Section 640.670 - Grounds: Interpretation of statutory termsFor the purposes of NRS 640.160:
1. "Gross negligence" means conduct which constitutes an extreme departure from the standard of care required of a licensee under the circumstances and which proximately causes damage to a patient.2. "Malpractice" means conduct which falls below the standard of care required of a licensee under the circumstances.3. A licensee is "professionally incompetent" if the licensee: (a) Lacks the knowledge, skill or ability to discharge a professional obligation, or discharges a professional obligation while impaired; or(b) Consistently uses a procedure or treatment intervention which constitutes a departure from the prevailing standard of the acceptable practice of physical therapy.4. "Unearned fee" means any contract or arrangement entered into by a licensee to provide a person with a credit, gratuity, commission, professional discount or wage in consideration for the referral of a patient by that person to the physical therapist.Nev. Admin. Code § 640.670
Added to NAC by Bd. of Phys. Therapy Exam'rs, eff. 6-11-90; A by R059-06, 9-18-2006; R107-10, 10-15-2010; A by R124-21A, eff. 12/17/2022