Nevada Code § 629.078

Prohibition in certain circumstances from acquiring debt or lien based upon services provided to patient who has filed or intends to file civil claim to recover damages; penalty
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1. A provider of health care or a health
facility that provides services to a patient who has filed or intends to file a
civil claim to recover damages, or a business in which such a provider of
health care or health facility holds a financial interest, shall not purchase
or acquire a debt or a lien that is based upon services which:
(a) Are provided to the patient in relation to
the same claim for which the provider of health care or health facility
provided services to the patient; and
(b) Are provided to that patient by another
provider of health care or health facility.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is
guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 , and may be further punished by
a fine of not more than $25,000 for each violation.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Financial interest includes, without
limitation, any share in the ownership of or profit from a business and any
form of compensation from a business relating to a debt or lien based upon
services provided by a provider of health care or health facility.
(b) Health facility has the meaning ascribed to
it in NRS 439A.015 .

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