NRS 690B.250 - Practitioners of the healing arts: Reports to licensing boards; availability for public inspection. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 690B.250 (2019) (N/A)
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Except as more is required in NRS 630.3067 and 633.526:

1. Each insurer which issues a policy of insurance covering the liability of a practitioner licensed pursuant to chapters 630 to 640, inclusive, of NRS or who holds a license or limited license issued pursuant to chapter 653 of NRS for a breach of his or her professional duty toward a patient shall report to the board which licensed the practitioner within 45 days each settlement or award made or judgment rendered by reason of a claim, if the settlement, award or judgment is for more than $5,000, giving the name of the claimant and the practitioner and the circumstances of the case.

2. A practitioner licensed pursuant to chapters 630 to 640, inclusive, of NRS or who holds a license or limited license issued pursuant to chapter 653 of NRS who does not have insurance covering liability for a breach of his or her professional duty toward a patient shall report to the board which issued the practitioner’s license within 45 days of each settlement or award made or judgment rendered by reason of a claim, if the settlement, award or judgment is for more than $5,000, giving the practitioner’s name, the name of the claimant and the circumstances of the case.

3. These reports are public records and must be made available for public inspection within a reasonable time after they are received by the licensing board.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 589; A 1985, 2246; 2002 Special Session, 24; 2003, 3480; 2017, 2376; 2019, 2740, effective January 1, 2020)