NAC640.008. “Direct supervision” interpreted.

     1. For the purpose of subsection 2 of NRS 640.120, the Board will interpret “direct supervision” to mean the direction or assistance provided to a student of physical therapy by a licensed physical therapist who is present and immediately available on the premises where the clinical training of the student is conducted.

     2. For the purpose of subsection 3 of NRS 640.275, the Board will interpret “direct supervision” to mean the direction or assistance provided to a student who is enrolled in a program to become a physical therapist’s assistant by a supervising physical therapist who is present and immediately available on the premises where the clinical training of the student is conducted.

     3. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NAC 640.592, for the purpose of NRS 640.290, the Board will interpret “direct supervision” to mean the direction or assistance provided to a licensed physical therapist’s assistant by a supervising physical therapist who is present and immediately available on the premises where the physical therapy is performed.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Phys. Therapy Exam’rs by R111-02, eff. 1-24-2003)