1. 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. 2. The Board may approve a course of training in the administration of immunizations if the course:

   1. (a) Provides participants with practical training and written instructional materials concerning the administration of immunizations;
   2. (b) Includes an evaluation of the technique of participants in the administration of immunizations; and

   3. (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. (1) Practices for administering immunizations to children, adolescents and adults;
      2. (2) Basic immunology and the mechanism by which immunizations induce protection from disease;
      3. (3) Diseases that are preventable through immunizations;
      4. (4) Storage and management of immunizations;
      5. (5) Recommended schedules for immunization;
      6. (6) Informed consent to immunization;
      7. (7) Physiology and techniques for administering immunizations;
      8. (8) Assessment and counseling before and after administering an immunization;
      9. (9) Maintenance of records relating to immunizations; and
      10. (10) Identifying, responding to and reporting adverse events resulting from immunizations.
3. 3. A dentist who holds a special endorsement issued pursuant to subsection 1 may administer immunizations by an intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.
4. 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.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 3325)