629.075 - Provider of health care to disclose financial interest in facility at which physical therapy is provided when making referral to or recommending facility.

629.075  Provider of health care to disclose financial interest in facility at which physical therapy is provided when making referral to or recommending facility.

1.  If a provider of health care refers a patient to or recommends that a patient receive physical therapy at a specific facility in which the provider of health care has a financial interest, the provider of health care shall disclose that interest to the patient in writing in a conspicuous manner.

2.  The provisions of this section do not authorize a referral or recommendation which is otherwise prohibited, including, without limitation, by the provisions of NRS 439B.425.

3.  As used in this section:

(a) “Financial interest” includes, without limitation, any share in the ownership of or profit from a facility at which physical therapy is provided and any form of compensation from a facility at which physical therapy is provided for a prescription for physical therapy.

(b) “Physical therapy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 640.022.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 730)