2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 629 - Healing Arts Generally
NRS 629.085 - Conditions and limitations on performance or supervision of performance of pelvic examination.

1. A provider of health care shall not:

(a) Perform or supervise the performance of a pelvic examination that the provider of health care is not appropriately licensed, certified or registered to perform or is not within the scope of practice of the provider of health care; or

(b) Perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient or supervise the performance of a pelvic examination on such a patient without first obtaining the informed consent of the patient unless:

(1) The pelvic examination is within the scope of a surgical procedure or diagnostic examination to which the patient has given informed consent; or

(2) In the case of an unconscious patient:

(I) The pelvic examination is required for diagnostic purposes and is medically necessary; or

(II) The patient is an alleged victim of a sexual assault and the physician or physician assistant reasonably concludes that exigent circumstances justify conducting a forensic medical examination which requires the pelvic examination.

2. A person who is not licensed, certified or registered as a provider of health care and is working under the supervision of a provider of health care, including, without limitation, a student or trainee, shall not:

(a) Perform or supervise the performance of any pelvic examination that his or her supervising provider of health care is prohibited by subsection 1 from supervising; or

(b) Supervise the performance of a pelvic examination by any other person outside the immediate presence of his or her supervising provider of health care.

3. As used in this section:

(a) "Forensic medical examination" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 217.300.

(b) "Sexual assault" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.366.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 1570)