Nevada § 649.368 Collection of medical debt: Prohibited practices

Nevada Statutes

§ 649.368 — Collection of medical debt: Prohibited practices

Nevada § 649.368

Title 54PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES

Ch. 649Collection

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS; PROHIBITED PRACTICES

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 649.368 (2026).

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A collection agency, or its compliance manager, agents or employees, shall not, for any medical debt:

1.Take any confession of judgment or any power of attorney running to the collection agency or to any third person to confess judgment or to appear for the debtor in a judicial proceeding.

2.Commence a civil action to collect the medical debt if the amount of the medical debt, excluding interest, late fees, collection costs, attorney’s fees and any other fees or costs, is less than the maximum jurisdictional amount set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 73.010 . Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the commencement of a small claims action in justice court to collect the medical debt.

3.Charge or collect a fee of more than 5 percent of the amount of the medical debt, excl

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A collection agency, or its compliance manager, agents or employees, shall not, for any medical debt:
1. Take any confession of judgment or any power of attorney running to the collection agency or to any third person to confess judgment or to appear for the debtor in a judicial proceeding.
2. Commence a civil action to collect the medical debt if the amount of the medical debt, excluding interest, late fees, collection costs, attorney’s fees and any other fees or costs, is less than the maximum jurisdictional amount set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 73.010 . Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the commencement of a small claims action in justice court to collect the medical debt.
3. Charge or collect a fee of more than 5 percent of the amount of the medical debt, excluding interest, late fees, collection costs, attorney’s fees and any other fees or costs, as a collection fee or as an attorney’s fee for the collection of the medical debt.