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AN ACT relating to health care; making various revisions governing the qualifications and procedure for licensure as a physician, physician assistant, practitioner of respiratory care or perfusionist; requiring screening of youth for certain health conditions when certain physical examinations are conducted; revising the authority of a practitioner of respiratory care to perform certain laboratory tests; requiring certain sharing of information between the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to require certain competency demonstrations; eliminating certain special licenses; revising provisions related to fees owed to the Board of Medical Examiners or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; eliminating certain fees; revising investigation procedures and grounds for discipline against a licensee of the Board of Medical Examiners; revising requirements governing certain medical procedures; authorizing a medical assistant to perform tasks under the supervision of a registered nurse; authorizing a certified registered nurse anesthetist to perform certain tasks in certain hospitals; authorizing discipline against a registered nurse who fails to adequately supervise a medical assistant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to health care; making various revisions governing the qualifications and procedure for licensure as a physician, physician assistant, practitioner of respiratory care or perfusionist; requiring screening of youth for certain health conditions when certain physical examinations are conducted; revising the authority of a practitioner of respiratory care to perform certain laboratory tests; requiring certain sharing of information between the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to require certain competency demonstrations; eliminating certain special licenses; revising provisions related to fees owed to the Board of Medical Examiners or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; eliminating certain fees; revising investigation procedures and grounds for discipline against a licensee of the Board of Medical Examiners; revising requirements governing certain medical procedures; authorizing a medical assistant to perform tasks under the supervision of a registered nurse; authorizing a certified registered nurse anesthetist to perform certain tasks in certain hospitals; authorizing discipline against a registered nurse who fails to adequately supervise a medical assistant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
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AN ACT relating to health care; making various revisions governing the qualifications and procedure for licensure as a p
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians, physician assistants, anesthesiologist assistants, practitioners of respiratory care and perfusionists by the Board of Medical Examiners. (Chapter 630 of NRS) Sections 11 and 14 of this bill revise provisions governing examinations that are necessary for licensure as a physician. Section 14 also increases the amount of the fine that the Board may impose on an applicant for a license as a physician who submits false information in connection with the application. Section 21 of this bill requires each licensee of the Board to maintain a permanent electronic mail address for communication with the Board. Existing law prescribes separate qualifications for licensure for: (1) persons who received their medical education in the United States or Canada; and (2) persons who received their medical education in other foreign countries. (NRS 630.160, 630.170, 630.195, 630.263, 630.264, 630.265) Existing law also requires a physician to have completed certain residencies in ophthalmology in the United States or Canada in order to perform laser surgery or intense pulsed light therapy on the globe of the eye. (NRS 630.371) Sections 4, 5, 8, 14, 19, 26-28 and 64 of this bill make various changes so that persons who received their medical education in the United Kingdom, Australia or New Zealand, and other foreign countries whose standards for medical education are determined to be equivalent by the Board, are treated iden
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- Jane Grossman (Testimony)
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