# Nevada — Medical malpractice certificate/affidavit of merit requirements by US state — quoted from the state statute or court rule

For Nevada, document required is affidavit; who must sign is a medical expert who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged professional negligence; consequence of non-compliance is the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice; statute or rule citation is NRS 41A.071, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Nevada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Document required:** affidavit _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Who must sign:** a medical expert who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged professional negligence _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Consequence of non-compliance:** the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or rule citation:** NRS 41A.071 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If an action for professional negligence is filed in the district court, the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice, if the action is filed without an affidavit that: 1. Supports the allegations contained in the action; 2. Is submitted by a medical expert who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged professional negligence; 3. Identifies by name, or describes by conduct, each provider of health care who is alleged to be negligent; and 4. Sets forth factually a specific act or acts of alleged negligence separately as to each defendant in simple, concise and direct terms.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Document required

> If an action for professional negligence is filed in the district court, the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice, if the action is filed without an affidavit that: 1. Supports the allegations contained in the action; 2. Is submitted by a medical expert who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged professional negligence; 3. Identifies by name, or describes by conduct, each provider of health care who is alleged to be negligent; and 4. Sets forth factually a specific act or acts of alleged negligence separately as to each defendant in simple, concise and direct terms.

### Who must sign

> If an action for professional negligence is filed in the district court, the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice, if the action is filed without an affidavit that: 1. Supports the allegations contained in the action; 2. Is submitted by a medical expert who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged professional negligence; 3. Identifies by name, or describes by conduct, each provider of health care who is alleged to be negligent; and 4. Sets forth factually a specific act or acts of alleged negligence separately as to each defendant in simple, concise and direct terms.

### Consequence of non-compliance

> If an action for professional negligence is filed in the district court, the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice, if the action is filed without an affidavit that: 1. Supports the allegations contained in the action; 2. Is submitted by a medical expert who practices or has practiced in an area that is substantially similar to the type of practice engaged in at the time of the alleged professional negligence; 3. Identifies by name, or describes by conduct, each provider of health care who is alleged to be negligent; and 4. Sets forth factually a specific act or acts of alleged negligence separately as to each defendant in simple, concise and direct terms.

## Source

- https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-041a.html

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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