NRS 630.2675
Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients by physician or physician assistant

  • provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services.

1.

A physician or physician assistant may:

(a)

Ask each new patient who is 18 years of age or older if he or she is a veteran and document the response in the medical record of the patient; and

(b)

Provide the contact information for the Department of Veterans Services to any such patient who indicates that he or she is a veteran.

2.

The Board may ask each applicant for the renewal of a license as a physician assistant or a biennial registration pursuant to NRS 630.267 if the applicant performs the actions described in subsection 1. If such a question is asked, the Board must allow the applicant to refuse to answer.

3.

As used in this section, “veteran” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 417.125.

Source: Section 630.2675 — Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients by physician or physician assistant; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-630.­html#NRS630Sec2675.

Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 630.2675’s source at nv​.us