640B.055 - “Joint mobilization” defined. - Nevada Statutes

640B.055  “Joint mobilization” defined.  “Joint mobilization” means a learned, skilled, passive movement of articulating surfaces of a person to relieve pain and restore functional movement of the articulating surfaces without pain to the person. The term does not include:

      1.  The diagnosis of a physical disability;

      2.  The massaging of the superficial soft tissues of the body;

      3.  The use of X rays or radium;

      4.  The use of electricity for cauterization or surgery;

      5.  Chiropractic adjustment as defined in NRS 634.014; or

      6.  Grade 5 joint mobilization.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 894)