2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439A - Planning for the Provision of Health Care
NRS 439A.150 - J-1 visa physician defined.
J-1 visa physician means a foreign medical graduate who:
1. Has an offer of full-time employment at a health facility in an area designated by the Federal Government as a health care professional shortage area or at a health facility which serves patients from such a designated area, and agrees to begin employment at that facility within 90 days after receiving a J-1 visa waiver;
2. Signs a contract to continue to work at that health facility for a total of 40 hours per week for not less than 3 years;
3. Applies for or has been issued a license to practice medicine pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS; and
4. Applies for a J-1 visa waiver.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 772)
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