NRS633.419. Special event license to demonstrate medical techniques and procedures; regulations.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board may issue a special event license to a person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in another state to conduct demonstrations of medical techniques and procedures at a special event in this State.

      2.  A person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in another state who applies for a special event license pursuant to this section:

      (a) Must be in good standing in that state; and

      (b) Is not required to take or pass a written examination concerning his or her qualifications to practice osteopathic medicine but must satisfy the requirements for a special event license set forth in regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 5.

      3.  A person who holds a special event license issued pursuant to this section may perform medical techniques and procedures pursuant to the license for demonstration purposes only.

      4.  A special event license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section is valid for a short period, as determined by the Board, and is not renewable.

      5.  The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

      6.  For the purposes of this section, “special event” means a scheduled activity or event at which an osteopathic physician appears as a clinician for teaching or demonstrating certain methods of technical procedures if:

      (a) The persons attending the scheduled activity or event are:

             (1) Members of an osteopathic medical society or other osteopathic medical organization;

             (2) Persons who are attending an osteopathic medical convention;

             (3) Students or faculty members of a school of osteopathic medicine; or

             (4) Osteopathic physicians; and

      (b) The scheduled activity or event is being held before any combination of the persons described in paragraph (a) and is being held at:

             (1) A meeting or other gathering of an osteopathic medical society or other osteopathic medical organization;

             (2) An osteopathic medical convention;

             (3) A school of osteopathic medicine; or

             (4) A licensed hospital.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 1107)