NRS629.075. Provider of health care to disclose financial interest in facility at which physical therapy is provided when making referral to or recommending facility.

      1.  If a provider of health care refers a patient to or recommends that a patient receive physical therapy at a specific facility in which the provider of health care has a financial interest, the provider of health care shall disclose that interest to the patient in writing in a conspicuous manner.

      2.  The provisions of this section do not authorize a referral or recommendation which is otherwise prohibited, including, without limitation, by the provisions of NRS 439B.425.

      3.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Financial interest” includes, without limitation, any share in the ownership of or profit from a facility at which physical therapy is provided and any form of compensation from a facility at which physical therapy is provided for a prescription for physical therapy.

      (b) “Physical therapy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 640.022.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 730)