NAC652.380. Director of licensed laboratory: Qualifications.

Except as otherwise provided in NAC 652.383, to qualify for a license as a director of a licensed laboratory, a person must meet one of the following qualifications:

     1. Be a physician who is licensed to practice medicine in this State and:

     (a) Be certified in anatomical and clinical pathology, or in clinical pathology, by:

          (1) The American Board of Pathology; or

          (2) The American Osteopathic Board of Pathology;

     (b) Possess qualifications which are equivalent to those required for certification by either of the institutions listed in paragraph (a);

     (c) Within the 10 years immediately preceding application for a license, have successfully completed a 4-year program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences;

     (d) Be certified, in accordance with NAC 652.410, as a general supervisor; or

     (e) Have at least 4 years of experience as a technologist:

          (1) In a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, health department or university;

          (2) As a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week; and

          (3) Under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree.

     2. Hold an earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution, with a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science as the major, and:

     (a) Be certified by:

          (1) The American Board of Medical Microbiology;

          (2) The American Board of Clinical Chemistry;

          (3) The American Board of Bioanalysis;

          (4) The American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology;

          (5) The American Board of Forensic Toxicology; or

          (6) The American Board of Medical Genetics; or

     (b) Possess qualifications which are equivalent to those required for certification by any of the institutions listed in paragraph (a).

     [Bd. of Health, Medical Laboratories Reg. §§ 5.1.1-5.1.1.1.4, eff. 8-5-74]—(NAC A 10-17-86; 10-22-93; R078-04, 8-5-2004; R104-13, 3-28-2014)