2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 652 - Medical Laboratories
NRS 652.210 - Manipulation for collection of specimens; authorized practices of technical personnel. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 126.121, no person other than a licensed physician, a licensed optometrist, a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, a perfusionist, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, a certified intermediate emergency medical technician, a certified advanced emergency medical technician, a practitioner of respiratory care licensed pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS or a licensed dentist may manipulate a person for the collection of specimens.
2. The technical personnel of a laboratory may collect blood, remove stomach contents, perform certain diagnostic skin tests or field blood tests or collect material for smears and cultures.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 928; A 1991, 375; 1993, 2842; 1997, 689; 1999, 1916; 2001, 776; 2005, 2517; 2007, 1530, 1847; 2009, 2990)
NRS 652.210 Manipulation for collection of specimens; authorized practices of technical personnel. [Effective January 1, 2014.]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 126.121, no person other than a licensed physician, a licensed optometrist, a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, a perfusionist, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, a certified advanced emergency medical technician, a certified paramedic, a practitioner of respiratory care licensed pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS or a licensed dentist may manipulate a person for the collection of specimens. The persons described in this subsection may perform any laboratory test which is classified as a waived test pursuant to Subpart A of Part 493 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations without obtaining certification as an assistant in a medical laboratory pursuant to NRS 652.127.
2. The technical personnel of a laboratory may collect blood, remove stomach contents, perform certain diagnostic skin tests or field blood tests or collect material for smears and cultures.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 928; A 1991, 375; 1993, 2842; 1997, 689; 1999, 1916; 2001, 776; 2005, 2517; 2007, 1530, 1847; 2009, 2990; 2013, 103, 968, effective January 1, 2014)
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