Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 652 - Medical Laboratories
OPERATION AND PERSONNEL
Section 652.437 - Histologic technician: Qualifications and activities
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 652.437
Current through February 27, 2024
1. To qualify for a certificate as a histologic technician, a person must:
(a) Successfully complete a program in
histotechnology certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs;
(b) Have an
associate degree in chemistry, biology or a physical science or successfully
complete at least 60 semester hours or the equivalent of academic credit from
an accredited college or university with at least 12 semester hours in science,
of which 6 hours are in chemistry and 6 hours are in biology, and have 1 year
of full-time experience in histotechnology in a histology laboratory under the
supervision of a pathologist certified in anatomic pathology by the American
Board of Pathology Incorporated or a pathologist eligible for certification in
anatomic pathology; or
(c) Be a
high school graduate or the equivalent and have 2 years of full-time experience
in histotechnology, within the preceding 5 years, in a histology laboratory
under the supervision of a pathologist certified in anatomic pathology by the
American Board of Pathology Incorporated or a pathologist eligible for
certification in anatomic pathology.
2. A histologic technician may only perform histologic procedures under the supervision of a histotechnologist or the director and may only perform cytologic procedures under the direction of a cytotechnologist, a histotechnologist or the director.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-17-86; A 10-22-93; A by R149-15A, eff. 6/21/2017
NRS 439.200, 652.123, 652.125, 652.130
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