Nevada § 630.3737 - Physician or physician assistant who diagnoses patient as having opioid use disorder: Duty to counsel and provide certain information to patient; duty if patient requests medication-assisted treatment
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 630.3737 — Physician or physician assistant who diagnoses patient as having opioid use disorder: Duty to counsel and provide certain information to patient; duty if patient requests medication-assisted treatment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 630.3737. Physician or physician assistant who diagnoses patient as having opioid use disorder: Duty to counsel and provide certain information to patient; duty if patient requests medication-assisted treatment
1. Upon diagnosing a patient as having an opioid use disorder, a physician or physician
assistant shall counsel and provide information to the patient concerning evidence-based
treatment for opioid use disorders, including, without limitation, medication-assisted
treatment. 2. If the patient requests medication-assisted treatment, the physician or physician
assistant shall: (a) If the physician or physician assistant is authorized under federal and state
law to issue such a prescription, offer to prescribe an appropriate medication; or (b) If the physician or physician assistant is not authorized under federal and state
law to prescribe an appropriate medication, refer the patient to a physician, osteopathic
physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 633 of NRS , advanced practice registered nurse or pharmacist who is authorized to issue the
prescription. 3. As used in this section, “ medication-assisted treatment ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 639.28079 .
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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