Title 54

NRS 640A.215 Filing of complaints. Any person who becomes aware that a person practicing occupational therapy or as an occupational therapy assistant in this State has, is or is about to become engaged in conduct which constitutes grounds for initiating disciplinary action pursua…

NRS 640A.217 Administrative citation: Issuance; order to take corrective action; payment or waiver of administrative fine; additional sanction. 1. A member or agent of the Board may issue a citation to a licensee if the member or agent concludes that, based on a preponderance of …

NRS 640A.220 Confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions; retention of complaints. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, a complaint filed with the Board, all documents and other information filed with the complaint and all documents and ot…

NRS 640A.230 Unauthorized practice prohibited; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 629.091, a person shall not practice occupational therapy, or represent that he or she is authorized to practice occupational therapy, in this state unless he or she holds a current l…

NRS 640A.250 Injunctive relief. Whenever any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any conduct which constitutes a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the district court of any county, on application of the Board, may issue an injunction or any other order restr…

NRS 640B.003 Legislative declaration. The practice of athletic training is hereby declared to be a learned profession, affecting public health, safety and welfare, and subject to regulation to protect the public from the practice of athletic training by unqualified persons and fr…

NRS 640B.005 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 640B.011 to 640B.120, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 893; A 2019, 1587)

NRS 640B.011 “Assessment” defined. “Assessment” includes taking the medical history of a patient, visually inspecting the injured portion of the body and the associated structures, palpating the bony landmarks and soft tissue and applying special tests to systematically assess th…

NRS 640B.015 “Athlete” defined. “Athlete” means a natural person who: 1. Participates in an athletic activity conducted by: (a) An intercollegiate athletic association or interscholastic athletic association; (b) A professional athletic organization; or (c) An amateur athletic or…

NRS 640B.021 “Athletic injury” defined. “Athletic injury” means an injury or athletic-related illness, or both, that a person sustains as a result of: 1. Participation in an athletic activity conducted by: (a) An intercollegiate athletic association or interscholastic athletic as…

NRS 640B.025 “Board” defined. “Board” means the Board of Athletic Trainers. (Added to NRS by 2003, 894)

NRS 640B.031 “Direction” defined. “Direction” means an order issued by a physician to follow as a protocol, recommendation or oral order that is documented by the licensed athletic trainer or physician, or both. (Added to NRS by 2003, 894)

NRS 640B.035 “Disposition” defined. “Disposition” means the application of accepted management techniques to provide the appropriate care and resources concerning an athletic injury. (Added to NRS by 2003, 894)

NRS 640B.037 “Dry needling” defined. “Dry needling”: 1. Means a skilled technique performed by an athletic trainer using a single-use, single-insertion, sterile filiform needle, which is used to penetrate the skin or underlying tissue to effect change in body conditions, pain, mo…

NRS 640B.041 “Evaluation” defined. “Evaluation” includes, without limitation, the use of joint range of motion, manual muscle tests, ligamentous stress tests, neurological tests and functional capacity assessments. (Added to NRS by 2003, 894)

NRS 640B.045 “Grade 5 joint mobilization” defined. “Grade 5 joint mobilization” means the movement of a joint beyond its physiological and capsular end point. (Added to NRS by 2003, 894)

NRS 640B.051 “Graduate student athletic trainer” defined. “Graduate student athletic trainer” means a graduate student who: 1. Is enrolled in a graduate program of study approved by the Board; and 2. Engages in the practice of athletic training under the supervision of a licensed…

NRS 640B.055 “Joint mobilization” defined. “Joint mobilization” means a learned, skilled, passive movement of articulating surfaces of a person to relieve pain and restore functional movement of the articulating surfaces without pain to the person. The term does not include: 1. T…

NRS 640B.060 “License” defined. “License” means a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.065 “Licensee” defined. “Licensee” means a person who has been issued a license as an athletic trainer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.070 “Management” defined. “Management” means the act of controlling or influencing an injury, illness or condition. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.075 “Passive joint range of motion” defined. “Passive joint range of motion” means any movement of an articulating surface of a person without the active assistance of that person, which is performed with equipment or by another person. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.081 “Passive range of motion” defined. “Passive range of motion” means any movement of a part of a person without the active assistance of that person, which is performed with equipment or by another person. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.085 “Physician” defined. “Physician” means: 1. A physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS; 2. An osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to chapter 633 of NRS; 3. A homeopathic physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630A of NRS; 4. A chiropractic physician licen…

NRS 640B.090 “Practice of athletic training” defined. 1. “Practice of athletic training” means: (a) The prevention, recognition, assessment, management, treatment, disposition or reconditioning of the athletic injury of an athlete: (1) Whose condition is within the professional p…

NRS 640B.095 “Prevention” defined. “Prevention” means the application and implementation of physical conditioning programs, preparticipation screening and the monitoring of risk factors that may cause an athletic injury. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.101 “Recognition” defined. “Recognition” means the application of visual, verbal or tactile skills to acknowledge the presence of an injury, illness or other condition with an understanding of the predisposing factors of injury and pathomechanics, which assists in the as…

NRS 640B.105 “Reconditioning” defined. “Reconditioning” means the application of practical and didactic knowledge and functional criteria to evaluate readiness for return to partial or full activities. (Added to NRS by 2003, 895)

NRS 640B.111 “Student athletic trainer” defined. “Student athletic trainer” means an undergraduate student who: 1. Is enrolled in an undergraduate program of study approved by the Board; and 2. Engages in the practice of athletic training under the supervision of a licensed athle…

NRS 640B.115 “Supervision” defined. “Supervision” means clinical on-site direction given by a licensed athletic trainer to a student athletic trainer or graduate student athletic trainer who is in the direct line of sight and within hearing distance of the licensed athletic train…

NRS 640B.120 “Treatment” defined. “Treatment” means the application of the necessary knowledge and skills to assess an injury, illness or other condition and provide appropriate care. (Added to NRS by 2003, 896)

NRS 640B.145 Applicability of chapter. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: 1. A person who is licensed pursuant to chapters 630 to 637, inclusive, or chapter 640, 640A or 641D of NRS, when acting within the scope of that license. 2. A person who is employed by the Fed…

NRS 640B.155 License is revocable privilege; holder acquires no vested right. A license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is a revocable privilege, and the holder of the license does not acquire thereby any vested right. (Added to NRS by 2003, 896) BOARD OF ATHLET…

NRS 640B.170 Creation; appointment and qualifications of members; terms, vacancies and removal from office; limitations on civil liability. 1. The Board of Athletic Trainers is hereby created. 2. The Governor shall appoint to the Board: (a) Three members who: (1) Are licensed as …

NRS 640B.190 Election of Chair; meetings; quorum. 1. The Board shall: (a) Elect from its members a Chair at the first meeting of each year; and (b) Meet at least three times each year at the call of the Chair of the Board, or upon the written request of at least three members of …

NRS 640B.200 Employment of Executive Secretary and other personnel; members of Board not entitled to salary; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees. 1. The Board may employ an Executive Secretary and any other persons necessary to carry out its duties. 2.…

NRS 640B.210 Fiscal year. The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. (Added to NRS by 2003, 898)

NRS 640B.220 Payment of expenses; deposit of money; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, all reasonable expenses incurred by the Board in carry…

NRS 640B.250 Preparation, maintenance and disclosure of certain information regarding applicants and licensees; record of proceedings and transactions; seal; enforcement of chapter. 1. The Board shall prepare and maintain a separate list of: (a) The licensees. (b) The applicants …

NRS 640B.260 Regulations. The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, regulations that establish: 1. The passing grades for the examinations required by NRS 640B.310 and 640B.320. 2. Appropriate criteria for determ…

NRS 640B.270 Inspection of offices and facilities of persons practicing athletic training. A member of the Board, an employee of the Board or a person designated by the Board may inspect any office or facility where a person is engaged in the practice of athletic training to dete…

NRS 640B.300 License required to practice athletic training; certain acts prohibited without license; exception for certain student athletic trainers; injunctive relief. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, unless he or she has been issued a license as an athletic tra…

NRS 640B.310 Requirements for license: Qualifications; application; fingerprints; fees; examination; exception; reapplication after failure to pass examination. 1. An applicant for a license as an athletic trainer must: (a) Be of good moral character; (b) Have at least a bachelor…

NRS 640B.320 Preparation of examinations; prohibition against participating in preparing or grading examination. 1. If the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification, or its successor organization, if any, ceases to exist or ceases to prepare the examination re…

NRS 640B.330 Issuance of license to persons licensed in other jurisdictions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Board shall issue a license as an athletic trainer, without examination, to an applicant who is licensed to engage in the practice of athletic trainin…

NRS 640B.335 Temporary exemption from licensure to practice athletic training for athletic trainer 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…

NRS 640B.340 Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; 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 withholding, suspendin…