NRS 635.099 - Podiatry hygienists: License or limited license required to engage in radiation therapy or radiologic imaging; exceptions; regulations prescribing training. [Effective January 1, 2020, only if regulations adopted by the State Board of Podiatry pursuant to NRS 635.030 prescribing the conditions under which a podiatry hygienist or a person training to be a podiatry hygienist may engage in radiation therapy and radiologic imaging have not become effective before that date, and until the date on which regulations adopted by the State Board of Podiatry pursuant to NRS 635.030 prescribing the conditions under which a podiatry hygienist or a person training to be a podiatry hygienist may engage in radiation therapy and radiologic imaging become effective.]

NV Rev Stat § 635.099 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Except as authorized by this section, a podiatry hygienist shall not engage in radiation therapy or radiologic imaging unless he or she has obtained a license or limited license pursuant to chapter 653 of NRS.

2. A podiatry hygienist may take and develop X-rays only:

(a) Within the practice of podiatry and under the direction of a podiatric physician; and

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if he or she has successfully completed the training prescribed by the Board pursuant to subsection 4.

3. A podiatry hygienist who has not successfully completed the training prescribed by the Board pursuant to subsection 4 may, as part of that training, take and develop X-rays under the direct supervision of a podiatric physician.

4. The Board shall adopt regulations prescribing training that a podiatry hygienist must receive before taking and developing X-rays.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Radiation therapy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 653.380.

(b) “Radiologic imaging” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 653.390.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2735, effective January 1, 2020, only if regulations adopted by the State Board of Podiatry pursuant to NRS 635.030 prescribing the conditions under which a podiatry hygienist or a person training to be a podiatry hygienist may engage in radiation therapy and radiologic imaging have not become effective before that date)

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