Nev. Admin. Code § 630.Sec. 23

Current through June 11, 2024

Section 630.Sec. 23 - NEW

1. An anesthesiologist assistant shall not:

(a) Falsify or alter records of health care;

(b) Falsify or alter the medical records of a hospital so as to indicate his or her presence at a time when he or she was not in attendance or falsify those records to indicate that procedures were performed by him or her which were in fact not performed by him or her;

(c) Render professional services to a patient while the anesthesiologist assistant is under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance or is in any impaired mental or physical condition;

(d) Acquire any controlled substances from any pharmacy or other source by misrepresentation, fraud, deception or subterfuge;

(e) Fail to honor the advance directive of a patient without informing the patient or the surrogate or guardian of the patient and without documenting in the patient's records the reasons for failing to honor the advance directive of the patient contained therein;

(f) Engage in any sexual activity with a patient who is currently being treated by the anesthesiologist assistant;

(g) Engage in disruptive behavior with any physician, hospital personnel, patient, member of the family of a patient or other person if the behavior interferes with patient care or has an adverse impact on the quality of care rendered to a patient;

(h) Engage in conduct that violates the trust of a patient and exploits the relationship between the anesthesiologist assistant and the patient for financial or other personal gain;

(i) Engage in or conceal conduct which brings the profession of assisting anesthesiologists into disrepute;

(j) Engage in sexual contact with a surrogate of a patient or other key person related to a patient, including, without limitation, a spouse, parent or legal guardian, that exploits the relationship between the anesthesiologist assistant and the patient in a sexual manner;

(k) Make or file a report that the anesthesiologist assistant knows to be false, fail to file a record or report as required by law or willfully obstruct or induce another person to obstruct such a filing;

(l) Fail to report any person that the anesthesiologist assistant knows, or has reason to know, is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 630 of NRS relating to the practice of medicine or practice as an anesthesiologist assistant;

(m) Misrepresent in any manner, either directly or indirectly, his or her skills, training, professional credentials, identity or services; or

(n) Administer or use a single-use medical device:

(1) For more than one procedure;

(2) For more than one patient; or

(3) In a manner inconsistent with the manufacturer's instructions or directions included on or with the single-use medical device.

2. As used in this section:

(a) "Single-dose vial" means a vial, including, without limitation, a sealed sterile vial, which may be accessed by insertion of a needle and which, according to the manufacturer's instructions:

(1) Contains only one dose of a medication; and

(2) May be used for only one patient.

(b) "Single-use medical device" means a medical device that is intended for one use or on a single patient during a single procedure and includes, without limitation, a blade, clip, catheter, implant, insufflator, lancet, needle, sleeve, syringe and single-dose vial.

Nev. Admin. Code § 630.Sec. 23

Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam'rs by R069-23A, eff. 4/19/2024

NRS 630.130 and section 10 of Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1548