Nev. Admin. Code § 652.437 - Histologic technician: Qualifications and activities

1. To qualify for a certificate as a histologic technician, a person must:

(a) Successfully complete an accredited program in histotechnology;

(b) Have an associate degree in chemistry or biology or successfully complete at least 60 semester hours or the equivalent of academic credit from an accredited college or university with at least 12 semester hours in science, of which 6 hours are in chemistry and 6 hours are in biology, and have 1 year of full-time experience in histotechnology in a histology laboratory under the supervision of a pathologist certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology or a pathologist eligible for certification in anatomic pathology;

(c) Be a high school graduate or the equivalent and have 2 years of full-time experience in histotechnology, within the preceding 5 years, in a histology laboratory under the supervision of a pathologist certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology or a pathologist eligible for certification in anatomic pathology; or

(d) Have a national certification as a histologic technician.

2. A histologic technician may only perform histologic procedures under the supervision of a histotechnologist or the director and may only perform cytologic procedures under the direction of a cytotechnologist, a histotechnologist or the director.

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 652.437

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-17-86; A 10-22-93; A by R149-15A, eff. 6/21/2017; A by R145-23A, eff. 10/23/2024

NRS 439.200, 652.125, 652.130