Current through December 12, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
652.383, to qualify for a license
as a director of a licensed laboratory, a person must meet one of the following
qualifications:
1. Be a physician who
is licensed to practice medicine in this State and:
(a) Be certified in anatomical and clinical
pathology, or in clinical pathology, by:
(1)
The American Board of Pathology; or
(2) The American Osteopathic Board of
Pathology;
(b) Possess
qualifications which are equivalent to those required for certification by
either of the institutions listed in paragraph (a);
(c) Within the 10 years immediately preceding
application for a license, have successfully completed a 4-year program
accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory
Sciences;
(d) Be certified, in
accordance with NAC
652.410, as a general supervisor;
or
(e) Have at least 4 years of
experience as a technologist:
(1) In a
licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, health department or
university;
(2) As a full-time
employee working at least 30 hours per week; and
(3) Under the supervision of a director who
possesses a doctoral degree.
2. Hold an earned doctoral degree from an
accredited institution, with a chemical, biological or clinical laboratory
science as the major, have at least 1 year of experience directing or
supervising laboratory testing or performing laboratory testing at the level of
a technologist in a laboratory which meets the requirements of NAC
652.170 to 652. 590, inclusive,
and section 1, and:
(a) Be certified by:
(1) The American Board of Medical
Microbiology;
(2) The American
Board of Clinical Chemistry;
(3)
The American Board of Bioanalysis;
(4) The American Board of Medical Laboratory
Immunology;
(5) The American Board
of Forensic Toxicology;
(6) The
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics;
(7) The National Registry of Certified
Chemists;
(8) The American Society
for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics;
The American Society for Clinical Pathology; or
(10) Any other institution
approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in
accordance with 42 C.F.R.
§
493.1443(b)(3);
or
(b) Possess
qualifications which are equivalent to those required for certification by any
of the institutions listed in paragraph (a).
Bd. of Health,
Medical Laboratories Reg. §§ 5.1.1-5.1.1.1.4, eff. 8-5-74-NAC A
10-17-86; 10-22-93; R078-04, 8-5-2004; R104-13, 3-28-2014; A by
R149-15A,
eff. 6/21/2017; A by
R126-21A,
eff. 9/19/2022; A by
R126-21A,
eff. 9/19/2022; A by
R145-23A,
eff. 10/23/2024
NRS 439.200,
652.125,
652.130
