Sec. 19a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-138a). Commissioner to recommend policies
for treatment of kidney disease. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall: (1)
Recommend minimum criteria for dialysis facilities and transplantation centers; (2)
recommend medical criteria for eligibility of kidney disease patients for any available
state assistance; (3) recommend programs of detection, prevention and public education
concerning kidney disease; (4) recommend research into problems associated with kidney disease; (5) review all existing medical and social programs related to kidney disease
to assure that all patients shall receive, with a minimum of duplication of financial and
physical resources, the best possible health care.
(b) In the performance of his duties, the Commissioner of Public Health may order
the preparation of books, reports and records and may pay for the expert advisors and
assistants for making his studies and formulating his recommendations from funds made
available by the Department of Public Health from the appropriation to said Department
of Public Health.
(P.A. 73-463, S. 1-3; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 335, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 03-252, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced kidney disease advisory commission with commissioner of health services and department of health with department of health services, deleted Subsec. (a) containing provisions re members of commission,
their terms etc., relettering remaining subsections accordingly, dropped provision re quarterly meetings in former Subsec.
(b), redesignated as (a), and changed deadline for report from November 30, 1974, to November 30, 1978, effective January
1, 1979; Sec. 19-138a transferred to Sec. 19a-269 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health
services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257
replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of
Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 03-252 deleted former Subsec. (b) re annual reports from Commissioner to
Governor and General Assembly and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (b).
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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.
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Sec. 19a-269b. Screening for kidney disease. Clinical laboratories. (a) As used
in this section, "clinical laboratory" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-30.
(b) Beginning September 1, 2006:
(1) Any person, firm or corporation operating a clinical laboratory licensed in this
state shall ensure that when the clinical laboratory tests a specimen to determine a patient's serum creatinine level, as ordered or prescribed by a physician or provider in a
hospital, the clinical laboratory shall (A) calculate the patient's estimated glomerular
filtration rate using the patient's age and gender, which information shall be provided
to the clinical laboratory by the physician or the provider in a hospital, and (B) include
the patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate with its report to the physician or the
provider in a hospital.
(2) A person, firm or corporation operating a clinical laboratory licensed in this
state shall be deemed in compliance with subdivision (1) of this subsection if the clinical
laboratory makes available to the ordering physician or provider in a hospital test order
codes for serum creatinine that include eGFR.
(P.A. 06-120, S. 1; 06-195, S. 53; P.A. 07-53, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 06-120 effective June 2, 2006; P.A. 06-195 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by replacing requirement that hospitals
order serum creatinine tests for all admitted patients at least once during patient's hospital stay with requirement that if
such test is performed on a patient admitted as an inpatient, the ordering provider must request, at least once during patient's
stay, that testing lab report an estimated glomerular filtration rate if patient hasn't submitted to such test within the preceding
year, and made conforming changes in Subsec. (b)(3) and (4), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-53 amended Subsec. (a) to
define "routine general medical examination" to exclude annual gynecological examinations, and amended Subsec. (b)(1)
to replace "annual physical examination" with "routine general medical examination"; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a)
by deleting definitions of "patient" and "routine general medical examination" and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former
Subdivs. (1) and (2), redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as new Subdivs. (1) and (2) and making technical changes.
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