NAC695C.095. Certain provisions of NRS not applicable to provider-sponsored organizations.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in specific provisions of title 57 of NRS, the provisions of title 57 of NRS are not applicable to any provider-sponsored organization issued a certificate of authority under this chapter. This provision does not apply to an insurer licensed and regulated pursuant to title 57 of NRS except with respect to its activities as a provider-sponsored organization authorized and regulated pursuant to this chapter.

     2. Solicitation of enrollees by a provider-sponsored organization issued a certificate of authority, or its representatives, must not be construed to violate any provision of law relating to solicitation or advertising by practitioners of a healing art.

     3. A provider-sponsored organization authorized under this chapter shall not be deemed to be practicing medicine and is exempt from the provisions of chapter 630 of NRS.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’r of Insurance by R148-99, eff. 1-27-2000)