Section 630.346 - Board, panel or hearing officer not bound by formal rules of evidence; requirements for proof; burden of proof In any disciplinary hearing:
1. The Board, a panel of the members of the Board and a hearing officer are not bound by formal rules of evidence, except that evidence must be taken and considered in the hearing pursuant to NRS 233B.123, and a witness must not be barred from testifying solely because the witness was or is incompetent.2. A finding of the Board must be supported by a preponderance of the evidence.3. Proof of actual injury need not be established.4. A certified copy of the record of a court or a licensing agency showing a conviction or plea of nolo contendere or the suspension, revocation, limitation, modification, denial or surrender of a license to practice medicine, perfusion or respiratory care is conclusive evidence of its occurrence.Added to NRS by 1977, 826; A 1985, 2243; 2001, 770; 2009, 2970; 2011, 2864; 2017, 2846Amended by 2017, Ch. 424,§14, eff. 10/1/2017.Added to NRS by 1977, 826; A 1985, 2243; 2001, 770; 2009, 2970; 2011, 2864