NAC640.550. General requirements.

A licensee shall:

     1. Maintain and calibrate his or her equipment which is used in a program of physical therapy in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer of the equipment.

     2. Not use his or her professional relationship with a patient to further the licensee’s own personal, religious, political or business interest.

     3. Not disparage the qualifications of any colleague, except as otherwise provided in subsection 7.

     4. Not diagnose, prescribe for, treat or advise a patient on any problem outside the licensee’s field of the practice of physical therapy.

     5. Base his or her practice upon the educational requirements adopted by the Board.

     6. Keep current with the emerging knowledge in the field of physical therapy.

     7. Report to the Board any unlicensed, unauthorized, unqualified or unethical practice of physical therapy by another person.

     8. Comply with all of the provisions of the statutes and regulations governing the practice of physical therapy as set forth in this chapter and in chapter 640 of NRS.

     9. Cooperate with the Board in an investigation relating to the licensee’s compliance with the provisions of the statutes and regulations governing the practice of physical therapy as set forth in this chapter and in chapter 640 of NRS.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Phys. Therapy Exam’rs, eff. 6-11-90; A by R153-98, 12-18-98)