NAC634.445. Practice without maintaining professional liability insurance: Written disclosures.

     1. Each written disclosure that is posted by a licensee pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 634.1295 must:

     (a) Be printed in boldface capital letters on paper that is at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size;

     (b) Not contain text that is smaller than a 42-point font or less than 1/2 inch in height; and

     (c) Be in substantially the following form:

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MY PATIENTS

     I, ........................... (NAME OF CHIROPRACTOR), DO NOT MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

     2. Each written disclosure that is given to a patient by a licensee pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 634.1295 must:

     (a) Be printed in boldface letters on paper that is at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size;

     (b) Be captioned in capital letters in text that is not smaller than a 28-point font or less than 1/4 inch in height;

     (c) Not contain text that is smaller than an 18-point font or less than 1/4 inch in height; and

     (d) Be in substantially the following form:

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LACK OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE

     I, ........................... (name of patient), acknowledge that I am aware that .......................... (name of chiropractor) does not maintain professional liability insurance coverage.

                                                                                          .................................................................

                                     (date)                                                            (signature of patient)

     3. A written disclosure described in subsection 2 must be signed by the patient before the licensee provides any chiropractic treatment or care to the patient.

     4. After a written disclosure described in subsection 2 is signed by a patient, the licensee shall maintain the written disclosure as a part of the record of the patient.

     (Added to NAC by Chiropractic Physicians’ Bd. by R140-05, eff. 11-17-2005; A by R101-08, 12-17-2008)