Nevada Code § 630.173

Submission of certain information concerning claims for malpractice, complaints and other disciplinary action involving applicant for license to practice medicine; consideration by Board of certain information more than 10 years old
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1. In addition to the other requirements
for licensure, an applicant for a license to practice medicine shall submit to
the Board information describing:
(a) Any claims made against the applicant for
malpractice, whether or not a civil action was filed concerning the claim;
(b) Any complaints filed against the applicant
with a licensing board of another state and any disciplinary action taken
against the applicant by a licensing board of another state; and
(c) Any complaints filed against the applicant
with a hospital, clinic or medical facility or any disciplinary action taken
against the applicant by a hospital, clinic or medical facility.
2. The Board may consider any information
specified in subsection 1 that is more than 10 years old if the Board receives
the information from the applicant or any other source from which the Board is
verifying the information provided by the applicant.
3. The Board may refuse to consider any
information specified in subsection 1 that is more than 10 years old if the
Board determines that the claim or complaint is remote or isolated and that
obtaining or attempting to obtain a record relating to the information will
unreasonably delay the consideration of the application.
4. The Board shall not issue a license to
the applicant until it has received all the information required by this
section.

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