1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the Board, through its President or Secretary or the Attorney General, may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction:
(a) To enjoin any prohibited act or other conduct of a podiatric physician which is harmful to the public;
(b) To enjoin any person who is not licensed under this chapter from practicing podiatry;
(c) To limit the podiatric physician’s practice or suspend his or her license to practice podiatry; or
(d) To enjoin the use of the title “D.P.M.,” “Podiatrist,” “Podiatric Physician,” “Podiatric Physician-Surgeon” or “Physician-Surgeon D.P.M.” when not licensed by the Board pursuant to this chapter, unless the use is otherwise authorized by a specific statute.
2. The court in a proper case may issue a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction for the purposes set forth in subsection 1:
(a) Without proof of actual damage sustained by any person;
(b) Without relieving any person from criminal prosecution for engaging in the practice of podiatry without a license; and
(c) Pending proceedings for disciplinary action by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1852; A 1993, 2224)
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