NRS 631.346 - Employment of unlicensed person; public demonstrations; aiding in unlicensed practice; dental hygienist or dental therapist practicing in unauthorized place; practice with license suspended or without renewal certificate. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 631.346 (2019) (N/A)

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The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct:

1. Employing, directly or indirectly, any student or any suspended or unlicensed dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist to perform operations of any kind to treat or correct the teeth or jaws, except as provided in this chapter;

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 631.287 or 631.3453, giving a public demonstration of methods of practice any place other than the office where the licensee is known to be regularly engaged in this practice;

3. Employing, procuring, inducing, aiding or abetting a person not licensed or registered as a dentist to engage in the practice of dentistry, but a patient shall not be deemed to be an accomplice, employer, procurer, inducer, aider or abettor;

4. For a dental hygienist or dental therapist, practicing in any place not authorized pursuant to this chapter; or

5. Practicing while a license is suspended or without a renewal certificate.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 1106; A 2001, 2694; 2019, 3217, effective January 1, 2020)

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