{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-631.075","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 631.075","heading":"“Malpractice” defined.","body":"“Malpractice” means failure on the part of a dentist to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill ordinarily exercised by dentists in good standing in the community in which he or she practices. As used in this section, “community” means the entire area customarily served by dentists among whom a patient may reasonably choose, not merely the particular area inhabited by the patients of that individual dentist or the particular city or place where the dentist has an office.","path":["TITLE 54 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 631 - DENTISTRY, DENTAL HYGIENE, DENTAL THERAPY AND EXPANDED FUNCTION DENTAL ASSISTANCE","GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-631.html#NRS631Sec075","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"821f9a56b3018311bfc7bd9828588af973c3092dd1ce65e0e290d4335928fe27","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-631.070","next":"us-nv/nrs-631.078"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}