Current through October 11, 2024
Section 449.Sec. 12.2 - NEW1. A person employed to engage in the practice of surgical technology in an ambulatory surgical center pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 449.24185 must have passed a written competency evaluation demonstrating that he or she is competent to practice surgical technology and have:(a) Not less than 1 year of experience within the immediately preceding 3 years practicing surgical technology in a hospital or surgical center for ambulatory patients that is licensed in a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; or(b) Completed evidence-based training concerning:(1) Proper surgical attire;(2) Identification of patients;(3) Proper positioning of a patient on an operating table;(4) Consent of a patient to surgery;(5) Time-out before surgery;(6) The proper use of instruments and equipment, including, without limitation, identifying dangers associated with equipment;(7) Asepsis and sterile technique, including, without limitation, identifying a break in the sterile field;(8) Washing hands before surgery;(9) Counting surgical instruments, surgical sponges and any other items used during surgery that may be left in the body of a patient;(10) Preparing medications in the sterile field;(11) The use of gowns and gloves;(12) Draping of the patient;(13) Proper care for specimens;(14) Procedures for disinfecting and sterilizing equipment and supplies;(15) Procedures for determining whether equipment and supplies have been properly sterilized and measures to be taken if a break in the sterile field is identified;(16) Storage of sterile equipment and supplies; and(17) Environmental cleaning and disinfecting the operating room.2. An ambulatory surgical center shall be deemed to have conducted a thorough and diligent search for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 449.24185 if the ambulatory surgical center advertises for a surgical technologist who meets the requirements of subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 449.24185 for not less than 30 days: (a) In a newspaper of general circulation within 50 miles of the ambulatory surgical center; or(b) On an Internet website on which jobs in health care are regularly posted.3. The administrator of an ambulatory surgical center that employs a person to engage in the practice of surgical technology in the ambulatory surgical center pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 449.24185 shall maintain in the personnel file of the person documentation demonstrating: (a) Compliance with subsection 1 of this section;(b) Evidence of the advertising conducted pursuant to subsection 2 of this section; and(c) The reasons the ambulatory surgical center was unable to employ a sufficient number of surgical technologists who meet the requirements prescribed by subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 449.24185.4. As used in this section, "time-out" means pausing immediately before surgery to confirm the identity of the patient, the surgical procedure that will be performed and the site of the surgery.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 12.2
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R048-22A, eff. 12/29/2022NRS 439.200, 449.0302, 449.24185