Sections
13 entriesSection 1247Establishes “Hemodialysis Technician Training Act” as the authorized name by which the article shall be known and may be cited. The provision…Section 1247.2Defines “immediate supervision” as supervision in the same room where dialysis treatment occurs, “department” as the State Department of Public Health, and…Section 1247.3Allows hemodialysis technicians to perform arterial and venous punctures and administer specified local anesthetics, heparin, and sodium chloride solutions under a medical-director…Section 1247.4Allows the department to adopt regulations it considers necessary to implement the article. The provision grants discretionary rulemaking authority but does not…Section 1247.5Allows a hemodialysis clinic or unit within a licensed clinic or hospital to operate a technician training and testing program. Requires training…Section 1247.6Prohibits a person from providing hemodialysis-technician services without department certification, except during training under immediate supervision or as otherwise provided by the…Section 1247.61Requires Certified Hemodialysis Technician applicants to meet education or specified experience, approved training, competency-testing, and identification requirements, including an individual taxpayer identification…Section 1247.63Sets a hemodialysis technician certification term of four years and requires 30 hours of dialysis-care or general-health-care in-service training or continuing education…Section 1247.64Allows hemodialysis technicians to obtain required renewal education from accredited postsecondary health courses, health courses offered by continuing-education providers approved by the…Section 1247.66Allows the department to deny, suspend, or revoke a hemodialysis technician certification for noncompliance, unprofessional conduct, fraud or misrepresentation, false application information,…Section 1247.7Requires an employee in training to be classified as a hemodialysis technician trainee. Requires the trainee to remain under the immediate supervision…Section 1247.8Requires every hemodialysis unit or clinic to keep information available for inspection by department survey teams verifying that its employed hemodialysis technicians…Section 1247.9Prohibits any person or entity from providing chronic dialysis services to patients in California unless those services are provided under the direction…