Section 630.156 - Continuing education: Training required for certain physicians relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; credit for training1. Pursuant to the provisions of NRS 630.2535 and except as otherwise provided in that section, a holder of a license to practice medicine who is registered to dispense controlled substances pursuant to NRS 453.231 shall, during each period for biennial registration, complete at least 2 hours of continuing medical education relating specifically to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and the prescribing of opioids.2. Pursuant to NRS 630.253, a holder of a license to practice medicine shall complete at least 2 hours of training in the screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach to substance use disorder within 2 years after initial licensure.3. A program of continuing medical education relating specifically to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and the prescribing of opioids or a program of training in the screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment approach to substance use disorder must offer, upon successful completion of the program, a certificate of Category 1 credit as recognized by the American Medical Association to the holder of the license.4. A holder of a license to practice medicine is entitled to receive credit towards the continuing medical education required pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 630.153 for each hour of continuing medical education completed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section or training completed pursuant to subsection 2 of this section.Nev. Admin. Code § 630.156
Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam'rs by R163-16AP, eff. 8/30/2018; A by R068-23A, eff. 8/23/2024NRS 630.130, 630.253, as amended by section 28 of Senate Bill No. 439, chapter 528, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3501