Nevada § 630.2535 - Training required for certain physicians and physician assistants relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; exemption for one licensure period for certain registration; regulations
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§ 630.2535. Training required for certain physicians and physician assistants relating to persons with substance use and other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids; exemption for one licensure period for certain registration; regulations
1. The Board shall, by regulation, require each physician or physician assistant who
is registered to dispense controlled substances pursuant to NRS 453.231 to complete at least 2 hours of training relating specifically to persons with substance
use and other addictive disorders and the prescribing of opioids during each period
of licensure. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, such training may include, without
limitation, training in the screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment
approach to substance use disorder. Any licensee may use training required by the regulations adopted pursuant to this
section to satisfy 2 hours of any continuing education requirement established by
the Board. 2. A physician may not use continuing education in the screening, brief intervention
and referral to treatment approach to substance use disorder to satisfy the requirements
of subsection 1 for a licensure period during which the licensee also uses such continuing
education to satisfy a requirement for continuing education in ethics pursuant to
subsection 9 of NRS 630.253 . 3. A physician or physician assistant who obtains a registration to treat opioid dependency
with narcotic medications in accordance with the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000, 21 U.S.C. §§ 823 et seq., is exempt from the training required by subsection 1 for one period of licensure. A physician or physician assistant may use such registration to satisfy 4 hours
of the total number of hours of continuing education required by the Board pursuant
to NRS 630.253 during one period of licensure.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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