NRS 653.600 - Radiologist assistant: Qualifications for practice; authorized services; prohibition; penalty. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 653.600 (2019) (N/A)

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1. The holder of a license may practice as a radiologist assistant if the holder is:

(a) Certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or its successor organization, to practice in the area of radiography and is registered as a radiologist assistant by that entity; or

(b) Certified by the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.

2. In addition to the duties that the holder of a license is authorized to perform by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 653.460, a radiologist assistant:

(a) May perform any duty relating to the care and management of patients, including, without limitation, radiologic imaging and interventional procedures guided by radiologic imaging, under the supervision of a radiologist.

(b) May provide initial observations concerning the images of a patient to a supervising physician who specializes in radiology.

3. A person who practices as a radiologist assistant without meeting the requirements of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2728, effective January 1, 2020)

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