Nev. Admin. Code § 630A.014

Current through November 8, 2024

Section 630A.014 - Interpretation of terms used in NRS 630A.040

1. As used in NRS 630A.040, unless the context otherwise requires, the Board will interpret:

(a) "Herbal therapy" to mean a system of healing art that places the chief emphasis on the flow and balance of dynamic force or energy in the body mechanism as being the most important single factor in maintaining the natural health and well-being of the living organism and includes, without limitation, the prescribing and use of plants or plant extracts or a combination thereof to treat an ailment or disease of the mind, emotions or body, or for the cure or relief of any wound, bodily injury or deformity. As used in this paragraph:

(1) "Plant" includes, without limitation, any tree, vine, shrub, vegetable or herb or any part of a tree, vine, shrub, vegetable or herb.

(2) "Plant extract" means a substance removed from a plant by physical or chemical means for medicinal purposes.

(b) "Neural therapy" to mean dry needling, the use of an electronic testing and treatment device and the injection of vitamins, minerals, homeopathic medications, herbal extracts, enzymes, orthomolecular substances or other medicinal or pharmaceutical preparations into the:

(1) Acupuncture, acupressure or trigger points;

(2) Ganglia; or

(3) Subcutaneous tissue, intracutaneous tissue, intra-articular tissue or periosteal tissue, of a patient to control pain or produce other beneficial clinical effects.

(c) "Neuromuscular integration" to mean the progressive harmonization of the endocrine system, immune system, autonomic nervous system, skeletal system and smooth muscle system of a patient with the cognitive and noncognitive faculties of a patient by the use of:

(1) Manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to balance the body, including, without limitation:

(I) Aquastretch exercising or any other form of aquatic therapy; and

(II) Cranio-sacral manipulation; and

(2) Thought field therapy to recondition the endocrine system, immune system, autonomic nervous system and central nervous system.

(d) "Nutrition" to include, without limitation, applied kinesiology or any other modality or method used for the recognition, evaluation, treatment and correction of the unique dietary needs of a patient.

(e) "Orthomolecular therapy" to mean the treatment and prevention of disease, including, without limitation, infection, malignancy and degenerative illness, by adjusting the natural chemical constituents of the body on the molecular level. The term includes, without limitation:

(1) The prescription of topical and oral supplements, medicines and pharmaceutical preparations; and

(2) The intravenous infusion, intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection and intradermal injection of vitamins, amino acids, peptides, polypeptides, enzymes, sarcodes, medicines and pharmaceutical preparations, homeopathic medications, ozone, bio-oxidative substances or chelating agents, to detoxify and remove harmful substances from the body, including, without limitation, heavy metals, the buildup of vascular and arterial plaque and toxic environmental factors, including, without limitation, pesticides, xenobiotics, bacteria and fungi.

2. As used in this section:

(a) "Aquastretch exercising" means a method of personal or assisted exercise used as a form of aquatic or nonaquatic therapy which enables stretching of the body to encourage dynamic intuitive movement, usually in various depths of water and with various weights attached to the body, to increase systemic flexibility and improve vascular, nerve and muscular functions.

(b) "Bio-oxidative substances" means substances that are used to promote healing at the cellular level by the use of oxygen in its various forms.

(c) "Chelating agents" means substances that are used to remove heavy metals and other toxins from the body, including, without limitation:

(1) Sodium 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonate (DMPS);

(2) Dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA);

(3) Ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA);

(4) Penicillamine;

(5) Diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (DTPA);

(6) Deferoxamine mesylate; and

(7) Clathration agents.

(d) "Cranio-sacral manipulation" means the manipulation of muscles, ligaments, fascia or other connective tissues, and any anatomical structures relating to those tissues, to improve the function of cranial nerves and systemic neurological dynamics.

(e) "Dry needling" means a procedure that involves inserting acupuncture needles under the skin at trigger points and, while those needles are inserted, rotating the needles or connecting the needles to a low current electrical supply.

(f) "Pharmaceutical preparations" includes narcotic drugs or opiates that are listed as schedule II controlled substances pursuant to chapter 453 of NRS.

(g) "Thought field therapy" means a technique that uses the energy meridians of the body which are used in acupuncture and acupressure to treat abnormal patterns of thought that cause emotional and psychophysiological distress.

(h) "Trigger point" means a hyperirritable spot within the skeletal muscle or the fascia of that muscle that, upon compression, causes pain, tenderness and autonomic nervous system phenomena.

(i) "Xenobiotics" means chemical compounds that, under normal circumstances, are foreign to living organisms.

Nev. Admin. Code § 630A.014

Added to NAC by Bd. of Homeopathic Medical Exam'rs by R213-97, eff. 12-18-98; A by R058-00, 12-11-2000; R105-03, 9-24-2003; R217-08, 12-17-2008

NRS 630A.040, 630A.155, 630A.200