Hemodialysis
- Exam
- Not reported
- Education
- None
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- Not reported
Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-269a provides that certified dialysis patient care technicians employed in an outpatient or hospital dialysis unit may administer saline, heparin or lidocaine as necessary to initiate or terminate a patient's dialysis provided 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. "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. The Department has approved the following national certifying organizations: Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician offered by the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC); Certified Hemodialysis Technician offered by the Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT): and Certified Nephrology Technologist offered by the Nephrology Certification Organization (NNCO).
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Education
- No education required
- Certification
- Certification required
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of Public Health
- Division
- Health Care Systems Branch
- Board
- Practitioner Licensing & Investigations Section
- Address
- 410 Capitol Avenue P.O.Box 340308 Hartford, CT 06134
- Phone
- (860) 509-7603
- Agency website
- www.dph.state.ct.us/licensure/licensure.htm
- Last updated
- March 20, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Clinical Laboratory Technician 29-2012.00
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