Title 54

NRS 634.014 “Chiropractic adjustment” defined. “Chiropractic adjustment” means the application of a precisely controlled force applied by hand or mechanical device to a specific focal point of the anatomy for the sole purpose of creating a specific angular movement in skeletal ar…

NRS 634.017 “Malpractice” defined. “Malpractice” means failure on the part of a chiropractic physician to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill ordinarily exercised by chiropractic physicians in good standing in the community in which he or she practices. (Added to NRS…

NRS 634.0173 “Manipulation” defined. “Manipulation” means an application of a resistive movement by applying a nonspecific force, without the use of a thrust, which is directed into a region and not into a focal point of the anatomy. (Added to NRS by 2011, 912)

NRS 634.0175 “Subluxation complex” defined. “Subluxation complex” means a biomechanical skeletal misalignment or dysfunction in a part of the body which results in aberrant nerve transmission and expression. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1168)

NRS 634.018 “Unprofessional conduct” defined. “Unprofessional conduct” means: 1. Obtaining a certificate upon fraudulent credentials or gross misrepresentation. 2. Procuring, or aiding or abetting in procuring, criminal abortion. 3. Assuring that a manifestly incurable disease ca…

NRS 634.019 Legislative declaration. The practice of chiropractic is hereby declared to be a learned profession, affecting public safety and welfare and charged with the public interest, and therefore subject to protection and regulation by the State. (Added to NRS by 1997, 818) …

NRS 634.020 Creation; number, appointment and qualifications of members. 1. The Chiropractic Physicians’ Board of Nevada, consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created. 2. The Governor shall appoint: (a) Five members who are: (1) Graduates of chiropract…

NRS 634.023 Term of office; limitation on consecutive terms; removal from Board. 1. The term of office of each member of the Board is 4 years. 2. No member of the Board may serve more than two consecutive full terms. If a person was appointed to fill an unexpired term of more tha…

NRS 634.025 Salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees. 1. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive: (a) A salary of not more than $150 per day, as fixed by the Board, while engaged in the business of the Board; and (b) A per diem al…

NRS 634.030 Officers; regulations. 1. The Board shall elect a President, Vice President and a Secretary. The Secretary shall serve also as Treasurer of the Board. 2. The Board shall adopt reasonable regulations for the transaction of business and to enable it to carry out its dut…

NRS 634.035 Regulations establishing qualifications to perform dry needling. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing the qualifications a chiropractic physician must obtain before he or she is authorized to perform dry needling. The qualifications adopted by regulation …

NRS 634.040 Meetings: Regular meetings; emergency meetings; notice; location. 1. The Board shall hold regular meetings to transact business semiannually. Emergency meetings may be called by the President or by any three members. 2. Except in an emergency, written notice of each m…

NRS 634.042 Special meeting of Board: Costs; limitations. 1. The costs of any special meeting held by the Board at the request of an institution, organization, chiropractic physician or an applicant for any license or certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter …

NRS 634.043 Appointment and compensation of Executive Director; offices; additional employees; inspection of premises of holder of license or certificate. 1. The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who serves at the pleasure of the Board and is entitled to receive such comp…

NRS 634.044 Subpoenas. 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary or President of the Board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers. 2. If any witness refuses to attend or testify or produce any books and papers as …

NRS 634.045 Fiscal year. The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal year commencing on July 1 and terminating on June 30. (Added to NRS by 1963, 152)

NRS 634.050 Deposit and use of money; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all money collected by the Board must be deposited in banks, credit…

NRS 634.055 Records: General requirements; certain records relating to applicant, licensee or registrant deemed confidential; disclosure to other agencies; notice of disclosure. 1. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to licensing, registration and disciplina…

NRS 634.070 Licenses: Examination; prohibition on participation in preparing examination. 1. All applicants for licenses to practice chiropractic in Nevada must pass all examinations prescribed by the Board. Examinations may be held semiannually or at other intervals prescribed b…

NRS 634.080 Licenses: Applications for examination. 1. An applicant for examination must file an application with the Secretary of the Board on a form to be furnished by the Executive Director of the Board. An applicant may take the examination any time after the Executive Direct…

NRS 634.090 Licenses: Qualifications of applicants. 1. An applicant must, in addition to the requirements of NRS 634.070 and 634.080, furnish satisfactory evidence to the Board: (a) That the applicant is of good moral character; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 a…

NRS 634.093 Submission of fingerprints by applicants for license or certificate. Each applicant for a license to practice chiropractic or to practice as a chiropractic assistant must submit to the Board a complete set of fingerprints which the Board may forward to the Central Rep…

NRS 634.095 Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license or certificate; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withhold…

NRS 634.100 Payment of fee for application for license or certificate. 1. An applicant for a license to practice chiropractic in this State must pay the required fee to the Secretary of the Board before the date of the examination. 2. An applicant for a certificate as a chiroprac…

NRS 634.105 Practice by qualified applicant for license waiting to take examination. An applicant for a license to practice chiropractic who has the qualifications prescribed in NRS 634.090 may, while waiting to take the Board’s examination but for no longer than 90 days, perform…

NRS 634.115 Temporary license: Application; fee; conditions; limitations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, upon application, payment of the fee, if required, and the approval of its Executive Director and President, the Board may, without examination, grant…

NRS 634.117 Temporary exemption from licensure to practice chiropractic for person providing services to visiting athletic team or athletic event in this State; extension of exemption; conditions and limitations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, if a chiropractic …

NRS 634.120 Licenses: Signatures of Board’s officers and seal; use of term “chiropractic physician”; display of license. 1. All licenses must be signed by the President and the Secretary and be attested by the official seal of the Board. The required fee must be collected before …

NRS 634.121 Licenses: Inactive status; procedure to restore active status. 1. Any person who holds a license to practice chiropractic in this State but who does not maintain an active practice in this State may maintain the license on inactive status by notifying the Board and pa…

NRS 634.123 Chiropractic assistant: Qualification; certification; supervision. 1. The Board may issue a certificate to a properly qualified applicant to perform ancillary services relating to chiropractic, other than chiropractic adjustment, under the supervision of a chiropracti…

NRS 634.124 Temporary certificate to practice as chiropractic assistant: Application; qualifications; attestation by supervising chiropractic physician; duration. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, upon submission of the application and materials required by this se…

NRS 634.125 Chiropractic assistant: Authorized services. A chiropractic assistant may perform such ancillary services relating to chiropractic as he or she is authorized to perform under the terms of a certificate issued by the Board. Those services must be rendered under the sup…

NRS 634.127 Chiropractic assistant: Limitation on number supervised by chiropractic physician. No chiropractic physician may supervise more than four chiropractic assistants at the same time. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1150; A 1991, 2084; 2001, 6)

NRS 634.129 Duty to inform Board of address or changes in location of each office or principal residence. 1. Each chiropractic physician or chiropractic assistant licensed by the Board shall: (a) File with the Board the address of each office where he or she practices; and (b) No…

NRS 634.1295 Duty of chiropractic physician who does not maintain professional liability insurance to provide certain written disclosures; regulations. 1. If a person practices chiropractic in this State without maintaining professional liability insurance, the person shall: (a) …

NRS 634.130 Renewal of license or certificate; continuing education; waiver of educational requirement; waiver or proration of renewal fee; expiration and reinstatement; regulations. 1. Licenses and certificates must be renewed biennially. Except as otherwise provided in subsecti…

NRS 634.1303 Renewal of license or certificate: Authority of Board to make data request concerning demographic and practice information available to applicants for voluntary completion and electronic submission; confidentiality of information provided. 1. The Board may: (a) Make …

NRS 634.1305 Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients by chiropractic physician; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services; authority of Board to ask applicant for renewal of license regarding performance of such actions. 1…

NRS 634.131 Application for reinstatement of expired license; regulations. 1. If a license expires pursuant to the provisions of subsection 12 of NRS 634.130 and the license was not reinstated pursuant to the provisions of that subsection, the person who held the license may appl…

NRS 634.135 Fees. 1. The Board may charge and collect fees not to exceed: For an application for a license to practice chiropractic................................ $200 For an examination for a license to practice chiropractic................................ 200 For an applicatio…

NRS 634.136 Registration: Application; expiration and renewal; approval of late application for renewal; notification to Board of change of information; administrative fine for failure to provide such notification. 1. To obtain a registration as a business entity that provides ch…

NRS 634.1362 Duties concerning compliance with laws pertaining to practice of chiropractic, medical records and notification of dissolution or closing of facility. A business entity that is registered to provide chiropractic services pursuant to NRS 634.136 shall: 1. Ensure that …

NRS 634.137 Establishment; regulations. 1. The Board shall establish a preceptor program to provide supervised clinical experience to students enrolled in colleges of chiropractic. 2. The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out the preceptor program required by this section. T…

NRS 634.1375 Requirements for participation; notice of approval or denial; scope of authorized activities. 1. A student who wishes to participate in the preceptor program established by the Board pursuant to NRS 634.137 must: (a) File with the Board an application in the form req…

NRS 634.1379 Requirements to act as preceptor; notice of approval or denial. 1. A chiropractic physician who wishes to act as a preceptor pursuant to the preceptor program established by the Board pursuant to NRS 634.137 must: (a) File with the Board an application in the form re…

NRS 634.140 Grounds for initiating disciplinary action. The following acts, as applied to a licensee, an officer or director of a registrant or a person who provides or supervises the provision of chiropractic services at the facility of a registrant, are grounds for initiating d…