Section 653.600 - Radiologist assistant: Qualifications for practice; authorized services; prohibition; penalty1. The holder of a license may practice as a radiologist assistant if the holder is: (a) Certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or its successor organization, to practice in the area of radiography and is registered as a radiologist assistant by that entity; or (b) Certified by the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.2. In addition to the duties that the holder of a license is authorized to perform by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 653.460, a radiologist assistant: (a) May perform any duty relating to the care and management of patients, including, without limitation, radiologic imaging and interventional procedures guided by radiologic imaging, under the supervision of a radiologist.(b) May provide initial observations concerning the images of a patient to a supervising physician who specializes in radiology.(c) Shall not interpret images of a patient or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine, as defined in NRS 630.020.3. A person who practices as a radiologist assistant without meeting the requirements of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.Added to NRS by 2019, 2728Added by 2019, Ch. 435,§41, eff. 1/1/2020.