Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 652 - Medical Laboratories
OPERATION AND PERSONNEL
Section 652.284 - Duties of director: Program for proficiency testing

1. The laboratory is enrolled in a program for proficiency testing regarding all the testing performed by the laboratory.

2. All procedures of the program are followed, including:

3. Corrective action, which is approved by the Division, is performed if any results are found to be unacceptable or unsatisfactory.

4. The maintenance of documentation to verify that all reports received regarding the program are reviewed by appropriate members of the staff for evaluation of the performance of the laboratory and identification of any problems requiring corrective action.

5. If the laboratory fails to perform satisfactorily in two consecutive testing events or two out of three testing events for a procedure, and thereafter fails to perform that procedure satisfactorily in one or more subsequent testing events, the laboratory ceases to perform that procedure until it demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Division that the violations of the laboratory have been corrected in such a manner as to ensure that they will not recur.