652.210 - Manipulation for collection of specimens; authorized practices of technical personnel. [Effective through June 30, 2010.] - Nevada Statutes

652.210  Manipulation for collection of specimens; authorized practices of technical personnel. [Effective July 1, 2010.]

      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, effective July 1, 2010)