Nevada Revised Statutes 629.250 – Disqualification from licensure or disciplinary action for providing or assisting in provision of certain reproductive health care services prohibited
1. A health care licensing board shall not disqualify a person from licensure or subject any person to discipline solely:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 629.250
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
(a) For providing or assisting in the provision of reproductive health care services; or
(b) As a consequence of any judgment, discipline or other sanction threatened or imposed under the laws of the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States for providing or assisting in the provision of reproductive health care services, if the reproductive health care services as provided would have been lawful and consistent with standards for the practice of the relevant profession in this State.
2. As used in this section:
(a) ’Health care licensing board’ means:
(1) A board created pursuant to chapter 630, 630A, 631, 632, 633, 634, 634A, 635, 636, 637, 637B, 639, 640, 640A, 640B, 640C, 640D, 640E, 641, 641A, 641B, 641C or 641D of NRS.
(2) The Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) ’Reproductive health care services’ means medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including, without limitation, services relating to pregnancy, contraception, the termination of pregnancy or any procedure or care found by a competent medical professional to be appropriate based upon the wishes of a patient and in accordance with the laws of this State.