General supervisor in specialty: Qualifications; duties.

1. To qualify for a certificate as a general supervisor in a specialty, a person must be: (a) A person who: (1) Is a technologist certified in a specialty pursuant to NAC 652.478 ; and (2) Has at least 3 years of experience as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a college, university or school in the specialty in which he or she is certified, with at least 2 of those years spent working as a technologist under the supervision of a director who holds a doctoral degree; (b) A person who: (1) Holds a doctoral degree from an accredited institution in a chemical, physical or biological science, clinical laboratory science or medical technology; and (2) Has at least 1 year of clinical experience as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week as a technologist in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a college, university or school under the supervision of a person who: (I) Holds a doctoral degree; or (II) Possesses the qualifications necessary for certification as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory prescribed by NAC 652.410 ; or (c) A person who: (1) Holds a master’s degree from an accredited institution in a chemical, physical or biological science, clinical laboratory science or medical technology; and (2) Has at least 2 years of clinical experience as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week as a technologist in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a college, university or school under the supervision of a person who: (I) Holds a doctoral degree; or (II) Possesses the qualifications necessary for certification as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory prescribed by NAC 652.410 . 2. A general supervisor in a specialty may be certified in any specialty in which a technologist may be certified pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 652.478 . 3. The general supervisor in a specialty shall oversee the technical and administrative functions of the laboratory relating to that specialty and may supervise other personnel, as assigned by the director. A general supervisor in a specialty shall not perform or supervise technical or administrative functions relating to another specialty.