Senate Bill No. 133–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

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AN ACT relating to psychiatrists; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to issue restricted licenses that allow certain psychiatrists to practice medicine at certain mental health centers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1.  Chapter 630 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

    1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161, the Board

may issue a restricted license to a person who intends to practice

medicine in this state as a psychiatrist in a mental health center of

the Division under the direct supervision of a psychiatrist who

holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine pursuant to this

chapter.

    2.  A person who applies for a restricted license pursuant to

this section is not required to take or pass a written examination as

to his qualifications to practice medicine pursuant to paragraph

(e) of subsection 2 of NRS 630.160, but the person must meet all

other conditions and requirements for an unrestricted license to

practice medicine pursuant to this chapter.

    3.  If the Board issues a restricted license pursuant to this

section, the person who holds the restricted license may practice

medicine in this state only as a psychiatrist in a mental health

center of the Division and only under the direct supervision of a

psychiatrist who holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine

pursuant to this chapter.

    4.  If a person who holds a restricted license issued pursuant

to this section ceases to practice medicine in this state as a

psychiatrist in a mental health center of the Division:

    (a) The Division shall notify the Board; and

    (b) Upon receipt of such notification, the restricted license

expires automatically.

    5.  The Board may renew or modify a restricted license issued

pursuant to this section, unless the restricted license has expired

automatically or has been revoked.

    6.  Each person who holds a restricted license issued pursuant

to this section and who accepts the privilege of practicing medicine

in this state pursuant to the provisions of the restricted license

shall be deemed to have given his consent to the revocation of the

restricted license at any time by the Board for any of the grounds

provided in NRS 630.161 or 630.301 to 630.3065, inclusive, or for

any violation of the provisions of this section.

    7.  The provisions of this section do not limit the authority of

the Board to issue a restricted license to an applicant in

accordance with any other provision of this chapter.

    8.  As used in this section:

    (a) “Division” means the Division of Mental Health and

Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources.

    (b) “Mental health center” has the meaning ascribed to it in

NRS 433.144.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 630.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    630.160  1.  Every person desiring to practice medicine must,

before beginning to practice, procure from the Board a license

authorizing him to practice.

    2.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 630.161 [or 630.164,]

, 630.164 and section 1 of this act, a license may be issued to any

person who:

    (a) Is a citizen of the United States or is lawfully entitled to

remain and work in the United States;

    (b) Has received the degree of doctor of medicine from a

medical school:

        (1) Approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical

Education of the American Medical Association and Association of

American Medical Colleges; or

        (2) Which provides a course of professional instruction

equivalent to that provided in medical schools in the United States

approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education;

    (c) Has passed:

        (1) All parts of the examination given by the National Board

of Medical Examiners;

        (2) All parts of the Federation Licensing Examination;

        (3) All parts of the United States Medical Licensing

Examination;

        (4) All parts of a licensing examination given by any state or

territory of the United States, if the applicant is certified by a

specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties;

        (5) All parts of the examination to become a licentiate of the

Medical Council of Canada; or

        (6) Any combination of the examinations specified in

subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) that the Board determined to be

sufficient;

    (d) Has completed 36 months of progressive postgraduate:

        (1) Education as a resident in the United States or Canada in

a program approved by the Board, the Accreditation Council for

Graduate Medical Education of the American Medical Association

or the Coordinating Council of Medical Education of the Canadian

Medical Association; or

        (2) Fellowship training in the United States or Canada

approved by the Board or the Accreditation Council for Graduate

Medical Education; and

    (e) Passes a written or oral examination, or both, as to his

qualifications to practice medicine and provides the Board with a

description of the clinical program completed demonstrating that the

applicant’s clinical training met the requirements of paragraph (b).

    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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