Nevada Revised Statutes Title 54. Professions, Occupations and Businesses § 632.473. Treatment of patients by nurse employed by Department of Corrections

1. A nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, while working at an institution of the Department of Corrections, may treat patients, including the administration of a dangerous drug, poison or related device, pursuant to orders given by a physician assistant if those orders are given pursuant to a protocol approved by the Board of Medical Examiners and the supervising physician. The orders must be cosigned by the supervising physician or another physician within 72 hours after treatment.

2. A copy of the protocol under which orders are given by a physician assistant must be available at the institution for review by the nurse.

3. This section does not authorize a physician assistant to give orders for the administration of any controlled substance.

4. For the purposes of this section: