NAC630.830. Prohibited activities by delegating practitioner.

A delegating practitioner retains responsibility for the safety and performance of each task which is delegated to a medical assistant. A delegating practitioner shall not:

     1. Delegate a task that is not within the authority, training, expertise or normal scope of practice of the delegating practitioner;

     2. Transfer to another physician or physician assistant the responsibility of supervising a medical assistant during the performance of a task unless the physician or physician assistant knowingly accepts that responsibility;

     3. Authorize or allow a medical assistant to delegate the performance of a task delegated to the medical assistant to any other person; or

     4. Delegate or otherwise allow a medical assistant to administer an anesthetic agent which renders a patient unconscious or semiconscious.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam’rs by R094-12, eff. 2-20-2013)