633.701 - Limitation or termination of licensee’s privileges or criminal prosecution not precluded by disciplinary action; immunity from civil liability. - Nevada Statutes

633.701  Limitation or termination of licensee’s privileges or criminal prosecution not precluded by disciplinary action; immunity from civil liability.  The filing and review of a complaint and any subsequent disposition by the Board, the member designated by the Board to review a complaint pursuant to NRS 633.541 or any reviewing court do not preclude:

      1.  Any measure by a hospital or other institution to limit or terminate the privileges of an osteopathic physician according to its rules or the custom of the profession. No civil liability attaches to any such action taken without malice even if the ultimate disposition of the complaint is in favor of the physician.

      2.  Any appropriate criminal prosecution by the Attorney General or a district attorney based upon the same or other facts.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 953; A 2001, 496)