NevadaDentist-physicians can use dental permits for office sedation
Nevada law exempts certain offices and health care facilities from a separate health division permit when a dentist-physician provides covered care to dental patients.
What it does
Certain offices and health care facilities do not need a health division permit when a physician who is also a dentist provides anesthesia or sedation only to dental patients. The physician must hold a dental board permit and stay within its limits.
Argument forPhysicians licensed as dentists may avoid managing two permits when they provide anesthesia or sedation to dental patients within their dental permit’s limits.
Argument againstThe exemption could mean less review by the state health division for dental anesthesia and sedation, even when a physician must stay within a dental permit’s limits.
More detail
The law exempts certain offices and health care facilities from the health division permit requirement for covered dental anesthesia or sedation. The exemption covers a physician’s office or a health care facility other than a medical facility, when the physician provides the care only to dental patients. The physician must also be licensed to practice dentistry and hold a dental board permit for the anesthesia or sedation provided. The physician must stay within the scope of that permit.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 464.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4In Assembly. To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (As Introduced). Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 28In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.Minor
- May 27From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (As Introduced). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.Minor
- Apr 14From committee: Do pass.Minor
- Feb 16Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Feb 6From printer. To committee.
- Feb 4Read first time. To printer.Minor
- Feb 3Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.Introduced
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