Current through February 27, 2024
1. To qualify for a certificate as a general
supervisor in a specialty, a person must be:
(a) A person who:
(1) Is a technologist certified in a
specialty pursuant to NAC 652.478; and
(2) Has at least 3 years of experience as a
full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week in a licensed laboratory
or a laboratory of a college, university or school in the specialty in which he
or she is certified, with at least 2 of those years spent working as a
technologist under the supervision of a director who holds a doctoral
degree;
(b) A person
who:
(1) Holds a doctoral degree from an
accredited institution in a chemical, physical or biological science, clinical
laboratory science or medical technology; and
(2) Has at least 1 year of clinical
experience as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week as a
technologist in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a college, university
or school under the supervision of a person who:
(I) Holds a doctoral degree; or
(II) Possesses the qualifications necessary
for certification as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory prescribed
by NAC 652.410; or
(c) A person who:
(1) Holds a master's degree from an
accredited institution in a chemical, physical or biological science, clinical
laboratory science or medical technology; and
(2) Has at least 2 years of clinical
experience as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week as a
technologist in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a college, university
or school under the supervision of a person who:
(I) Holds a doctoral degree; or
(II) Possesses the qualifications necessary
for certification as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory prescribed
by NAC 652.410.
2. A general supervisor in a specialty may be
certified in any specialty in which a technologist may be certified pursuant to
subsection 1 of NAC 652.478.
3. The
general supervisor in a specialty shall oversee the technical and
administrative functions of the laboratory relating to that specialty and may
supervise other personnel, as assigned by the director. A general supervisor in
a specialty shall not perform or supervise technical or administrative
functions relating to another specialty.
Added
to NAC by Bd. of Health by
R126-21A,
eff. 9/19/2022; Added
to NAC by Bd. of Health by
R126-21A,
eff. 9/19/2022
NRS 439.200, 652.123, 652.125 and
652.130
