Nevada Revised Statutes Section 630.262 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Restricted license to practice medicine as psychiatrist in certain mental health centers.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board may issue a restricted license to a person who intends to practice medicine in this State as a psychiatrist in a mental health center of the Division under the direct supervision of a psychiatrist who holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine pursuant to this chapter.

2. A person who applies for a restricted license pursuant to this section is not required to take or pass a written examination as to his qualifications to practice medicine pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 630.160, but the person must meet all other conditions and requirements for an unrestricted license to practice medicine pursuant to this chapter.

3. If the Board issues a restricted license pursuant to this section, the person who holds the restricted license may practice medicine in this State only as a psychiatrist in a mental health center of the Division and only under the direct supervision of a psychiatrist who holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine pursuant to this chapter.

4. If a person who holds a restricted license issued pursuant to this section ceases to practice medicine in this State as a psychiatrist in a mental health center of the Division:

(a) The Division shall notify the Board; and

(b) Upon receipt of such notification, the restricted license expires automatically.

5. The Board may renew or modify a restricted license issued pursuant to this section, unless the restricted license has expired automatically or has been revoked.

6. The provisions of this section do not limit the authority of the Board to issue a restricted license to an applicant in accordance with any other provision of this chapter.

7. As used in this section:

(a) “Division” means the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources.

(b) “Mental health center” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.144.

Last modified: February 27, 2006