Personnel: General requirements.

1. A laboratory shall establish: (a) Written policies and practices for personnel that encourage sound practice in a laboratory. (b) A written program for the orientation of employees. 2. A laboratory shall maintain: (a) Current records on each employee, which include documentation of each employee’s training, experience and continuing education. (b) A health record for each employee, including the results of any physical examinations and tests performed by a laboratory which are required by the employer. 3. For each licensed laboratory other than a specialty laboratory, at least one member of the technical staff must have the qualifications set forth in NAC 652.420 for a clinical laboratory technologist. At least one such technologist must be certified, in accordance with NAC 652.410 , as a general supervisor unless the director or a physician associated with the laboratory is so designated. 4. For each specialty laboratory, at least one member of the technical staff must be a technologist qualified in the appropriate specialty, except that a specialty laboratory in a rural area may, with the approval of the Division, instead employ a clinical laboratory technologist. At least one such technologist must be certified, in accordance with NAC 652.410 , as a general supervisor unless the director or a physician associated with the laboratory is so designated. 5. As used in this section, “specialty laboratory” means a laboratory designated by the Division which specializes in histology, cytology, blood gases, nuclear medicine or another specialty.