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                                  1157

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 5, 2011
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Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public  health  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
  training  and  registration  requirements  for kidney dialysis patient
  care technicians

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
37-A to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 37-A
                         KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT
                            CARE TECHNICIANS
SECTION 3720. DEFINITIONS.
        3721. TRAINING.
        3722. PRACTICE OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE.
        3723. EXEMPTION.
  S 3720. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
  1. "KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN"  MEANS  ANY  PERSON,  NOT
LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE OR NURSING, OR AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR
SPECIALIST  ASSISTANT,  WHO PERFORMS KIDNEY DIALYSIS SERVICES ON A HUMAN
AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED  THE  TRAINING  REQUIREMENTS  ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT  TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT OF SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED  TWENTY-TWO
OF THIS ARTICLE.
  2. "KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN TRAINEE" MEANS ANY PERSON,
NOT  LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE OR NURSING, OR AS A PHYSICIAN ASSIST-
ANT OR SPECIALIST ASSISTANT, WHO PERFORMS KIDNEY DIALYSIS SERVICES ON  A
HUMAN  AND HAS ENROLLED IN OR COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY SECTION
THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND HAS  NOT  REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00175-01-1

              

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  S  3721.  TRAINING.  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, SHALL  ESTABLISH  TRAINING  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS.
  2. SUCH TRAINING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND
THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE
CLEARLY DEFINED CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING  EACH  TRAINEE'S  ATTAINMENT  OF
TRAINING  GOALS AND COMPETENCY IN PROVISION OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS SERVICES.
KIDNEY  DIALYSIS  PATIENT  CARE  TECHNICIAN  TRAINING  PROGRAMS  MAY  BE
CONDUCTED BY:
  (A) KIDNEY DIALYSIS PROVIDERS;
  (B) DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW, CHARTERED, APPROVED OR
LICENSED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS; OR
  (C) ANY OTHER ENTITY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO  CONDUCT  SUCH  A
PROGRAM.
  3.  THE TRAINING ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
  (A) AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF  KIDNEY  DIALYSIS
PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS;
  (B) AN OVERVIEW OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS THERAPY; AND
  (C)  THE  LEGAL  ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT
CARE TECHNICIANS.
  S 3722. PRACTICE OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE. 1. EXCEPT AS  OTHER-
WISE  PROVIDED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE, NO PERSON SHALL USE THE TITLE "KIDNEY
DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN" NOR PROVIDE KIDNEY DIALYSIS  SERVICES,
AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS
COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
TWENTY-ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  HAS  REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
  2. UPON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,  A  PERSON  MAY
REGISTER  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT TO BECOME A KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE
TECHNICIAN.
  3. A KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN  AND  A  KIDNEY  DIALYSIS
PATIENT  CARE  TECHNICIAN  TRAINEE  SHALL  BE AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM SUCH
PROCEDURES AND ACTIVITIES AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE FOR
THE LEVEL OF TRAINING COMPLETED BY SUCH TECHNICIAN OR TRAINEE.
  S 3723. EXEMPTION. THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SEVEN  HUNDRED
TWENTY-TWO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL NOT APPLY, UNTIL ONE YEAR AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH SECTION, TO ANY PERSON WHO, ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF SUCH SECTION, HAS BEEN PROVIDING KIDNEY DIALYSIS SERVICES FOR A PERI-
OD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the three hundred  sixty-fifth  day
after it shall have become a law; provided, however, the commissioner of
health  is  immediately  authorized and directed to promulgate any rules
and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of section 3722 of
the public health law on the effective date thereof.