NAC633.271. Physician from adjoining state; resident enrolled in postgraduate training program; specified purposes; resident medical officer; professional employee of State or United States.

     1. The Board may issue a special license to any person designated in subsection 1 of NRS 633.401 and in subsection 1 of NRS 633.411 who applies for a special license and includes with his or her application a letter from the regulatory authority of the jurisdiction where he or she is licensed to practice osteopathic medicine which verifies that the applicant holds a current license.

     2. In addition to the letter required by subsection 1, an applicant under NRS 633.411 must submit a letter from any one of the following persons requesting that he or she be given a special license:

     (a) The chief of staff or the medical director of the hospital or institution where the applicant proposes to practice osteopathic medicine. The letter must also specify the members of the medical staff under whose supervision the applicant will practice. Any special license issued to the applicant will limit his or her practice to that hospital or institution.

     (b) The chief of the medical agency proposing to employ the applicant to practice osteopathic medicine. The letter must also describe the scope of the services proposed to be performed by the applicant and the medical licensees under whose supervision the applicant will be employed. Any special license issued will limit the scope of the applicant’s practice to those described in the letter and indicate the person under whose medical supervision the applicant will be employed.

     (c) The osteopathic physician with whom the applicant proposes to associate. The letter must also state the specific period, not to exceed 1 year, and the specific purpose for which he or she proposes to associate the applicant, and must verify that the osteopathic physician will retain primary responsibility for the care of all patients seen by the applicant. Any special license issued to the applicant will specify the period of association, the services to be performed by the applicant and the osteopathic physician with whom the applicant is associated.

     3. No special license issued by the Board is valid for a period longer than 1 year following the date of issuance.

     4. A special license may be renewed from year to year by the Board upon receipt of an application which meets the requirements of NAC 633.250, is accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by NAC 633.335 and is received no later than 90 days before the expiration of the then current special license.

     [Bd. of Osteopathic Med., Art. XI §§ 1 & 3, eff. 9-15-80]—(NAC A by R057-02, 10-24-2002; R154-09, 10-15-2010)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 633.220)