Section 284.52375 - "Provider of health care" defined"Provider of health care" means:
1. A doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery by the state or country in which the doctor practices.2. A podiatric physician, a dentist, a clinical psychologist, an optometrist or a chiropractor who is authorized to practice as a podiatric physician, a dentist, a clinical psychologist, an optometrist or a chiropractor by the state or country in which he or she practices and who is performing within the scope of his or her practice as defined by the law of that state or country.3. A nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, physician assistant or clinical social worker who is authorized to practice as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, physician assistant or clinical social worker by the state or country in which he or she practices and who is performing within the scope of his or her practice as defined by the law of that state or country.4. A practitioner in Christian Science who is listed with The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. The list of practitioners may be obtained from the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Nevada, 2994 Talbot Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, by telephone at (702) 807-8026, by electronic mail at nevada@compub.org or on the on-line directory located at www.christianscience.com.5. A provider of health care, as defined in NRS 629.031, acting within the scope of his or her license whose certification of the existence of a serious health condition is acceptable to substantiate a claim for benefits under the Public Employees' Benefits Program.Nev. Admin. Code § 284.52375
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 3-23-94; A 11-16-95; R082-00, 8-2-2000; A by Personnel Comm'n by R135-12, 10-4-2013
NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345