Nevada Revised Statutes 449.4309 – Board to adopt regulations authorizing employee of intermediary service organization to perform certain tasks
1. The Board shall adopt regulations authorizing an employee of an intermediary service organization, with the consent of the person receiving services, to:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 449.4309
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
(a) Check, record and report the temperature, blood pressure, apical or radial pulse, respiration or oxygen saturation of a person receiving services from the organization;
(b) Using an auto-injection device approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the home, administer to a person receiving services from the organization insulin furnished by a registered pharmacist as directed by a physician or assist such a person with the self-administration of such insulin; and
(c) Using a device for monitoring blood glucose approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the home, perform a blood glucose test on a person receiving services from the organization or assist such a person to perform a blood glucose test on himself or herself.
2. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section:
(a) Must require the tasks described in subsection 1 to be performed in conformance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, Public Law No. 100-578, 42 U.S.C. § 263a, if applicable, and any other applicable federal law or regulation;
(b) Must prohibit the use of a device for monitoring blood glucose on more than one person; and
(c) May require a person to receive training before performing any task described in subsection 1.