NRS 439A.356 “Certified area of need” defined. “Certified area of need” means a critical shortage of providers of health care who practice a health care profession or specialty, a critical shortage of providers of health care in a geographic area of this State or a critical shortage of clinical services or expertise in this State or a geographic area of this State, as identified by the assessment conducted pursuant to NRS 439A.371. (Added to NRS by 2025, 36th Special Session, 164)