Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB221: Exempts certain offices of physicians and other health care facilities from certain permitting requirements relating to anesthes
Status: Chaptered, June 11, 2025
Exempts certain offices of physicians and other health care facilities from certain permitting requirements relating to anesthesia and sedation. (BDR 40-672)
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; exempting certain offices of physicians or other health care facilities that administer anesthesia or sedation to dental patients from certain requirements to obtain a permit to provide anesthesia or sedation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to health care; exempting certain offices of physicians or other health care facilities that administer anesthesia or sedation to dental patients from certain requirements to obtain a permit to provide anesthesia or sedation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires an office of a physician and certain other facilities providing health care to obtain a permit from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services before offering general anesthesia, conscious sedation or deep sedation. (NRS 449.442) Existing law also requires a dentist to obtain a permit from the Board of Dental Examiners before offering general anesthesia, minimal sedation, moderate sedation or deep sedation. (NRS 631.265) Existing law defines "minimal sedation" and "moderate sedation" to encompass the types of sedation which constitute conscious sedation. (NRS 449.436, 631.078, 631.079) Consequently, existing law requires a person who holds both a license as a physician and a license as a dentist to obtain two permits to offer general anesthesia, conscious sedation or deep sedation. (NRS 449.441, 631.265) This bill exempts an office of a physician or a facility that provides health care, other than a medical facility, from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Division if the office only administers general anesthesia, deep sedation or conscious …
Sponsors
- Rebecca Edgeworth (R, 35) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 464.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : In Assembly. To enrollment.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
- : Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.
- : From committee: Do pass.
Votes
- Senate (As Introduced) (June 2, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (As Introduced) (May 27, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB221?
- AB221 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Exempts certain offices of physicians and other health care facilities from certain permitting requirements relating to anesthes.
- What does AB221 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to health care; exempting certain offices of physicians or other health care facilities that administer anesthesia or sedation to dental patients from certain requirements to obtain a permit to provide anesthesia or sedation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of AB221?
- Chaptered as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 464. (June 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB221?
- Rebecca Edgeworth (R, 35).
- Where is the official record for AB221?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12223/Overview
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