Nevada AG Opinions, 2019

A licensee may not use the term “medical” in its name if the hcensee’s use of that name would mislead consumers. This is a factual determination, not one that can be answered definitively as a legal matter under current. Nevada law. The Board is responsible for making this factual determination pursuant to Nevada statute and its governing regulations. NAC 644.711(2) precludes the use of certain words, including the word “medical,” when their use in an advertisement would deceive consumers about the scope of the services offered by the licensee or the licensee’s level of expertise in a branch o

TO QUESTION ONE The HIPAA privacy rule protects health care information when it is held or transmitted by a covered entity. Any first responder who is a health care provider and transmits health information in an electronic format is a covered entity for purposes of HIPAA. While most of the information reported to ODMAP does not implicate the HIPAA privacy rule, the address of the location of the overdose could be considered “protected health information” (PHD as that term is used and defined in federal regulations. Consequently, when a first responder reports information through ODMAP, the fi