Mental or physical examination.
1. If the Board or a member of the Board designated to review a complaint pursuant to NRS 633.541 has reason to believe that the conduct of a physician has raised a reasonable question as to his competence to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients, the Board or the member designated by the Board may require the person charged in the complaint to submit to a mental or physical examination by physicians designated by the Board.
2. For the purposes of this section:
(a) Every physician who is licensed under this chapter who accepts the privilege of practicing osteopathic medicine in this state shall be deemed to have given his consent to submit to a mental or physical examination if directed to do so in writing by the Board.
(b) The testimony or examination reports of the examining physicians are not privileged communications.
3. Except in extraordinary circumstances, as determined by the Board, the failure of a physician who is licensed under this chapter to submit to an examination if directed as provided in this section constitutes an admission of the charges against him.
Last modified: February 27, 2006