NAC652.450. Laboratory assistant; blood-gas assistant.

     1. A laboratory assistant may perform any test that has been classified as a waived test pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 493, Subpart A, and may collect and process specimens. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 652.217 and NAC 652.155, a laboratory assistant may not independently perform a laboratory test which is classified as a test of moderate or high complexity pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 493, Subpart A, but may assist manually under direct supervision.

     2. A blood-gas assistant may work only under the constant direct supervision of a blood-gas technologist or the director. To be certified as a blood-gas assistant, a person must be a high school graduate or the equivalent who is currently being trained in the determination of blood gases.

     [Bd. of Health, Medical Laboratories Reg. §§ 5.1.2.5-5.1.2.6.3.3, eff. 8-5-74]—(NAC A 10-17-86; 10-22-93; R135-99, 11-29-99; R104-13, 3-28-2014)