CPOM Compliance for Nevada Healthcare Startups
Nevada is easy for ordinary LLCs and hard for medical practices. NRS Chapter 89 requires 100% licensed-physician ownership of a medical professional corporation. The Board of Medical Examiners has acted on med spas and nominal-physician arrangements.
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Key authorities (official text)
NRS Chapter 630 · NRS Chapter 89Nevada Medical Practice Act (NRS Chapter 630) · Professional Corporations Act (NRS Chapter 89) · Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners.
Nevada CPOM is not a standalone “CPOM statute.” NRS 630 limits the practice of medicine to licensed physicians. NRS 89 requires every share of a medical professional corporation to be held by licensed physicians. Attorney General opinions and Board enforcement treat lay employment of physicians and lay control of clinical decisions as prohibited. Foreign-qualify-your-California-PC is usually the wrong path.
Founders form Nevada LLCs for tax and flexibility reasons and then assume the same wrapper works for a Las Vegas clinic or a telehealth panel. It does not. The Professional Corporations Act carves medicine out of general corporate flexibility. A non-physician-owned Nevada LLC cannot provide medical services, employ physicians to practice medicine, or bill for physician services.
The Board of Medical Examiners investigates complaints, holds hearings, and can suspend or revoke licenses. Public enforcement themes include medical spas where non-physician owners set protocols, aesthetic practices with a paper supervisor, and telehealth companies that employed physicians through a non-professional entity. The Division of Public and Behavioral Health can add facility-license risk on top of individual discipline.
- Form a Nevada domestic professional corporation under NRS 89 with a Nevada-licensed physician as the 100% shareholder for Nevada medical practice.
- Registering a foreign PC in Nevada does not waive the Nevada-licensed-physician ownership requirement. Most counsel still form a Nevada domestic PC.
- Concierge / DPC membership fees do not change the ownership analysis. The clinical entity is still a professional corporation.
- Las Vegas med spa and cash-pay aesthetics are a frequent Board focus. Botox and laser that are the practice of medicine sit in the PC, not the spa brand’s LLC.
How an MSO-PC works in Nevada
The PC employs or contracts clinicians and bills professional services. The MSO runs brand, marketing, and non-clinical ops under an MSA priced at fair market value, not a percentage of clinical collections dressed as rent. Document that the physician-owner actually reviews protocols and credentialing. Foundry forms the MSO-PC ($15,000) and matches a friendly PC owner ($3,000/mo).
See CPOM compliance, MSO-PC structure, and the Nevada CPOM blog guide.
Nevada CPOM FAQ
Does Nevada have a CPOM statute?
Not under that label. NRS 630 and NRS 89, plus Board and Attorney General interpretations, prohibit non-physician entities from practicing medicine or owning a medical PC.
Can a non-physician own a Nevada medical PC?
No. NRS Chapter 89 requires all shares of a medical professional corporation to be held by licensed physicians.
How does Foundry help with Nevada CPOM?
MSO-PC formation is $15,000 one-time. A Nevada-licensed physician PC owner is $3,000/mo. Foundry is not a law firm.