Nevada Revised Statutes Section 633.328 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Submission of fingerprints; issuance of provisional license pending receipt of report of criminal history; revocation of provisional license.

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a license to practice osteopathic medicine, except a temporary or special license, or each osteopathic physician’s assistant for whom an application to employ an osteopathic physician’s assistant is submitted to the Board must submit to the Board a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Board to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.

2. The Board may issue a provisional license pending receipt of the report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the Board determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.

3. The Board shall revoke a provisional license upon receipt of the report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the report indicates that:

(a) The applicant or the osteopathic physician’s assistant has been convicted of an act that is a ground for disciplinary action pursuant to NRS 633.511;

(b) The applicant or the osteopathic physician’s assistant has been convicted of a felony set forth in NRS 633.741; or

(c) A warrant for the arrest of the applicant or the osteopathic physician’s assistant has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Last modified: February 27, 2006