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NRS 629.075 - Provider of health care to disclose financial interest in facility at which physical therapy is provided when making referral to or recommending facility.

NV Rev Stat § 629.075 (2019) (N/A)
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1. If a provider of health care refers a patient to or recommends that a patient receive physical therapy at a specific facility in which the provider of health care has a financial interest, the provider of health care shall disclose that interest to the patient in writing in a conspicuous manner.

2. The provisions of this section do not authorize a referral or recommendation which is otherwise prohibited, including, without limitation, by the provisions of NRS 439B.425.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Financial interest” includes, without limitation, any share in the ownership of or profit from a facility at which physical therapy is provided and any form of compensation from a facility at which physical therapy is provided for a prescription for physical therapy.

(b) “Physical therapy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 640.022.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 730)

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