Nevada Code § 652.195

Cytologic examination of gynecologic specimens: Direct billing required; unlawful practices; exceptions
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1. A laboratory which performs a cytologic
examination of gynecologic specimens for a patient residing in this State shall
submit any bill for those services to:
(a) The patient directly;
(b) The responsible insurer or other third-party
payor; or
(c) The hospital, public health clinic or
nonprofit health clinic.
Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 3, the laboratory shall not submit the bill
for those services to the physician who directed the examination.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, it is unlawful for a physician to charge, bill or otherwise
solicit payment from a person for cytologic services relating to the
examination of gynecologic specimens.
3. The provisions of this section do not
apply to cytologic services:
(a) Rendered by the physician himself or herself
or in a laboratory operated solely in connection with the diagnosis or
treatment of the physicians own patients; or
(b) Provided to an enrollee pursuant to a health
care plan authorized pursuant to chapter 695C of NRS.

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