NAC639.694. Administrator required.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each medical products provider or medical products wholesaler shall employ an administrator at all times. The administrator must:

     (a) Be a natural person;

     (b) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;

     (c) Have:

          (1) At least 1,500 hours of verifiable work experience relating to the products provided by the medical products provider or medical products wholesaler; or

          (2) An associate’s degree or higher degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study that is directly related to patient health care;

     (d) Be employed by the medical products provider or medical products wholesaler at the place of business or facility of the employer at least 40 hours per week or during all regular business hours if the business or facility is regularly open less than 40 hours per week; and

     (e) Be approved by the Board.

     2. The administrator shall ensure that the operation of the business or facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and rules.

     3. A medical products provider or medical products wholesaler shall notify the staff of the Board of the cessation of employment of an administrator within 3 business days after the cessation of the employment. A medical products provider or medical products wholesaler shall notify the staff of the Board of the employment of a new administrator within 3 business days after the beginning of the employment.

     4. A medical products provider or medical products wholesaler may not operate for more than 10 business days without an administrator. The Board may summarily suspend the operation of a business or facility that operates without an administrator.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R008-01, eff. 11-1-2001; A by R033-09, 10-15-2010)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The regulation of the State Board of Pharmacy filed with the Secretary of State on October 15, 2010 (LCB File No. R033-09), which amended this section, contains the following provision not included in NAC:

      “The amendatory provisions of subsection 1 of section 1 of this regulation [NAC 639.694] apply only to a person who begins employment as an administrator of a medical products provider or medical products wholesaler on or after October 15, 2010.”