1. Each applicant for a license to practice as a doctor of Oriental medicine must pass:

(a) Each examination required and administered by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine or its successor organization for certification in Oriental medicine; and

(b) An examination approved by the Board that tests the applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations of this State relating to health and safety in the practice of Oriental medicine.

2. The Board may establish by regulation for the examination required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1:

(a) Additional subject areas to be included in the examination; and

(b) Specific methods for the administration of the examination, including, but not limited to, written, oral, demonstrative, practical or any combination thereof.

3. The Board shall contract for the preparation, administration and grading of the examination required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the Board shall offer the examination required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1 at least two times each year at a time and place established by the Board.

5. The Board may cancel a scheduled examination required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1 if, within 60 days before the examination, the Board has not received a request to take the examination.

6. A person who fails the examination required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1 may retake the examination.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 637; A 1975, 233; 1981, 1290; 1991, 1128; 2001, 1105; 2003, 1640; 2019, 1598, effective January 1, 2020)