CHAPTER 368h*

KIDNEY DISEASE

*See Sec. 19a-57 re loans to state residents for purchase of hemodialysis treatment machines.

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Sec. 19a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-138a). Commissioner to recommend policies for treatment of kidney disease.

Sec. 19a-269a. Administration of dialysis medications by certified dialysis patient care technicians.

Sec. 19a-269b. Screening for kidney disease. Clinical laboratories.


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).

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.

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-490.

(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; P.A. 22-58, S. 27.)

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; P.A. 22-58 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “19a-30” with “19a-490”.