629.031 - “Provider of health care” defined. [Effective through June 30, 2010.]
629.031 “Provider of health care” defined. [Effective July 1, 2010.] Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute:
1. “Provider of health care” means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630, 630A or 633 of NRS, dentist, licensed nurse, dispensing optician, optometrist, practitioner of respiratory care, registered physical therapist, podiatric physician, licensed psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, chiropractor, athletic trainer, perfusionist, doctor of Oriental medicine in any form, medical laboratory director or technician, pharmacist or a licensed hospital as the employer of any such person.
2. For the purposes of NRS 629.051, 629.061 and 629.065, the term includes a facility that maintains the health care records of patients.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1313; A 1983, 1492; 1987, 2123; 1991, 1126; 1993, 2217; 1995, 1792; 1997, 679; 2003, 904; 2005, 69; 2007, 3041, 3050; 2009, 2942, effective July 1, 2010)