Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 449 - Medical and Other Related Facilities
HOSPITALS
Policies and Procedures for Operation of Hospital
Section 449.375 - Records for nuclear medicine services; authorization

1. A hospital shall maintain signed and dated reports of nuclear medicine interpretations, consultations and procedures.

2. The hospital shall maintain nuclear medicine reports, or copies thereof, for at least 5 years after the date on which the report was made.

3. A practitioner approved by the medical staff to interpret diagnostic procedures must sign and date his or her interpretation of the tests.

4. The hospital shall maintain records of the receipt and disposition of radiopharmaceuticals.

5. Nuclear medicine services may be ordered only by a practitioner whose scope of licensure and defined staff privileges authorize the practitioner to make such orders.