Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 652 - Medical Laboratories
OPERATION AND PERSONNEL
Section 652.433 - Histotechnologist: Qualifications and activities
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 652.433
Current through December 12, 2024
1. To qualify for a certificate as a histotechnologist, a person must have:
(a) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited
college or university with at least 32 semester hours in science, of which 12
hours are in chemistry and 16 hours are in the areas of general biology,
histology, zoology, anatomy and physiology, and 1 year of experience in a
histopathology laboratory under the supervision of a pathologist certified by
the American Board of Pathology or a pathologist eligible to be certified in
anatomic pathology;
(b) A
baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including the
semester hours required in paragraph (a), and successfully completed an
accredited program in histotechnology; or
(c) National certification as a
histotechnologist and 8 years of full-time experience before August 1980, in an
approved histopathology laboratory.
2. A histotechnologist may perform only those procedures, under the minimal review of the director or general supervisor, for which he or she has adequate education, training and experience and in which he or she has demonstrated a proficiency. The histotechnologist may supervise the work of histologic technicians and assistants.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-17-86; A 10-22-93; A by R145-23A, eff. 10/23/2024
NRS 439.200, 652.125, 652.130
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