4723.73 Dialysis technicians - prohibited acts. - Ohio Statutes

4723.73 Dialysis technicians - prohibited acts.

(A) No person shall claim to the public to be a dialysis technician unless the person holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4723.75 or renewed under section 4723.77 or a current, valid temporary certificate issued under section 4723.76 of the Revised Code.

(B) No person shall use the title “Ohio certified dialysis technician,” the initials “OCDT,” or any other title or initials to represent that the person is authorized to perform dialysis care as a fully certified dialysis technician, unless the person holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4723.75 or renewed under section 4723.77 of the Revised Code.

(C) No person shall use any title or initials to represent that the person is authorized to perform dialysis care as a temporarily certified dialysis technician, unless the person holds a current, valid temporary certificate issued under section 4723.76 of the Revised Code.

(D) No dialysis technician shall engage in dialysis care in a manner that is inconsistent with section 4723.72 of the Revised Code.

(E) No person other than a dialysis technician shall engage in the dialysis care that is authorized by section 4723.72 of the Revised Code, unless one of the following applies:

(1) The person is a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.

(2) The person is a physician.

(3) The person is a student performing dialysis care under the supervision of an instructor as an integral part of a dialysis training program approved by the board of nursing under section 4723.74 of the Revised Code.

(4) The person is a dialysis patient who has been trained to engage in the dialysis care with little or no professional assistance by completing a Medicare-approved self-dialysis or home dialysis training program.

(5) The person is a family member or friend of a dialysis patient who engages in self-dialysis or home dialysis, and the person engages in the dialysis care by assisting the patient in performing the self-dialysis or home dialysis, after the person providing the assistance has completed a Medicare-approved self-dialysis or home dialysis training program for the particular dialysis patient being assisted.

(F) No person shall operate a dialysis training program, unless the program is approved by the board of nursing under section 4723.74 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 06-27-2001