2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB666 865

Amendment No. 865

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 666                                                                (BDR S‑1071)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

Amendment Box: Resolves conflict in section 40 with section 37 of S.B. No. 91.

Resolves Conflicts with: SB91

Amends:         Summary:               Title:               Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 49 through 51 as sections 50 through 52 and adding a new section designated sec. 49, following sec. 48, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 49.  Section 37 of Senate Bill No. 91 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

     Sec. 37. NRS 630.352 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     630.352  1.  Any member of the board, except for an advisory member serving on a panel of the board hearing charges, may participate in the final order of the board. If the board, after a formal hearing, determines from a preponderance of the evidence that a violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations of the board has occurred, it shall issue and serve on the physician charged an order, in writing, containing its findings and any sanctions.

     2.  If the board determines that no violation has occurred, it shall dismiss the charges, in writing, and notify the physician that the charges have been dismissed. If the disciplinary proceedings were instituted against the physician as a result of a complaint filed against him, the board may provide the physician with a copy of the complaint . [, including the name of the person, if any, who filed the complaint.]

     3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the board finds that a violation has occurred, it may by order:

     (a) Place the person on probation for a specified period on any of the conditions specified in the order;

     (b) Administer to him a public reprimand;

     (c) Limit his practice or exclude one or more specified branches of medicine from his practice;

     (d) Suspend his license for a specified period or until further order of the board;

     (e) Revoke his license to practice medicine;

     (f) Require him to participate in a program to correct alcohol or drug dependence or any other impairment;

     (g) Require supervision of his practice;

     (h) Impose a fine not to exceed $5,000;

     (i) Require him to perform community service without compensation;

     (j) Require him to take a physical or mental examination or an examination testing his competence;

     (k) Require him to fulfill certain training or educational requirements; and

     (l) Require him to pay all costs incurred by the board relating to his disciplinary proceedings.

     4.  If the board finds that the physician has violated the provisions of NRS 439B.425, the board shall suspend his license for a specified period or until further order of the board.”.