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What Nevada’s statute, administrative rules and chiropractic board publish on eight topics of running a practice, quoted as published, each with its citation as printed, its source and the date we read it. Read on 9 October 2026.
Advertising · Titles and claims · Prepaid care and financial arrangements · Discounts, free services and inducements · Record retention · Assistants and delegation · Corporate practice and ownership · Telehealth
“Unprofessional conduct” means:NRS 634.018 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
4. Advertising, by any form of public communication, a chiropractic practice:NRS 634.018 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(a) Using grossly improbable statements; orNRS 634.018 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(b) In any manner that will tend to deceive, defraud or mislead the public.NRS 634.018 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
As used in this subsection, “public communication” includes, but is not limited to, communications by means of television, radio, motion pictures, Internet websites, electronic mail, social media accounts and newspapers, books, periodicals, handbills, letterhead and other printed matter.NRS 634.018 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
A licensee shall not make any false or misleading communications about himself or herself or his or her services.NAC 634.521 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
A licensee shall maintain a copy of all documents relating to his or her advertisements for at least 2 years after the first date that the advertisement is broadcast or disseminated.NAC 634.518 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensee who advertises a specific fee or range of fees shall honor the advertised fee or range of fees for at least 90 days after the last date that the advertisement is broadcast or disseminated, unless the advertisement specifies a shorter period. If a specific fee or range of fees is advertised in a telephone directory or other type of media which is not published more frequently than annually, the licensee shall honor that fee or range of fees for at least 1 year after the publication of the telephone directory or other type of media.NAC 634.556 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
2. A license to practice chiropractic authorizes the licensee to use the term “chiropractic physician.”NRS 634.120 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
Except as otherwise provided in NAC 634.515 to 634.565, inclusive, a licensee shall not hold himself or herself out in any advertisement as being:NAC 634.550 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. Certified; orNAC 634.550 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
2. An expert or specialist other than an expert witness,NAC 634.550 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
in a field of chiropractic unless he or she is registered with and approved by the Board as holding the applicable professional credentials in that field.NAC 634.550 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
The failure of a licensee in any advertising to clearly designate himself or herself as a licensee shall be deemed to be false and misleading for the purposes of subsection 4 of NRS 634.018.NAC 634.536 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. As used in subsection 10 of NRS 634.018, the Board will interpret the phrase “conduct unbecoming a person licensed to practice chiropractic or detrimental to the best interests of the public” to include, without limitation:NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(d) Entering into a financial agreement or making a financial arrangement with a potential or existing patient as an inducement to enter into or continue care. This paragraph does not prohibit a licensee from providing complimentary chiropractic services to an existing patient.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. As used in subsection 10 of NRS 634.018, the Board will interpret the phrase “conduct unbecoming a person licensed to practice chiropractic or detrimental to the best interests of the public” to include, without limitation:NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(d) Entering into a financial agreement or making a financial arrangement with a potential or existing patient as an inducement to enter into or continue care. This paragraph does not prohibit a licensee from providing complimentary chiropractic services to an existing patient.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(e) Participating in any verbal or written arrangement that involves capping or fee splitting.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(g) Engaging in a practice of waiving, abrogating or rebating the deductible or copayment required to be paid by a policy of insurance or a third party if the practice is used as a device for advertising or marketing, or both.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(u) Paying or receiving any remuneration in such a manner and amount as would constitute a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), regardless of whether the patient for whom the remuneration is paid or received is a patient under a federal health care program.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(a) “Capping” means the use by a licensee of the services of a person who is remunerated for referring to the licensee a new patient who has been involved in a motor vehicle accident or who has been injured as a result of the actions of another person.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(b) “Fee splitting” means the acceptance of remuneration by a licensee for referring a patient to another provider of health care or a health care facility or the provision of remuneration by a licensee for a referral to the business of the licensee.NAC 634.430 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
4. No separate charge may be made for the professional evaluation of diagnostic tests or procedures which are provided free of charge or at a discount, regardless of whether the professional evaluation is made at the time of the initial office visit or at a later time.NAC 634.556 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
3. A licensee who retires, moves to another state, closes his or her practice or changes the status of his or her license from active to inactive shall, within 15 days after the retirement, move, closure or change of status, inform the Board of the location at which the records of his or her patients may be obtained.NAC 634.435 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
4. The administrator of the estate of a licensee who is deceased shall inform the Board of the location at which the records of the patients of the deceased licensee will be retained.NAC 634.435 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
2. A licensee who obtains the records of a patient of another licensee because of a change in the ownership of a practice shall:NAC 634.435 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(a) Report to the Board the transfer of the records; andNAC 634.435 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
(b) Inform the Board, in writing, of the physical location of those records within 15 days after the change in ownership of the practice.NAC 634.435 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in regulations adopted by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 652.135 with regard to the records of a medical laboratory and unless a longer period is provided by federal law, each custodian of health care records shall retain the health care records of patients as part of the regularly maintained records of the custodian for 5 years after their receipt or production.NRS 629.051 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NRS-629.html · read 9 October 2026
7. A custodian of health care records shall not destroy the health care records of a person who is less than 23 years of age on the date of the proposed destruction of the records. The health care records of a person who has attained the age of 23 years may be destroyed in accordance with this section for those records which have been retained for at least 5 years or for any longer period provided by federal law.NRS 629.051 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NRS-629.html · read 9 October 2026
2. A provider of health care shall post, in a conspicuous place in each location at which the provider of health care performs health care services, a sign which discloses to patients that their health care records may be destroyed after the period set forth in subsection 1.NRS 629.051 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NRS-629.html · read 9 October 2026
1. The Board may issue a certificate to a properly qualified applicant to perform ancillary services relating to chiropractic, other than chiropractic adjustment, under the supervision of a chiropractic physician. The Board shall specify the formal training which such an applicant must have completed before the Board awards the applicant a certificate as a chiropractic assistant.NRS 634.123 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
A chiropractic assistant may perform such ancillary services relating to chiropractic as he or she is authorized to perform under the terms of a certificate issued by the Board. Those services must be rendered under the supervision and control of a chiropractic physician.NRS 634.125 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
No chiropractic physician may supervise more than four chiropractic assistants at the same time.NRS 634.127 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. A person who desires to perform ancillary services must obtain a certificate as a chiropractic assistant.NAC 634.348 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
“Direct supervision” means that the supervising licensee or licensed provider of health care, as appropriate, is actually present in the chiropractic facility during the period of supervision.NAC 634.119 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. A licensee shall ensure that each of his or her employees who provides services other than chiropractic or clerical services to a patient of the licensee provides those services only under the direct supervision of the licensee.NAC 634.418 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
A chiropractic assistant or chiropractic assistant trainee may not:NAC 634.460 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
6. Perform any service, except at the direction and under the direct supervision of a licensee.NAC 634.460 · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html · read 9 October 2026
“Business entity” means a sole proprietorship or any lawful fictional entity by which business may be conducted lawfully in this State. The term does not include:NRS 634.0125 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
1. A facility wholly owned by one or more persons licensed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 630 or 633 of NRS;NRS 634.0125 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
2. A sole proprietorship or partnership that consists solely of persons who are licensed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 630 or 633 of NRS;NRS 634.0125 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
3. A professional corporation or professional limited liability company, the shares of which are wholly owned by a person or persons licensed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 630 or 633 of NRS;NRS 634.0125 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
To obtain a registration as a business entity that provides chiropractic services, a business entity must submit to the Board an application in the form prescribed by the Board.NRS 634.136 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
2. A registration as a business entity that provides chiropractic services expires on June 1 of each year and may be renewed by submitting to the Board before the expiration of the registration an application for renewal in the form prescribed by the Board.NRS 634.136 · www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · read 9 October 2026
Shown only where the jurisdiction publishes a provision specific to chiropractic.
not found Not read on 9 October 2026: www.chirobd.nv.gov · DISALLOWED (robots 200, disallow:/). Not read on 9 October 2026: www.chirobd.nv.gov · forms-resources · DISALLOWED (robots 200, disallow:/). Not read on 9 October 2026: www.chirobd.nv.gov · Advertising_Guide.pdf · DISALLOWED (robots 200, disallow:/). Not found in what we read on 9 October 2026. Pages read: www.leg.state.nv.us · nrs-634.html · www.leg.state.nv.us · NAC-634.html. Read NRS chapter 634 and NAC chapter 634 in full and searched both for telehealth, telemedicine, electronic and remote; electronic occurs only for electronic media advertising, electronic mail and electronic renewal applications, and no chiropractic-specific telehealth provision was found. The board’s own site was not read (robots.txt disallows it). Absence in what we read is not absence in the jurisdiction’s law. Absence in what we read is not absence in the jurisdiction’s law.The jurisdiction is the authority on everything here. These pages quote what the statute, the rules and the board publish and the date we read them; they do not interpret it. Laws and rules change. Confirm anything you intend to act on with the board.