NRS629.340. Scope of regulation, disciplinary action, liabilities or penalties for engaging in authorized activities.  


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  •       1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any department, commission, board or agency of a state or local government, including, without limitation, a state professional board, shall not:

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 629.370 and subsection 2 of NRS 629.390, regulate the activities authorized by NRS 629.300 to 629.390, inclusive; or

          (b) Take disciplinary action or impose civil or criminal liabilities or penalties against a person for engaging in an activity authorized by NRS 629.300 to 629.390, inclusive.

          2.  This section does not:

          (a) Absolve a professional licensing board of the duty to regulate licensees or otherwise prohibit or limit the powers and duties of a licensing board to regulate the procedures used to administer the nonembryonic cells.

          (b) Absolve any person of civil or criminal liability or penalty for failure to use the reasonable care, skill or knowledge ordinarily used in rendering medical services under similar circumstances.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 2744)