NRS 449.2417
“Practice of surgical technology” defined.
1.
“Practice of surgical technology” means performing tasks in preparation for surgery and providing care in collaboration with a team of providers of health care and other persons to a patient before, during and after surgery. The term includes, without limitation:(a)
Working with a registered nurse to carry out a plan to care for the patient and prepare the operating room for surgery;(b)
Preparing and gathering sterile supplies, instruments and equipment necessary for a surgical procedure;(c)
Ensuring that surgical equipment is functioning properly and safely; and(d)
In the operating room under the direction of an appropriate provider of health care:(1)
Ensuring that the area in which the surgery is conducted remains sterile;(2)
Anticipating and responding to the needs of the surgeon and other members of the team during surgery;(3)
Passing supplies, instruments and equipment to other members of the team;(4)
Sponging or suctioning the operative site of the patient;(5)
Preparing and cutting materials for sutures;(6)
Transferring and irrigating with fluids;(7)
Transferring drugs to other members of the team;(8)
Handling specimens;(9)
Holding retractors and other instruments and equipment;(10)
Applying electrocautery to clamps on blood vessels cut during surgery;(11)
Connecting drains and catheters to suction or drainage apparatus;(12)
Applying skin staples and dressings to closed wounds;(13)
Counting sponges, needles and other supplies and instruments; and(14)
Removing instruments after the completion of surgery.2.
The term does not include administering a drug to a patient.
Source:
Section 449.2417 — “Practice of surgical technology” defined., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-449.html#NRS449Sec2417 (accessed May 26, 2025).