Section 449.99734 - Responsibilities for admission and care of patient1. A patient may be admitted to a recovery center only upon the written approval of a physician. Upon a patient's admission to the recovery center, the center shall ensure that orders for the care of the patient have been received from the patient's attending physician.2. A recovery center shall ensure that the medical care of each patient is supervised by a physician.3. After the initial visit with a patient by a physician at the recovery center, every other visit with the patient at the center may be made by a physician assistant, nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist on behalf of the physician if the physician assistant, nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist is acting: (a) Within the authorized scope of his or her practice and under the supervision of the physician; and(b) In accordance with state law and the policies of the recovery center.4. Any orders for the treatment of the patient must be signed and dated by the health care professional ordering the treatment.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.99734
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R121-16A, eff. 9/21/2017NRS 439.200, 449.0302, 449.0303