NAC630A.480. Authorized activities; measures to protect public safety or ensure high quality services.

     1. An advanced practitioner of homeopathy may perform only those acts which he or she is:

     (a) Authorized by the Board to perform pursuant to subsection 2; and

     (b) Authorized to perform pursuant to the protocol established pursuant to NAC 630A.490.

     2. The Board may authorize an advanced practitioner of homeopathy to:

     (a) Systematically assess the health of a person or family by:

          (1) Taking, recording and interpreting a medical history;

          (2) Performing a physical examination; and

          (3) Performing or initiating any specific diagnostic procedure which is authorized in the protocol established pursuant to NAC 630A.490.

     (b) Manage the care of a person who has a common, acute, recurrent or chronic health-related problem, based on an assessment of the health of that person by:

          (1) Initiating a program of treatment;

          (2) Evaluating the response to health-related problems and programs of treatment;

          (3) Informing a patient or a member of the patient’s family about the health of the patient and the alternatives for treatment;

          (4) Evaluating the compliance of a patient with the program of treatment that was agreed upon by the patient or the patient’s family and the advanced practitioner;

          (5) Modifying a program of treatment based upon the response of the patient to that treatment;

          (6) Referring a patient to an appropriate provider of health care, if necessary;

          (7) Treating minor lacerations which do not involve damage to a nerve, tendon or major blood vessel; and

          (8) Commencing care which is necessary to stabilize the condition of a patient during an emergency until a physician can be consulted or the patient can be transported to a facility where emergency medical care is available.

     (c) Perform any other procedure related to the practice of homeopathy if:

          (1) The advanced practitioner is certified to perform that procedure by an organization which is recognized by the Board;

          (2) The advanced practitioner learned how to perform the procedure in a program of education which he or she attended;

          (3) The advanced practitioner learned how to perform the procedure during the successful completion of a comprehensive program of instruction which included clinical experience; or

          (4) The act is within the authorized scope of practice of an advanced practitioner of homeopathy as determined by the Board.

     3. The Board may require an advanced practitioner of homeopathy to perform any measure the Board determines is necessary to protect the public safety or to ensure that the advanced practitioner provides high quality services.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Homeopathic Medical Exam’rs, eff. 10-25-96; A by R073-05, 9-7-2005)