Nevada Revised Statutes Section 631.3475 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Malpractice; professional incompetence; disciplinary action in another state; substandard care; administration of controlled substance or dangerous drug; inebriety or addiction; gross immorality; conviction of certain crimes. The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct:

1. Malpractice;

2. Professional incompetence;

3. Suspension or revocation of his license to practice dentistry, the imposition of a fine or other disciplinary action by any agency of another state authorized to regulate the practice of dentistry in that state;

4. More than one act by the dentist or dental hygienist constituting substandard care in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene;

5. Administering, dispensing or prescribing any controlled substance or any dangerous drug as defined in chapter 454 of NRS, if it is not required to treat the dentist’s patient;

6. Chronic or persistent inebriety or addiction to a controlled substance, to such an extent as to render him unsafe or unreliable as a practitioner, or such gross immorality as tends to bring reproach upon the dental profession;

7. Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or which relates to the practice of dentistry in this state, or conviction of any criminal violation of this chapter; or

8. Conviction of violating any of the provisions of NRS 616D.200, 616D.220, 616D.240 or 616D.300 to 616D.440, inclusive.

Last modified: February 27, 2006