Current through February 27, 2024
1. A laboratory
operated by a licensed physician pursuant to
NRS
652.235 must register with the Division as an
exempt laboratory or a nonexempt laboratory.
2. A laboratory operated by a licensed
physician pursuant to
NRS
652.235 may register with the Division as an
exempt laboratory if:
(a) The operating
physician submits an application for registration as an exempt laboratory on a
form provided by the Division;
(b)
The operating physician pays the applicable fees set forth in NAC
652.488;
(c) Each test performed by
personnel other than the physician has been classified as a waived test
pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 493, Subpart A; and
(d) Either:
(1) The operating physician performs tests on
his or her own patients and makes his or her own readings of the results of the
tests; or
(2) Any manipulation of a
person for the collection of a specimen is made by an employee of the
laboratory who is qualified pursuant to
NRS
652.210.
3. A laboratory operated by a licensed
physician pursuant to
NRS
652.235 may register with the Division as a
nonexempt laboratory if:
(a) The operating
physician submits an application for registration as a nonexempt laboratory on
a form provided by the Division;
(b) The operating physician is licensed as a
director and pays the applicable fees set forth in NAC 652.488;
(c) At least some tests performed by
personnel other than the physician have not been classified as waived tests
pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 493, Subpart A; and
(d) Either:
(1) The operating physician or an employee of
the laboratory performs tests on the patients of the physician and the
physician or the employee of the laboratory makes his or her own readings of
the results of the tests; or
(2)
Any manipulation of a person for the collection of a specimen is made by an
employee of the laboratory who is qualified pursuant to
NRS
652.210.
4. As used in this section, "licensed
physician" includes:
(a) A physician licensed
as a doctor of medicine pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS;
(b) A physician licensed as a doctor of
osteopathic medicine pursuant to chapter 633 of NRS;
(c) A chiropractic physician licensed
pursuant to chapter 634 of NRS; and
(d) A podiatric physician licensed pursuant
to chapter 635 of NRS.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by
R078-04, eff. 8-5-2004; A by R176-07, 1-30-2008; R104-13,
3-28-2014
NRS
439.200,
652.123,
652.130
