Sec. 3
Current through February 27, 2024
1. For the purposes of sections 7 and 7.5 of Senate Bill No. 248, chapter 291, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 1669 (NRS 649.366 and 649.367) , the Commissioner interprets the term "action to collect a medical debt" to mean any attempt by a collection agency or its manager, agents or employees to collect a medical debt from a medical debtor, including, without limitation:
(a) Placing telephone calls to the medical
debtor.
(b) Sending letters and
notices, other than a 60-day notification, to the medical debtor.
(c) Contacting the medical debtor by any
electronic means.
(d) Reporting the
medical debt to any credit reporting agency.
(e) Demanding payment of the medical
debt.
(f) Commencing any civil
action against the medical debtor.
2. The Commissioner does not interpret the term to include:
(a) Any action initiated by a
medical debtor;
(b) The provision
to a medical debtor of clarification relating to the content of a 60-day
notification by a collection agency or its manager, agents or employees if the
contact is initiated by the medical debtor;
(c) Sending verification of a medical debt to
the medical debtor if requested by the medical debtor; or
(d) Sending a receipt to a medical debtor for
a voluntary payment.
Added to NAC by Comm'r of Financial Institutions by R055-21A, eff. 6/13/2022
NRS 649.053
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