Section 630.Sec. 2.5 - NEW1. Each applicant for a license to practice medicine or physician who wishes to practice in a new medical specialty area must:(a) Designate to the Board each medical specialty area in which the applicant or physician, as applicable, intends to practice; and(b) Provide to the Board:(1) Evidence that the applicant or physician, as applicable, meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2; or(2) The evidence required by subsection 3.2. A physician may only practice in a medical specialty area if the physician has:(a) Been certified in that medical specialty area by a specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties;(b) Successfully completed a postgraduate training program which is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and which provides the physician with complete training in the medical specialty area; or(c) Obtained the approval of the Board pursuant to subsection 3 to practice in that medical specialty area.3. An applicant for a license to practice medicine or a physician who wishes to practice in a medical specialty area for which no specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties exists may request the approval of the Board to practice in that medical specialty area by submitting to the Board evidence that the applicant or physician, as applicable:(a) Is not able to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 2; and(b) Has successfully completed training in the medical specialty area that is substantially similar in rigor, length and examinations of competency as is required by a specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.4. For the purposes of paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 630.306, a physician who practices outside the medical specialty area designated pursuant to this section shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be deemed to be performing services which the licensee knows or has reason to know that he or she is not competent to perform or which are beyond the scope of his or her training. This subsection does not apply to a physician who is practicing outside of the medical specialty area designated pursuant to this section in: (a) A life-threatening emergency, including, without limitation, at the scene of an accident;(b) An emergency situation, including, without limitation, human-caused or natural disaster relief efforts; or(c) Any other situation where the physician is authorized by law to practice outside of that medical specialty area.Nev. Admin. Code § 630.Sec. 2.5
Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam'rs by R033-24A, eff. 8/13/2024