2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 649 - Collection Agencies
NRS 649.036 - "Medical debt" defined.
1. "Medical debt" means any debt owed for goods or services provided by a medical facility, a provider of health care or a provider of emergency medical services.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the term includes the financing or an extension of credit by a third party for the sole purpose of purchasing goods or services provided by a medical facility, a provider of health care or a provider of emergency medical services.
3. The term does not include an open-end or closed-end extension of credit made by a financial institution to a borrower that may be used by the borrower, at his or her own discretion, for any purpose other than the purchase of goods or services provided by a medical facility, a provider of health care or a provider of emergency medical services.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1668)
