633.529 - Board authorized to order certain examinations of osteopathic physician after receiving certain reports concerning malpractice. - Nevada Statutes

633.529  Board authorized to order certain examinations of osteopathic physician after receiving certain reports concerning malpractice.

      1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS, if the Board receives a report pursuant to the provisions of NRS 633.526, 633.527, 690B.250 or 690B.260 indicating that a judgment has been rendered or an award has been made against an osteopathic physician regarding an action or claim for malpractice or that such an action or claim against the osteopathic physician has been resolved by settlement, the Board may order that the osteopathic physician undergo a mental or physical examination or an examination testing his or her competence to practice medicine by osteopathic physicians or other examinations designated by the Board to assist the Board or any investigative committee of the Board in determining the fitness of the osteopathic physician to practice medicine.

      2.  For the purposes of this section:

      (a) Every osteopathic physician who applies for a license or who holds a license under this chapter shall be deemed to have given consent to submit to a mental or physical examination or an examination testing his or her competence to practice medicine when ordered to do so in writing by the Board.

      (b) The testimony or reports of the examining osteopathic physician are not privileged communications.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 3441; A 2005, 765)