Nevada Code § 631.365

1. If the Board determines from an investigation
of a licensee that the health, safety or welfare of the public or any patient
served by the licensee is at risk of imminent or continued harm because of the
manner in which the licensee prescribed, administered, dispensed or used a
controlled substance, the Board may summarily suspend the licensees authority
to prescribe, administer or dispense a controlled substance listed in schedule
II, III or IV pending a determination upon the conclusion of a hearing to
consider a formal complaint against the licensee. An order of summary
suspension may be issued only by the Board, the President of the Board, the
presiding officer of an investigative committee convened by the Board to
conduct the investigation or the member, employee, investigator or other agent
of the Board who conducted the investigation.
2. If an order to summarily suspend a
licensees authority to prescribe, administer or dispense a controlled
substance listed in schedule II, III or IV is issued pursuant to subsection 1
by the presiding officer of an investigative committee of the Board or a
member, employee, investigator or other agent of the Board, that person shall
not participate in any further proceedings of the Board relating to the order.
3. If the Board, the presiding officer of
an investigative committee of the Board or a member, employee, investigator or
other agent of the Board issues an order summarily suspending a licensees
authority to prescribe, administer or dispense a controlled substance listed in
schedule II, III or IV pursuant to subsection 1, the Board must hold a hearing
to consider the formal complaint against the licensee. The Board must hold the
hearing and render a decision concerning the formal complaint within 180 days
after the date on which the order is issued, unless the Board and the licensee
mutually agree to a longer period.

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