NAC449.9835. Exemption from requirements for governing body and administrator.

     1. If a licensee is a sole physician operator, the ambulatory surgical center operated by the licensee is not required to have a governing body or an administrator. In such a case, in the absence of a governing body or an administrator, the sole physician operator is responsible for complying with all the provisions of NAC 449.971 to 449.996, inclusive.

     2. As used in this section, “sole physician operator” means a physician, a podiatric physician licensed pursuant to chapter 635 of NRS or a dentist licensed pursuant to chapter 631 of NRS who is operating an ambulatory surgical center for the purpose of performing surgery only upon his or her patients.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 12-15-88; A by R049-99, 9-27-99; R096-08, 8-26-2008, eff. 10-25-2008; R170-12, 10-4-2013)