Title 54

NRS 631.335 Inactive or other nonpracticing status of license; reinstatement. 1. The license of a person who does not actively practice in this State for 1 year automatically reverts to inactive status at the time the license renewal fee is next payable. If a person whose license…

NRS 631.340 Restoration of license. 1. Any person who has obtained from the Board a license or certificate to practice dental hygiene, dental therapy, dentistry or expanded function dental assistance in this State, and who fails to obtain a renewal certificate, must, before resum…

NRS 631.342 Continuing education: Required courses and training; regulations. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations concerning continuing education in dentistry, dental hygiene, dental therapy and expanded function dental assistance. The regulations must include: (a) Except as pro…

NRS 631.3425 Continuing education: Requirements for dental therapists. A dental therapist licensed to practice in this State must annually complete at least 18 hours of instruction in approved courses of continuing education or biennially complete at least 40 hours of instruction…

NRS 631.343 Persons exempt from requirement of continuing education. A holder of an inactive license, or the holder of a license who is retired or has a disability, is exempt from the requirement of continuing education. If the holder of such a license applies to the Board to rea…

NRS 631.344 Training relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and the prescribing of opioids; regulations. The Board shall, by regulation, require each holder of a license to practice dentistry who is registered to dispense controlled substances pursua…

NRS 631.345 Fees; regulations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 631.2715, the Board shall by regulation establish fees for the performance of the duties imposed upon it by this chapter which must not exceed the following amounts: Application fee for an initial license to pr…

NRS 631.3452 Designation and responsibilities of dental director of dental office or clinic; retention of records. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 631.3453, an entity that owns or operates a dental office or clinic as described in paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 631.215 …

NRS 631.3453 Exemption from requirement to designate actively licensed dentist as dental director of dental office or clinic. The provisions of NRS 631.3452 requiring the designation of an actively licensed dentist as a dental director do not apply to a program for the provision …

NRS 631.3454 Ownership or operation not violation or dishonorable or unprofessional conduct; contract with entity by dentist or professional entity not prohibited. 1. It is not a violation of NRS 631.395 or an act of dishonorable or unprofessional conduct under NRS 631.346 to 631…

NRS 631.3455 Unlicensed person or entity not precluded from providing goods or services for support of business of dental practice, office or clinic in certain circumstances. Nothing in this chapter precludes a person or entity not licensed by the Board from providing goods or se…

NRS 631.3456 Certain provision of goods or services or receipt of payment for provision of goods or services not violation or dishonorable or unprofessional conduct; contracts with persons providing such goods or services not prohibited. 1. It is not a violation of NRS 631.395, o…

NRS 631.3457 Revocation of state business license for certain violations. 1. If the Board determines that a person who provides goods or services for the support of the business of a dental practice, office or clinic has committed any act described in subparagraph (1) or (2) of p…

NRS 631.3458 License required; requirements and standards for use of teledentistry; prohibited acts. 1. A person shall not provide dental services through teledentistry to a patient who is located at an originating site in this State unless the person: (a) Is licensed to practice…

NRS 631.34581 Licensee required to maintain professional liability insurance. A licensee who provides dental services through teledentistry to patients located at an originating site in this State must possess and maintain a policy of professional liability insurance which insure…

NRS 631.34582 Authorized uses. 1. A licensee may: (a) Use teledentistry to examine an existing patient for the purpose of providing a new diagnosis, or to examine a new patient if the examination is sufficient, in accordance with evidence-based standards of practice, to provide a…

NRS 631.34583 Bona fide relationship with patient required before use of teledentistry authorized; actions required before providing services through teledentistry; requirements for informed consent. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a licensee must establish a …

NRS 631.34584 Authorized technology; licensee required to create and maintain records of interactions with patients. A licensee who provides services through teledentistry shall: 1. Use communications technology that complies with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability A…

NRS 631.34585 Knowledge of dental care in geographical area in which patient is located required; notice of inability to competently provide services through teledentistry; referral for acute care. 1. A licensee who provides services through teledentistry must be adequately famil…

NRS 631.34586 Regulations. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations governing the provision of dental services through teledentistry. Those regulations must include, without limitation, requirements concerning: (a) The issuance of a prescription through teledentistry; (b) The mainten…

NRS 631.346 Employment of unlicensed person; public demonstrations; aiding in unlicensed practice; dental hygienist or dental therapist practicing in unauthorized place; practice with license suspended or without renewal certificate. The following acts, among others, constitute u…

NRS 631.3465 Fee for referral; association with person engaged in illegal practice or with unlicensed person; use of name “clinic,” “institute” or “referral services”; practice under name of retired dentist. The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct: 1. …

NRS 631.347 Participation in plan requiring patients to select dentist from preselected group unless plan for personal selection offered; authorized disciplinary action. Participating in any plan or practice in which patients are required to select a dentist from a preselected gr…

NRS 631.3475 Malpractice; professional incompetence; disciplinary action in another state; substandard care; procurement or administration of controlled substance or dangerous drug; alcohol or other substance use disorder; gross immorality; conviction of certain crimes; failure t…

NRS 631.348 Misleading statements; false advertising; fraud in securing license; practice under misleading name; submitting fraudulent claim to insurer; failure to notify insurer of forgiven debt. The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct: 1. Publishing …

NRS 631.3485 Violation of chapter or regulations; failure to pay fee for license; failure to make health care records available for inspection and copying. 1. The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct: (a) Willful or repeated violations of the provisions…

NRS 631.3487 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for w…

NRS 631.349 Examples of unprofessional conduct not complete list or authorization of other acts; Board may hold similar acts unprofessional conduct. The acts described in NRS 631.346 to 631.3485, inclusive, must not be construed as a complete list of dishonorable or unprofessiona…

NRS 631.350 Authorized disciplinary or other action; grounds; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. 1. Except as…

NRS 631.355 Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; final decision in contested case. 1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or panel pursuant to NRS 631.350 is subject to the same procedural …

NRS 631.360 Investigation, notice and hearing; subpoena; search warrant; continuances; retention of complaints; regulations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 631.364, the Board may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified complaint in writing of any person setting…

NRS 631.363 Appointment of member or agent to conduct investigation and hearing; notice of hearing; report; hearing or adoption of report by Board. 1. The Board may appoint one of its members and any of its employees, investigators or other agents to conduct an investigation and …

NRS 631.3635 Appointment of panel to review investigation or informal hearing; members; requirements of review; findings and recommendation. 1. The Board shall appoint a panel to review an investigation or informal hearing conducted pursuant to NRS 631.363. Such a panel must cons…

NRS 631.364 Review and investigation of complaint relating to prescriptions for certain controlled substances; notice to licensee; formal complaint and hearing; referral or postponement of investigation; regulations; explanation or technical advisory bulletin for dentists regardi…

NRS 631.365 Summary suspension of licensee’s authority to prescribe, administer or dispense certain controlled substances; issuance of order; formal hearing and decision. 1. If the Board determines from an investigation of a licensee that the health, safety or welfare of the publ…

NRS 631.366 Enforcement of subpoena by district court. 1. The district court for the county in which any investigation or hearing is being conducted by the Board may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by …

NRS 631.368 Certain records relating to investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records; cooperation with or dissemination of records to other agencies. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, any …

NRS 631.371 Use of letters “M.D.” or other appropriate abbreviation by certain dentists who hold degree as doctor of medicine. A dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter who holds a degree as a doctor of medicine and is not licensed as a physician pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS …

NRS 631.375 Identification of removable dental appliances by name or social security number. All artificial teeth, dentures or other removable dental appliances, at the time they are manufactured or sent to a laboratory for repair, must be identified with the name or social secur…

NRS 631.378 Immunity from civil liability. 1. Any person who furnishes information to the Board concerning a licensee or an applicant for licensure, in good faith and without malicious intent, is immune from any civil action for furnishing that information. 2. The Board, a review…

NRS 631.380 Validity of license or renewal certificate to practice dentistry or specialty thereof issued on or before March 20, 1951. All licenses and renewal certificates to practice dentistry or a specialty thereof heretofore issued by the Board and in force on March 20, 1951, …

NRS 631.385 Ownership or control of practice without license by family member for limited period after death of dentist. A surviving member of a dentist’s family may own all or part of or control that dentist’s practice after the dentist’s death, share in the fees received theref…

NRS 631.388 Manager of business of dental practice, office or clinic required to register certain information with Board. A person who manages the business of a dental practice, office or clinic shall register with the Board: 1. The name and business address of the person; 2. The…

NRS 631.389 Limitation on fees for covered services in certain circumstances. 1. If a dentist accepts payment for the costs of dental care from a patient’s plan for dental care and the dentist provides a covered service to the patient for which reimbursement is not available beca…

NRS 631.391 Regulations for administration of certain neuromodulators related to Clostridium botulinum and dermal or soft tissue fillers; proof of training. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations prescribing the training that a dentist must receive before injecting: (a) A neuromodu…

NRS 631.392 Electronic storage of patient information: Requirements. A licensee who electronically stores information concerning patients shall: 1. Store and share such information using a secure server; and 2. Ensure that any electronic device on which such information is stored…