Law / United States / Nevada
AB 406 (2025), licensed provider restriction on direct clinical use of AI
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In force since 1 July 2025.
An AI sector rules rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- If you are a Nevada-licensed provider of mental and behavioral health care, do not use an artificial intelligence system in connection with providing professional mental and behavioral health care directly to a patient.
- You may use an artificial intelligence system only for administrative support tasks such as scheduling, records management, billing, operational data analysis, and organizing session notes.
- Where you use AI for administrative support, ensure the use complies with HIPAA, HITECH, and Nevada's own health-information privacy statutes (NRS 439.581 to 439.597).
- Independently review the accuracy of any report, data or other information an AI system compiles, summarizes, analyzes or generates for those administrative purposes.
- A violation is treated as unprofessional conduct, subject to disciplinary action by your licensing board rather than a civil fine.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
the board, agency or other entity in Nevada by which the provider is licensed or certified
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition, Governance
Who checks it
Audit expectation
continuous
Who audits it
Self
What this law does
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A Nevada-licensed provider of mental and behavioral health care (psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed social workers, psychiatric nurses, marriage and family therapists, and certain counselors) may not use an artificial intelligence system in connection with providing professional mental and behavioral health care directly to a patient, except that the provider may use AI for administrative support such as scheduling, records management, billing, operational data analysis, and organizing session notes, subject to compliance with federal and Nevada health-privacy law and to the provider's own independent review of any AI-generated report or data.
A provider who violates this section is guilty of unprofessional conduct and subject to disciplinary action by the licensing board, agency or other entity that licenses or certifies the provider.
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