California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 3.5 - Hemodialysis Training

• Section 1247.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Hemodialysis Technician Training Act.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 302, Sec. 1. Effective January 1,
• Section 1247.2.
  For the purpose of this article, the following terms have the following meaning:(a) “Immediate supervision” means supervision of dialysis treatment in the same room in which...
• Section 1247.3.
  The treatment of patients by a hemodialysis technician includes performing venipuncture and arterial puncture for the purpose of providing dialysis treatment for a patient. The...
• Section 1247.4.
  The department may adopt regulations it deems necessary to implement this article.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 559, Sec. 3. (SB 112) Effective October 11, 2009.)
• Section 1247.5.
  A hemodialysis clinic or unit within a licensed clinic or hospital, as defined respectively in Sections 1204 and 1250 of the Health and Safety Code,...
• Section 1247.6.
  (a) Except during training under immediate supervision, and except as provided in Section 1247.62, no person shall provide services as a hemodialysis technician without being certified...
• Section 1247.61.
  To be certified by the department as a Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT), a person shall meet all of the following requirements:(a) Have a high school diploma...
• Section 1247.63.
  (a) Certification of a hemodialysis technician issued by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1247.6 shall be valid for four years.(b) A certified hemodialysis technician...
• Section 1247.64.
  A hemodialysis technician may obtain the in-service training or continuing education required by subdivision (b) of Section 1247.63 from one or more of the following...
• Section 1247.66.
  (a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke the certification of a hemodialysis technician if it finds that the hemodialysis technician is not in compliance with...
• Section 1247.7.
  An employee in training shall be classified as a hemodialysis technician trainee and shall be under the immediate supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon...
• Section 1247.8.
  Each hemodialysis unit or clinic shall have information available for inspection by the department survey teams which verifies that the hemodialysis technicians employed at the...
• Section 1247.9.
  No person or entity shall provide chronic dialysis services to patients in this state unless the services are provided under the direction of a chronic...

Last modified: October 22, 2018