NAC652.370. Director: Availability and presence; prohibition against serving more than five laboratories; exception.  


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  •      1. A director shall be available to the personnel of a laboratory, in person or by telephone or other electronic means, for any necessary consultation.

         2. The director must be on the premises of the laboratory at least once each month. If the director is absent from the laboratory for 1 month or more, the director shall provide a licensed substitute to serve in his or her place, unless the laboratory is in a rural area and the Division determines that a substitute is not necessary.

         3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a natural person shall not simultaneously serve as director of more than five laboratories. A natural person may simultaneously serve as director of more than five laboratories if the laboratories are registered under one certificate pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC 652.180.

     [Bd. of Health, Medical Laboratories Reg. §§ 4.2-4.2.2.4, eff. 8-5-74]—(NAC A 10-17-86; 10-22-93; R133-96, 4-17-98; R104-13, 3-28-2014)