NRS 653.460 - Adoption of regulations by State Board of Health; disposition of money received from penalties and fees; enforcement of chapter by Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 653.460 (2019) (N/A)

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1. The Board shall adopt regulations:

(a) Establishing the fees for the application for and the issuance and renewal of a license or limited license.

(b) Defining the scope of practice for radiologist assistants and persons who hold licenses and limited licenses. Such regulations must be at least as stringent as the scope of practice adopted by a national professional organization whose membership consists of persons licensed or certified to engage in radiation therapy or radiologic imaging. The national professional organization must be designated by the Board upon the recommendation of the Radiation Therapy and Radiologic Imaging Advisory Committee pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 653.450.

(c) Prescribing the requirements for continuing education for the renewal of a license or limited license. Such regulations must require the holder of a license to complete more hours of continuing education than the holder of a limited license.

(d) Prescribing the qualifications of a person who is authorized to supervise the holder of a limited license, the tasks for which such supervision is required and the level of supervision required.

(e) Defining the terms “crime involving moral turpitude” and “unprofessional conduct” for the purposes of NRS 653.700.

2. The Board may adopt any other regulations necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

3. At the same time that the Board provides notice pursuant to chapter 233B of NRS or NRS 241.020 of any meeting or workshop relating to the adoption of a proposed regulation pursuant to this chapter, the Board shall submit an electronic copy of the notice to the Radiation Therapy and Radiologic Imaging Advisory Committee created by NRS 653.450.

4. All money received from penalties pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be forwarded to the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Care of Sites for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste created by NRS 459.231.

5. All money received from fees pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be used by the Division to administer the provisions of this chapter.

6. The Division shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2723, effective January 1, 2020)

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