Senate Bill No. 133–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Human Resources,
Mental Health and Developmental Services Division)

 

February 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Revises requirements for certain licenses to practice medicine if applicant intends to practice medicine at certain mental health centers under certain circumstances. (BDR 54‑508)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to psychiatrists; revising the requirements for certain licenses to practice medicine if the applicant intends to practice medicine at certain mental health centers under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1.  Chapter 630 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3  Sec. 2.  1.  The Division of Mental Health and

1-4  Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources

1-5  may petition the Board to waive the requirement of a written or

1-6  oral examination, or both, pursuant to paragraph (e) of

1-7  subsection 2 of NRS 630.160 for an applicant who intends to

1-8  practice medicine with an emphasis in psychiatry in a mental

1-9  health center under the direct supervision of a medical director or

1-10  coordinator of medical programs, or a designee of a medical

1-11  director or coordinator of medical programs. The Board may

1-12  waive that requirement and issue the license if the applicant meets

2-1  all other conditions and requirements for a license to practice

2-2  medicine.

2-3  2.  A person who is issued a license pursuant to this section

2-4  must be issued a license to practice medicine in this state that is

2-5  restricted to practicing in a mental health center under the direct

2-6  supervision of a medical director or coordinator of medical

2-7  programs, or a designee of a medical director or coordinator of

2-8  medical programs.

2-9  3.  A person who is issued a restricted license pursuant to this

2-10  section may apply to the Board for renewal of that restricted

2-11  license every 2 years after being licensed.

2-12      4.  The Division of Mental Health and Developmental

2-13  Services shall notify the Board when a person who is issued a

2-14  restricted license pursuant to this section ceases to practice

2-15  medicine with an emphasis in psychiatry in a mental health center

2-16  under the direct supervision of a medical director or coordinator

2-17  of medical programs, or a designee of a medical director or

2-18  coordinator of medical programs. Upon such notification, the

2-19  Board shall revoke the restricted license that was issued to the

2-20  person pursuant to this section.

2-21      5.  A person who is issued a restricted license pursuant to this

2-22  section and who accepts the privilege of practicing medicine in

2-23  this state pursuant to the provisions of that license shall be deemed

2-24  to have given his consent to the revocation of that license at any

2-25  time by the Board for any of the grounds provided in NRS 630.161

2-26  or 630.301 to 630.3065, inclusive.

2-27      6.  As used in this section:

2-28      (a) “Coordinator of medical programs” means a person

2-29  designated pursuant to NRS 433A.080.

2-30      (b) “Medical director” has the meaning ascribed to it in

2-31  NRS 433A.017.

2-32      (c) “Mental health center” has the meaning ascribed to it in

2-33  NRS 433.144.

2-34      Sec. 3.  1.  The Division of Mental Health and

2-35  Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources

2-36  may petition the Board to waive the requirement of a written or

2-37  oral examination, or both, pursuant to paragraph (e) of

2-38  subsection 2 of NRS 630.160 for an applicant for any of the

2-39  licenses issued pursuant to NRS 630.261 who intends to practice

2-40  medicine with an emphasis in psychiatry in a mental health center

2-41  under the direct supervision of a medical director or coordinator

2-42  of medical programs, or a designee of a medical director or

2-43  coordinator of medical programs. The Board may waive that

2-44  requirement and issue to the applicant the particular license

2-45  sought pursuant to NRS 630.261 if the applicant meets all other

3-1  conditions and requirements for the particular license sought

3-2  under the provisions of NRS 630.261.

3-3  2.  A person who is issued any license pursuant to this section

3-4  must be issued a license to practice medicine in this state that is

3-5  restricted to practicing in a mental health center under the direct

3-6  supervision of a medical director or coordinator of medical

3-7  programs, or a designee of a medical director or coordinator of

3-8  medical programs, in addition to any restrictions, conditions or

3-9  qualifications imposed by NRS 630.261 upon that particular

3-10  license.

3-11      3.  The Division of Mental Health and Developmental

3-12  Services shall notify the Board when a person who is issued any

3-13  license pursuant to this section ceases to practice medicine with an

3-14  emphasis in psychiatry in a mental health center under the direct

3-15  supervision of a medical director or coordinator of medical

3-16  programs, or a designee of a medical director or coordinator of

3-17  medical programs. Upon such notification, the Board shall revoke

3-18  the license that was issued to the person pursuant to this section.

3-19      4.  A person who is issued any license pursuant to this section

3-20  and who accepts the privilege of practicing medicine in this state

3-21  pursuant to the provisions of that license shall be deemed to have

3-22  given his consent to the revocation of that license at any time by

3-23  the Board for any of the grounds provided in NRS 630.161 or

3-24  630.301 to 630.3065, inclusive.

3-25      5.  As used in this section:

3-26      (a) “Coordinator of medical programs” means a person

3-27  designated pursuant to NRS 433A.080.

3-28      (b) “Medical director” has the meaning ascribed to it in

3-29  NRS 433A.017.

3-30      (c) “Mental health center” has the meaning ascribed to it in

3-31  NRS 433.144.

3-32      Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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