1.  The Board may adopt regulations for the issuance of temporary certificates to persons not licensed pursuant to this chapter. A temporary certificate may be issued:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 634A.165

  • Acupuncture: means the insertion of needles into the human body by piercing the skin of the body to control and regulate the flow and balance of energy in the body and to cure, relieve or palliate the body for therapeutic purposes, including, without limitation:

    (a) Any ailment or disease of the mind or body; or

    (b) Any wound, bodily injury or deformity. See Nevada Revised Statutes 634A.020

  • Board: means the State Board of Oriental Medicine. See Nevada Revised Statutes 634A.020
  • Oriental medicine: means a system of the healing art which places the chief emphasis on the flow and balance of energy in the body mechanism as being the most important single factor in maintaining the well-being of the organism in health and disease. See Nevada Revised Statutes 634A.020
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

(a) In connection with a bona fide educational seminar concerning Oriental medicine or acupuncture; or

(b) For the purpose of authorizing a person to engage in lecturing on or teaching Oriental medicine or acupuncture in this State on a short-term basis.

2.  The Board may charge a fee for the issuance of a temporary certificate. The fee must not exceed an amount which adequately reimburses the Board for costs incurred in:

(a) Investigating an applicant under this section; and

(b) Monitoring a seminar, if the Board deems that action necessary.

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