NRS630.173. Submission of certain information concerning claims for malpractice, complaints and other disciplinary action involving applicant; Board may refuse to consider certain information more than 10 years old.

      1.  In addition to the other requirements for licensure, an applicant for a license to practice medicine shall submit to the Board information describing:

      (a) Any claims made against the applicant for malpractice, whether or not a civil action was filed concerning the claim;

      (b) Any complaints filed against the applicant with a licensing board of another state and any disciplinary action taken against the applicant by a licensing board of another state; and

      (c) Any complaints filed against the applicant with a hospital, clinic or medical facility or any disciplinary action taken against the applicant by a hospital, clinic or medical facility.

      2.  The Board may consider any information specified in subsection 1 that is more than 10 years old if the Board receives the information from the applicant or any other source from which the Board is verifying the information provided by the applicant.

      3.  The Board may refuse to consider any information specified in subsection 1 that is more than 10 years old if the Board determines that the claim or complaint is remote or isolated and that obtaining or attempting to obtain a record relating to the information will unreasonably delay the consideration of the application.

      4.  The Board shall not issue a license to the applicant until it has received all the information required by this section.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 3427; A 2009, 2953)