Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter652 Medical Laboratories |
OPERATION AND PERSONNEL |
NAC652.410. General supervisor of licensed laboratory: Qualifications.
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1. To qualify for a certificate as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory, a person must, except as otherwise provided in this section, be:
(a) A qualified physician serving on behalf of the director; or
(b) A clinical laboratory technologist who has had at least 3 years of experience in a laboratory as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week, of which at least 2 years have been spent working:
(1) In a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, university or health department; and
(2) Under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree.
2. A technologist certified by the Board in a specialty who has had at least 3 years of experience in a laboratory as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week, of which at least 2 years have been spent working:
(a) In a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, university or health department; and
(b) Under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree,
Ê qualifies for a certificate as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory if the tests performed in the laboratory are solely in his or her specialty.
3. A person who possesses a doctoral degree from an accredited institution with a major in chemical, physical or biological science and who has had at least 1 year of experience in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, university or health department as a full-time employee working for at least 30 hours per week under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree qualifies for a certificate as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory.
4. A person who possesses a master’s degree from an accredited institution with a major in chemical, physical or biological science and who has had at least 2 years of experience in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, university or health department as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree qualifies for a certificate as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory.
[Bd. of Health, Medical Laboratories Reg. §§ 5.1.2.1.3-5.1.2.1.3.3, eff. 8-5-74]—(NAC A 10-17-86; 8-1-91; 10-22-93; R078-04, 8-5-2004; R176-07, 1-30-2008)