Nevada Revised Statutes 633.466 – Supervision of physician assistant who does not hold certain simultaneous license by physician licensed by Board of Medical Examiners; joint regulations
1. A physician assistant who does not hold a simultaneous license to practice as a physician assistant pursuant to the provisions of chapter 630 of NRS may be supervised by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS in place of his or her supervising osteopathic physician if:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 633.466
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
(a) The physician assistant works in a geographical area where the physician assistant can be conveniently supervised only by such a physician; and
(b) The supervising osteopathic physician and the physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS agree to the arrangement.
2. A physician assistant so supervised is not a physician assistant for the purposes of chapter 630 of NRS solely because of that supervision.
3. The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine shall adopt jointly with the Board of Medical Examiners regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this section.