Section 690B.520 - Determination by Commissioner of essential medical specialties1. Pursuant to NRS 690B.350, as amended by section 119 of Assembly Bill No. 83, chapter 376, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 2377, the Commissioner may, after a hearing convened at the discretion of the Commissioner pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 690B.350, as amended by section 119 of Assembly Bill No. 83, chapter 376, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 2377, determine whether any medical specialties in this State are essential as a matter of public policy.2. A medical specialty may, after a hearing convened at the discretion of the Commissioner pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 690B.350, as amended by section 119 of Assembly Bill No. 83, chapter 376, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 2377, be deemed by the Commissioner to be essential as a matter of public policy if he or she determines that an unsafe condition exists because public access to a practitioner of the medical specialty is impaired as a result of insufficient availability of professional liability insurance to a practitioner of the medical specialty.Nev. Admin. Code § 690B.520
Added to NAC by Comm'r of Insurance by R131-03, eff. 10-30-2003; A by R027-17A, eff. 12/19/2017NRS 679B.130, 690B.350, as amended by section 119 of Assembly Bill No. 83, chapter 376, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 2377