Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 652 - Medical Laboratories
OPERATION AND PERSONNEL
Section 652.425 - Cytotechnologist: Qualifications and activities

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 652.425

Current through December 31, 2024

1. To qualify for a certificate as a cytotechnologist, a person must:

(a) Successfully complete 2 years in an accredited college or university with at least 12 semester hours in science, of which 8 hours are in biology, and at least 12 months of training in an accredited school of cytotechnology, and pass a national examination for certification approved by the Board;

(b) Successfully complete 6 months of formal training in an accredited school of cytotechnology and 6 months of full-time, supervised experience in cytotechnology in a laboratory whose director is a pathologist, and pass a national examination for certification approved by the Board; or

(c) Pass the examination for cytotechnologists given by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

2. A cytotechnologist may perform tests only in cytology under the review of the director.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-17-86; A 10-22-93

NRS 652.123, 652.125, 652.130

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