Nevada Revised Statutes Title 54. Professions, Occupations and Businesses § 633.5285. Board required to take certain actions after receiving certain notice concerning transactions involving physician group practices; investigations and hearings; administrative penalty

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the Board receives notice from the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 439A.126 that a physician group practice or a person who owns all or substantially all of a physician group practice has failed to provide timely notice to the Department of a transaction described in subsection 3 of NRS 439A.126, the Board must proceed as if a complaint had been filed against the physician group practice or person, as applicable. If the notice concerns a physician group practice that consists of osteopathic physicians licensed pursuant to this chapter and physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS, the Board shall consult with the Board of Medical Examiners to ensure that either the Board or the Board of Medical Examiners, but not both, investigates the notice.

2. If, after conducting an investigation and a hearing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the Board determines that a physician group practice or a person who owns all or substantially all of a physician group practice has failed to provide timely notice to the Department of Health and Human Services of a transaction described in subsection 3 of NRS 439A.126, the Board may impose an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000 for each day of such failure.

3. As used in this section, “physician group practice” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.126.