1. After conducting an inspection pursuant to NRS 640.050, a member or agent of the Board may issue a citation to a licensee if the member or agent concludes that, based on a preponderance of the evidence, the licensee has violated:
- (a) Subsection 3 of NRS 640.110;
- (b) Any regulation of the Board that requires a licensee to provide his or her address to the Board, display his or her license or a copy thereof, practice only under the name listed on his or her license or document in the record of a patient any treatment provided to the patient; or
- (c) Any regulation of the Board establishing requirements for the supervision of an unlicensed person by a physical therapist or limiting the number of persons who may be supervised by a physical therapist.
2. A citation issued pursuant to this section may include, without limitation, an order to:
(a) Take action to correct any condition resulting from any act that constitutes a violation of a provision set forth in subsection 1, at the cost of the person who committed the violation. If the citation contains such an order, the citation must:
- (1) State the time permitted for compliance, which must be not less than 5 business days after the date the person receives the citation; and
- (2) Specifically describe the corrective action to be taken.
- (b) Pay an administrative fine not to exceed the amount prescribed pursuant to subsection 3.
- (c) Reimburse the Board for any expenses incurred to investigate the violation, in an amount not to exceed $150.
3. Any administrative fine imposed pursuant to this section must be:
- (a) For a first violation, in the amount prescribed by regulation of the Board, which must be not less than $100 or more than $500;
- (b) For a second violation, in the amount prescribed by regulation of the Board, which must be not less than $250 or more than $1,000; and
- (c) For a third violation and for each additional violation, in the amount determined by the Board after the licensee appears before the Board.
- 4. The sanctions authorized by this section are separate from, and in addition to, any other remedy, civil or criminal, authorized by this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1579)