Nevada § 449.0304 - Board to adopt regulations authorizing employees of certain facilities and agencies to perform certain tasks

§ 449.0304. Board to adopt regulations authorizing employees of certain facilities and agencies to perform certain tasks

1. The Board shall adopt regulations authorizing an employee of a residential facility

for groups, an agency to provide personal care services in the home or a facility

for the care of adults during the day, with the consent of the person receiving services,

to: (a) Check, record and report the temperature, blood pressure, apical or radial pulse,

respiration or oxygen saturation of a person receiving services from the facility

or agency; (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 facility or agency

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, conduct a blood glucose test on a person receiving services from

the facility or agency or assist such a person to conduct 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.