{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-449.24185","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 449.24185","heading":"Conditions under which health care facility may employ or allow person to engage in practice of surgical technology.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 449.0301, 449.24195 and 449.2455:\n1. A health care facility may not employ or otherwise allow a person to engage in the practice of surgical technology at the health care facility unless the person has:\n(a) Successfully completed a program for surgical technologists that is accredited by a national accrediting organization and is certified as a Certified Surgical Technologist by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or a successor organization;\n(b) Successfully completed a training program for surgical technologists administered by the United States Public Health Service, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard; or\n(c) Engaged in the practice of surgical technology in a health care facility before January 1, 2018.\n2. A health care facility may employ or otherwise allow a person who has successfully completed a program for surgical technologists that is accredited by a national accrediting organization but who is not certified as a Certified Surgical Technologist pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 to engage in the practice of surgical technology at the health care facility for 180 days after the date on which the person successfully completed the program.\n3. A health care facility may employ a person who does not possess the qualifications prescribed by subsection 1 to engage in the practice of surgical technology at the health care facility if, after conducting a thorough and diligent search, the health care facility is unable to employ a sufficient number of surgical technologists who possess such qualifications. A health care facility may continue to employ such a person after the health care facility determines it is able to employ a sufficient number of surgical technologists who possess such qualifications.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 449 - MEDICAL FACILITIES AND OTHER RELATED ENTITIES","REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STAFFING"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-449.html#NRS449Sec24185","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"ac63ea7ed00188a5ab0adc67ae705cb4a1e60c743a9ec3c835e41399f6707994","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-449.2418","next":"us-nv/nrs-449.2419"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}