Is the RN allowed to delegate to non-credentialed staff in a juvenile detention center, that provides Kindergarten-Twelve (K-12) education services to juveniles, to perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-waived COVID-19 tests or (Cont.)

Is the RN allowed to delegate to non-credentialed staff in a juvenile detention center, that provides Kindergarten-Twelve (K-12) education services to juveniles, to perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-waived COVID-19 tests or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 tests?

Yes. The RN is allowed to delegate CLIA-waived COVID-19 tests or PCR COVID-19 tests to non-credentialed staff in public and private schools (K-12) provided through the Institutional Education Program/Office of Superintendents of Public Instruction (OSPI), such as in a juvenile detention center. See the Registered Nurse Delegation in School Settings for more information. Institutional Education (ospi.k12.wa.us)