Director of licensed laboratory: Qualifications.

Except as otherwise provided in NAC 652.383 , to qualify for a license as a director of a licensed laboratory, a person must meet one of the following qualifications: 1. Be a physician who is licensed to practice medicine in this State and: (a) Be certified in anatomical and clinical pathology, or in clinical pathology, by: (1) The American Board of Pathology; or (2) The American Osteopathic Board of Pathology; (b) Possess qualifications which are equivalent to those required for certification by either of the institutions listed in paragraph (a); (c) Within the 10 years immediately preceding application for a license, have successfully completed a 4-year program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences; (d) Be certified, in accordance with NAC 652.410 , as a general supervisor; or (e) Have at least 4 years of experience as a technologist: (1) In a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, health department or university; (2) As a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week; and (3) Under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree. 2. Hold an earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution, with a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science as the major, have at least 1 year of experience directing or supervising laboratory testing or performing laboratory testing at the level of a technologist in a laboratory which meets the requirements of NAC 652.170 to 652.600 , inclusive, and: (a) Be certified by: (1) The American Board of Medical Microbiology; (2) The American Board of Clinical Chemistry; (3) The American Board of Bioanalysis; (4) The American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology; (5) The American Board of Forensic Toxicology; (6) The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics; (7) The National Registry of Certified Chemists; (8) The American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; or (9) Any other institution approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with 42 C.F.R. § 493.1443(b)(3); or (b) Possess qualifications which are equivalent to those required for certification by any of the institutions listed in paragraph (a).