Chiropractic Physician's Board of Nevada

The Role of the Chiropractic Physician’s Board of Nevada

The CPBN is tasked with safeguarding public health by ensuring that all practicing chiropractors in Nevada meet the required standards of competence and professionalism. The board’s responsibilities include:

• Issuing and renewing chiropractic licenses
• Setting educational and ethical standards
• Investigating complaints against licensed chiropractors
• Disciplining chiropractors who violate regulations

By maintaining these standards, the CPBN ensures that chiropractic care in Nevada remains safe and effective.

Licensing Process for Chiropractors in Nevada

Before discussing how the CPBN handles allegations, it’s essential to understand the licensing process for chiropractors in Nevada. The key steps include:

1. Educational Requirements

• Completion of an accredited chiropractic college program
• Passing the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) exams

2. Application Submission

• Submitting a detailed application to the CPBN
• Providing proof of educational qualifications and exam results

3. Background Check

• Undergoing a thorough background check
• Disclosing any criminal history or prior disciplinary actions

4. Board Review

• The CPBN reviews the application and supporting documents
• Upon approval, a chiropractic license is issued

Common Types of Chiropractor License Allegations

License allegations against chiropractors can arise from various sources, including patients, peers, or other healthcare providers. Common types of allegations include:

Professional Misconduct

• Failure to adhere to accepted standards of practice
• Engaging in fraudulent or deceptive practices
• Substance abuse affecting professional performance

Unethical Behavior

• Inappropriate relationships with patients
• Violating patient confidentiality
• Criminal Activity
• Convictions for crimes related to the chiropractic practice or other serious offenses

Improper Record Keeping

• Inadequate or falsified patient records
• Failure to maintain accurate billing information

Understanding the nature of these allegations helps prepare for the CPBN’s investigative process.

Common Reasons For Professional Misconduct

Our administrative law team staunchly defends the rights of licensed professionals in Nevada. Often, accusations of fraud, misconduct, negligence, and malpractice against these professionals are baseless and unjust. We are dedicated to working with you to safeguard your professional license, reputation, and livelihood. We specialize in a variety of professional licensing cases, including but not limited to:

• Ethical violations
• Criminal convictions
• Sexual misconduct
• Professional negligence
• Substance abuse
• Petitions for reinstatement of revoked licenses
• Petitions for reconsideration
• Investigations
• Citations and fines

NRS 634.018 “Unprofessional Conduct” Defined  

According to NRS 634.018, “Unprofessional conduct” means:

1. Obtaining a certificate upon fraudulent credentials or gross misrepresentation.

2. Procuring, or aiding or abetting in procuring, criminal abortion.

3. Assuring that a manifestly incurable disease can be permanently cured.

4. Advertising chiropractic business in which grossly improbable statements are made, advertising in any manner that will tend to deceive, defraud or mislead the public or preparing, causing to be prepared, using or participating in the use of any form of public communication that contains professionally self-laudatory statements calculated to attract lay patients. As used in this subsection, “public communication” includes, but is not limited to, communications by means of television, radio, newspapers, books and periodicals, motion picture, handbills or other printed matter.

5. Willful disobedience of the law, or of the regulations of the State Board of Health or of the Chiropractic Physicians’ Board of Nevada.

6. Conviction of any offense involving moral turpitude, or the conviction of a felony. The record of the conviction is conclusive evidence of unprofessional conduct.

7. Administering, dispensing or prescribing any controlled substance.

8. Conviction or violation of any federal or state law regulating the possession, distribution or use of any controlled substance. The record of conviction is conclusive evidence of unprofessional conduct.

9. Habitual intemperance or excessive use of alcohol or alcoholic beverages or any controlled substance.

10. Conduct unbecoming a person licensed to practice chiropractic or detrimental to the best interests of the public.

11. Violating, or attempting to violate, directly or indirectly, or assisting in or abetting the violation of, or conspiring to violate, any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted by the Board, or any other statute or regulation pertaining to the practice of chiropractic.

12. Employing, directly or indirectly, any suspended or unlicensed practitioner in the practice of any system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or the aiding or abetting of any unlicensed person to practice chiropractic under this chapter.

13. Repeated malpractice, which may be evidenced by claims of malpractice settled against a practitioner.

14. Solicitation by the licensee or the licensee’s designated agent of any person who, at the time of the solicitation, is vulnerable to undue influence, including, without limitation, any person known by the licensee to have recently been involved in a motor vehicle accident, involved in a work-related accident, or injured by, or as the result of the actions of, another person. As used in this subsection:

(a) “Designated agent” means a person who renders service to a licensee on a contract basis and is not an employee of the licensee.

(b) “Solicitation” means the attempt to acquire a new patient through information obtained from a law enforcement agency, medical facility or the report of any other party, which information indicates that the potential new patient may be vulnerable to undue influence, as described in this subsection.

15. Employing, directly or indirectly, any person as a chiropractor’s assistant unless the person has been issued a certificate by the Board pursuant to NRS 634.123, or has applied for such a certificate and is awaiting the determination of the Board concerning the application.

16. Aiding, abetting, commanding, counseling, encouraging, inducing or soliciting an insurer or other third-party payor to reduce or deny payment or reimbursement for the care or treatment of a patient, unless such action is supported by:

(a) The medical records of the patient; or

(b) An examination of the patient by the chiropractic physician taking such action.

17. Violating a lawful order of the Board, a lawful agreement with the Board, or any of the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.