652.127 - Requirements to qualify for certification as assistant in laboratory.
652.127 Requirements to qualify for certification as assistant in laboratory. To qualify for certification as an assistant in a medical laboratory, a person must be a high school graduate or have a general equivalency diploma and:
1. Must complete at least 6 months of training approved by the Board and demonstrate an ability to perform laboratory procedures in the medical laboratory where he or she receives the training; or
2. Must:
(a) Complete a course of instruction that qualifies him or her to take an examination for certification in phlebotomy that is administered by:
(1) The American Medical Technologists;
(2) The American Society of Clinical Pathologists; or
(3) The National Certification Agency; and
(b) Pass an examination specified in paragraph (a).
(Added to NRS by 1999, 172)