Amendment No. 94

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 199 (BDR 54-402)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 8 through 19 as sections 11 through 22 and adding new sections designated sections 8 through 10, following sec. 7, to read as follows:

"Sec. 8. NRS 633.321 is hereby amended to read as follows:

633.321 1. Every applicant for a license shall:

(a) File an application with the board in the manner prescribed by regulations of the board;

(b) Submit verified proof satisfactory to the board that he meets the age, citizenship and educational requirements prescribed by this chapter; and

(c) Pay in advance to the board the application and initial license fee specified in this chapter.

2. An application filed with the board pursuant to subsection 1 must include the social security number of the applicant.

3. The board may hold hearings and conduct investigations into any matter related to the application and, in addition to the proofs required by subsection 1, may take such further evidence and require such other documents or proof of qualifications as it deems proper.

4. The board may reject an application if it appears that any credential submitted is false.

Sec. 9. NRS 633.341 is hereby amended to read as follows:

633.341 1. If an applicant fails in a first examination, he may be re-examined after not less than 6 months.

2. If he fails in a second examination, he is not thereafter entitled to another examination within less than 1 year after the date of the second examination, and prior thereto he shall furnish proof to the board of further postgraduate study following the second examination satisfactory to the board.

3. Each applicant who fails an examination and who is permitted to be re-examined shall pay for each re-examination the re-examination fee specified in this chapter.

4. If an applicant does not appear for examination, for any reason deemed sufficient by the board, the board may refund a portion of the application and initial license fee not to exceed $100 upon the request of the applicant. [There shall be no] An applicant is not entitled to a refund of the application and initial license fee if [an applicant] he appears for examination.

Sec. 10. NRS 633.361 is hereby amended to read as follows:

633.361 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the board may issue a license without examination to a person:

(a) Who has completed a hospital internship and is licensed in any country, state, territory or province to practice osteopathic medicine, if the licensing requirements of that country, state, territory or province at the time the license was issued are deemed by the board to be practically equivalent to the licensing requirements in force in this state at that time.

(b) Who is a graduate of a school of osteopathic medicine, has completed a hospital internship and passed an examination for admission into the medical corps of any of the Armed Forces of the United States or the United States Public Health Service or who possesses a certificate from the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

2. Any person applying for a license under the provisions of subsection 1 shall:

(a) Furnish to the board such proof of qualifications and pass an oral examination as the board may require; and

(b) Pay in advance to the board the application and initial license fee specified in this chapter.".

Amend sec. 9, page 3, by deleting lines 28 through 42 and inserting:

"633.501 The board shall charge and collect [only the following fees:] fees not to exceed the following amounts:

1. [Initial] Application and initial license fee [$200] $500

2. Annual license renewal fee [100] 300

3. Temporary license fee [50] 100

4. Special license fee [50] 100

5. Special license renewal fee [50] 100

6. Re-examination fee 200

7. Late payment fee [35] 100

8. For a certificate as an osteopathic physician’s assistant [100] 200

9. Renewal of a certificate as an osteopathic physician’s assistant [50] 100

10. For an application to employ an osteopathic physician’s assistant [100] 200".

Amend the title of the bill by deleting the sixth and seventh lines and inserting:

"revising the fees that may be charged and collected by the board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".