ifications of applicants. 630.505 Application for license. 630.510 Grounds for rejection of application. 630.515 Temporary license. 630.520 Contents of license. 630.525 Period of validity of license; fee; cause for disciplinary action or refusal to issue license. 630.530 Renewal of license; notification of withdrawal of certification; suspension and reinstatement of license. 630.535 Suspension upon loss of certification. 630.540 Grounds for discipline or denial of licensure. 630.545 Disciplinary action: Notice of charges. 630.550 Examination to determine fitness to practice. 630.555 Determination after notice and hearing: Sanctions or dismissal of charges. 630.560 Advisory committee. USE OF MEANS OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OF TREATMENT OTHER THAN CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT 630.600 “Conventional treatment” defined. 630.605 Provisional approval; disciplinary action for violation. 630.610 Use of certain means or instrumentalities prohibited. 630.615 Assessment of patient; contents of assessment. 630.620 Documented treatment plan. 630.625 Periodic reviews of care of patient. 630.630 Records of care provided to patient. GENERAL PROVISIONS NAC 630.010 Definitions. (NRS 630.130) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 630.010 to 630.025, inclusive, and NAC 630.025 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [Bd. of Medical Exam’rs, § 630.010, eff. 12?20?79]—(NAC A 6?23?86; 9?12?91; R007?99, 9?27?99; R089?00, 7?19?2000) NAC 630.025 “Controlled substance” defined. (NRS 630.130) “Controlled substance” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 0.031. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam’rs by R007?99, eff. 9?27?99) NAC 630.040 “Malpractice” interpreted. (NRS 630.130) For the purposes of chapter 630 of NRS, “malpractice” means the failure of a physician, in treating a patient, to use the reasonable care, skill, or knowledge ordinarily used under similar circumstances. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam’rs, eff. 7?18?96)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 630.245) LICENSING NAC 630.050 Application: Acceptable medical school; filing; contents; fee. (NRS 630.130) 1. The Board will not accept any application for any type of license to practice medicine in this State if the Board cannot substantiate that the medical school from which the applicant graduated provided the applicant with a resident course of professional instruction equivalent to that provided in the United States or a Canadian medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the American Medical Association or the Committee for Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 630.130, an applicant for any license to practice medicine must file his sworn application with the Board. The application must include or indicate the following: (a) If the applicant is not a citizen of the United States, satisfactory evidence from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services that he is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United States. (b) All documentation required by the application. (c) Complete answers to all questions on the form. 3. The application must be accompanied by the applicable fee. [Bd. of Medical Exam’rs, § 630.050, eff. 12?20?79]—(NAC A 6?23?86; 3?19?87; R149?97, 3?30?98) NAC 630.055 Qualifications: “Progressive postgraduate education” interpreted. (NRS 630.130, 630.160) As used in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 630.160, the term “progressive postgraduate education” does not include training received in the program commonly referred to as the “fifth pathway program,” which was established by the American Medical Association in 1971 to allow entry into the first year of graduate medical education in the United States to citizens of the United States who study at foreign medical schools. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Medical Exam’rs by R007?99, eff. 9?27?99; A by R145?03, 12?16?2003) NAC 630.080 Examinations. (NRS 630.130, 630.160, 630.180, 630.318) 1. For the purposes of paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 630.160, an applicant for a license to practice medicine must pass: (a) A written examination concerning the statutes and regulations relating to the practice of medicine in this State; and (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an examination, designated by the Board, to test the competency of the applicant to practice medicine, including, without limitation: (1) The Special Purpose Examination; (2) An examination testing competence to practice medicine conducted by physicians; or (3) Any other examination designed to test the competence of the applicant to practice medicine. 2. The Board will deem an applicant to have satisfied the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 if, within 10 years before the date of an application for a license to practice medicine in this State, the applicant has passed: (a) Part III of the examination given by the National Board of Medical Examiners; (b) Component II of the Federation Licensing Examination; (c) Step III of the United States Medical Licensing Examination; (d) All parts of the examination to become a licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada; (e) The examination for primary certification or recertification by a specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties and received primary certification from that board; or (f) The Special Purpose Examination. 3. For any examination conducted by the Board for a license to practice medicine, an applicant must answer correctly at least 75 percent of the questions propounded. The Board will use the weighted average score of 75, as determined by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc., to satisfy the required score of 75 percent for passage of the Special Purpose Examination and the United States Medical Licensing Examination. 4. The Board will authorize the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc., to administer the Special Purpose Examination or the United States Medical Licensing Examination on behalf of the Board. 5. An applicant for a license to practice medicine and a person who holds a license to practice medicine shall pay the reasonable costs of any examination required for licensure and any examination ordered pursuant to NRS 630.318. [Bd. of Medical Exam’rs, § 630.080, eff. 12?20?79]—(NAC A 6?23?86; 3?19?87; 11?21?88; 3?7?90; 9?12?91; R149?97, 3?30?98; R007?99, 9?27?99; R167?99, 1?19?2000; R145?03, 12?16?2003) NAC 630.130 Limited license for graduate program of training. (NRS 630.130, 630.265) 1. The applicant for a limited license to practice medicine as a resident physician in a graduate program of clinical training must file an application with the Board on the standard form for application for a license to practice medicine and submit with the application such proofs and documents as are required on the form to the extent that the proofs and documents are applicable to the issuance of the limited license. 2. The application must be accompanied by written confirmation from the institution sponsoring the graduate program of clinical training that the applicant has been appointed to a position in the program. If the applicant is not a citizen of the United States, the applicant must also provide satisfactory evidence from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services that he is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United States. 3. The limited license will generally be issued at a meeting of the Board,

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