Current through June 11, 2024
Section 630.Sec. 24 - NEW1. An anesthesiologist assistant is subject to disciplinary action by the Board if, after notice and hearing in accordance with this chapter, the Board finds that the anesthesiologist assistant: (a) Has willfully and intentionally made a false or fraudulent statement or submitted a forged or false document in applying for a license;(b) Has held himself or herself out as or authorized another person to represent the anesthesiologist assistant to be a licensed physician;(c) Has performed medical services other than:(1) Pursuant to section 12 of Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1548, or subsection 6 of section 17; or(2) At the direction and under the immediate supervision of the supervising anesthesiologist of the anesthesiologist assistant;(d) Is guilty of malpractice in the assisting of the practice of medicine;(e) Is guilty of disobedience of any order of the Board or an investigative committee of the Board, any provision in the regulations of the State Board of Health or the State Board of Pharmacy or any provision of this chapter or chapter 630 of NRS;(f) Is guilty of administering, dispensing or possessing any controlled substance otherwise than in the course of legitimate medical services or as authorized by law and the supervising anesthesiologist of the anesthesiologist assistant;(g) Has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state law regulating the prescribing, possession, distribution or use of a controlled substance;(h) Is not competent to assist in the practice of medicine;(i) Has lost his or her certification issued by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants or its successor organization;(j) Has failed to notify the Board of an involuntary loss of certification issued by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants, or its successor organization, within 30 days after the involuntary loss of certification;(k) Has assisted in the practice of medicine after his or her license as an anesthesiologist assistant expired or was revoked or suspended;(l) Has been convicted of a felony, any offense involving moral turpitude or any offense relating to assisting in the practice of medicine or the ability to assist in the practice of medicine;(m) Has had a license as an anesthesiologist assistant revoked, suspended, modified or limited by any other jurisdiction or has surrendered such a license or discontinued assisting in the practice of medicine while under investigation by any licensing authority, a medical facility, a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, an insurance company, an agency of the Federal Government or any employer; or(n) Has violated any provision that would subject a practitioner of medicine to discipline pursuant to NRS 630.301 to 630.3065, inclusive, or NAC 630.230.2. To initiate disciplinary action against an anesthesiologist assistant, an investigative committee of the Board must file with the Board a written complaint, specifying the charges.Nev. Admin. Code § 630.Sec. 24
Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam'rs by R069-23A, eff. 4/19/2024NRS 630.130 and section 10 of Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1548