Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE54 PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES |
CHAPTER652. Medical Laboratories |
REGULATION OF LABORATORIES AND LABORATORY DIRECTORS |
NRS652.210. Manipulation for collection of specimens; authorized practices of technical personnel. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]
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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)