As used in this chapter:
1. "Dental services" means general and special dental services ordinarily provided by dentists licensed under the provisions of chapter 631 of NRS to practice in the State of Nevada in accordance with the generally accepted practices of the community at the time the service is rendered, and the furnishing of necessary appliances, drugs, medicines and supplies, prosthetic appliances, orthodontic appliances, metal, ceramic and other restorations.
2. "Hospital services" means the furnishing or providing of any or all of the following:
(a) Maintenance and care in the hospital, including but not limited to, nursing care, drugs, medicines, supplies, physiotherapy, transportation and use of facilities and appliances.
(b) Reimbursement of the beneficiary or subscriber for, but without requiring that the beneficiary or subscriber first pay, expenses incurred for any of the items included in paragraph (a).
(c) Reimbursement, at a uniform rate, of the beneficiary or subscriber for, but without requiring that the beneficiary or subscriber first pay, the costs and expenses incurred for medical supplies.
(d) Reimbursement for expenses incurred outside of the hospital for continued care and treatment following the subscriber’s discharge from the hospital, for nursing service, necessary appliances, drugs, medicines, supplies and any other services which would have been available in the hospital (excluding physicians’ services), whether or not provided through a hospital.
(e) Reimbursement for ambulance service expenses.
3. "Medical services" means the furnishing or providing of any or all of the following:
(a) Medical or surgical services, in or out of a hospital, by a physician licensed to practice under the laws of Nevada.
(b) Reimbursement for expenses incurred for nursing services, necessary appliances, drugs, medicines, supplies and any other health care services.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1863; A 1977, 966)