Section 652.397 - Director of exempt laboratory: Qualifications1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NAC 652.395, to qualify to serve as a director of an exempt laboratory or a licensed laboratory only for the collection of specimens, a person must be: (a) A licensed physician;(b) Qualified for a license as a director of a licensed laboratory pursuant to NAC 652.380;(c) Qualified for a license as a director of a registered laboratory pursuant to NAC 652.395;(d) An advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 632 of NRS;(e) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS;(f) A general supervisor of a licensed laboratory certified in accordance with NAC 652.410;(g) A clinical laboratory technologist certified in accordance with NAC 652.420;(h) A dentist licensed pursuant to chapter 631 of NRS; or(i) An optometrist licensed pursuant to chapter 636 of NRS.2. To qualify to serve as a director of an exempt laboratory in which the only tests performed are glucose tests that are classified as waived tests pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 493, Subpart A, a person must be:(a) A person identified in subsection 1;(b) A nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 632 of NRS;(c) A pharmacist registered pursuant to chapter 639 of NRS; or(d) A person licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 652 of NRS, other than a certified blood-gas assistant, certified laboratory assistant or certified office laboratory assistant.3. As used in this section, "licensed physician" includes:(a) A physician licensed as a doctor of medicine pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS;(b) A physician licensed as a doctor of osteopathic medicine pursuant to chapter 633 of NRS;(c) A chiropractic physician licensed pursuant to chapter 634 of NRS; and(d) A podiatric physician licensed pursuant to chapter 635 of NRS.Nev. Admin. Code § 652.397
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R149-15A, eff. 6/21/2017; A by R126-21A, eff. 9/19/2022; A by R126-21A, eff. 9/19/2022; A by R145-23A, eff. 10/23/2024NRS 439.200, 652.125, 652.130, as amended by section 29 of Assembly Bill No. 432, chapter 230, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1462