Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients by physician or physician assistant; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services.

1. Law
2. Nevada Revised Statutes
3. Physicians, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Perfusionists and Practitioners of Respiratory Care
4. Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients by physician or physician assistant; provision of contact information for Department of Veterans Services.

1. A physician or physician assistant may:

(a) Ask each new patient who is 18 years of age or older if he or she is a veteran and document the response in the medical record of the patient; and

(b) Provide the contact information for the Department of Veterans Services to any such patient who indicates that he or she is a veteran.

2. The Board may ask each applicant for the renewal of a license as a physician assistant or a biennial registration pursuant to NRS 630.267 if the applicant performs the actions described in subsection 1. If such a question is asked, the Board must allow the applicant to refuse to answer.

3. As used in this section, "veteran" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 417.125.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2693)

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