2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 634 - Chiropractic
NRS 634.227 - Unlawful acts; penalties.


NV Rev Stat § 634.227 (2011) What's This?

1. A person who:

(a) Presents to the Board as his or her own the diploma, license or credentials of another;

(b) Gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board; or

(c) Practices chiropractic under a false or assumed name or falsely personates another licensee,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 634.105 and 634.1375, a person who does not hold a license issued pursuant to this chapter and:

(a) Practices chiropractic in this State;

(b) Holds himself or herself out as a chiropractor;

(c) Uses any combination, variation or abbreviation of the terms chiropractor, chiropractic or chiropractic physician as a professional or commercial representation; or

(d) Uses any means which directly or indirectly conveys to another person the impression that he or she is qualified or licensed to practice chiropractic,

is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

[Part 6:23:1923; NCL 1085] (NRS A 1975, 369; 1981, 876, 1339; 1987, 1466; 1995, 1311; 2011, 915)

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