Nevada Revised Statutes Section 630.279 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Regulations concerning licensure. The Board shall adopt regulations regarding the licensure of practitioners of respiratory care, including, without limitation:

1. Educational and other qualifications of applicants;

2. Required academic programs which applicants must successfully complete;

3. Procedures for applying for and issuing licenses;

4. Tests or examinations of applicants by the Board;

5. The types of medical services that a practitioner of respiratory care may perform, except that a practitioner of respiratory care may not perform those specific functions and duties delegated or otherwise restricted by specific statute to persons licensed as dentists, chiropractors, podiatric physicians, optometrists, physicians, osteopathic physicians or hearing aid specialists pursuant to this chapter or chapter 631, 633, 634, 635, 636 or 637A of NRS, as appropriate;

6. The duration, renewal and termination of licenses; and

7. The grounds and procedures for disciplinary actions against practitioners of respiratory care.

Last modified: February 27, 2006