2011 Connecticut Code
Title 19a Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368h Kidney Disease
Sec. 19a-269a. Administration of dialysis medications by certified dialysis patient care technicians.

      Sec. 19a-269a. Administration of dialysis medications by certified dialysis patient care technicians. Any certified dialysis patient care technician employed in an outpatient or hospital dialysis unit may administer saline, heparin or lidocaine as necessary to initiate or terminate a patient's dialysis. The ratio of on-duty staff providing direct patient care to dialysis patients shall be at least three to nine, and at least one of the three on-duty direct patient care staff persons shall be a registered nurse licensed to practice in this state. For purposes of this section, "certified dialysis patient care technician" means a person who has obtained certification as a dialysis patient care technician by an organization approved by the Department of Public Health.

      (P.A. 05-66, S. 1; P.A. 06-195, S. 7.)

      History: P.A. 06-195 provided that dialysis patient care technicians are to be certified, specified that dialysis units must be outpatient or hospital dialysis units, deleted Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and made technical changes.