Nevada § 631.285 - Special endorsement of license to administer immunizations: Application by qualified dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist; issuance; approval of course of training; authorized actions

§ 631.285. Special endorsement of license to administer immunizations: Application by qualified dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist; issuance; approval of course of training; authorized actions

1. The Board shall, upon application by a dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist

licensed pursuant to this chapter who has completed a course of training in the administration

of immunizations that is approved by the Board pursuant to subsection 2, issue a special

endorsement of the license allowing the dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist

to administer immunizations. 2. The Board may approve a course of training in the administration of immunizations

if the course: (a) Provides participants with practical training and written instructional materials

concerning the administration of immunizations; (b) Includes an evaluation of the technique of participants in the administration

of immunizations; and (c) Includes instruction consistent with the guidelines prescribed by the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human

Services concerning: (1) Practices for administering immunizations to children, adolescents and adults; (2) Basic immunology and the mechanism by which immunizations induce protection from

disease; (3) Diseases that are preventable through immunizations; (4) Storage and management of immunizations; (5) Recommended schedules for immunization; (6) Informed consent to immunization; (7) Physiology and techniques for administering immunizations; (8) Assessment and counseling before and after administering an immunization; (9) Maintenance of records relating to immunizations; and (10) Identifying, responding to and reporting adverse events resulting from immunizations. 3. A dentist who holds a special endorsement issued pursuant to subsection 1 may administer

immunizations by an intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection. 4. A dental hygienist or dental therapist who holds a special endorsement issued pursuant

to subsection 1 may administer immunizations by an intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous

injection only under authorization from a dentist who also holds such a special endorsement.