NRS652.130. Regulations: Advice of Medical Laboratory Advisory Committee; subjects.

  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 652.127, the Board, with the advice of the Medical Laboratory Advisory Committee, may prescribe and publish rules and regulations relating to:

      1.  The education, training and experience qualifications of laboratory directors and technical personnel.

      2.  The location and construction of laboratories, including plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, electrical services and similar conditions, to ensure the conduct and operation of the laboratory in a manner which will protect the public health.

      3.  Sanitary conditions within the laboratory and its surroundings, including the water supply, sewage, the handling of specimens and matters of general hygiene, to ensure the protection of the public health.

      4.  The equipment essential to the proper conduct and operation of a laboratory.

      5.  The determination of the accuracy of test results produced by a laboratory and the establishment of minimum qualifications therefor.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 927; A 1999, 173)