689A.049 - Treatment by licensed chiropractor; restriction on policy limitations.

689A.049  Treatment by licensed chiropractor; restriction on policy limitations.

      1.  If any policy of health insurance provides coverage for treatment of an illness which is within the authorized scope of practice of a qualified chiropractor, the insured is entitled to reimbursement for treatments by a chiropractor who is licensed pursuant to chapter 634 of NRS.

      2.  The terms of the policy must not limit:

      (a) Coverage for treatments by a chiropractor to a number less than for treatments by other physicians.

      (b) Reimbursement for treatments by a chiropractor to an amount less than that reimbursed for similar treatments by other physicians.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 930; A 1983, 327)