NAC449.5465. Patient care: Licensed practical nurses and dialysis technicians.

     1. The provisions of NAC 449.501 to 449.5795, inclusive, do not prohibit a licensed practical nurse from practicing in accordance with the regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing. If a licensed practical nurse acts in the capacity of a licensed practical nurse during the treatment of a patient of a facility, the licensed practical nurse must be certified to give intravenous injections by a board that is approved by the State Board of Nursing.

     2. A member of the staff of a facility who acts in the capacity of a dialysis technician at the facility must be qualified in accordance with the provisions of NAC 449.5705 to 449.5775, inclusive. If the facility determines that the member of the staff is not qualified pursuant to those provisions, the facility shall not allow the member of the staff to act in the capacity of a dialysis technician until the member of the staff becomes qualified pursuant to those provisions.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R130-99, eff. 8-1-2001)