Ohio § 4723.72

§ 4723.72.

(A) A dialysis technician or dialysis technician intern may engage in dialysis care by

doing the following: (1) Performing and monitoring dialysis procedures, including initiating, monitoring,

and discontinuing dialysis; (2) Drawing blood; (3) Administering medications as specified in division (C) of this section when the administration

is essential to the dialysis process; (4) Responding to complications that arise during dialysis. (B)(1) Subject to divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a dialysis technician or dialysis

technician intern may provide the dialysis care specified in division (A) of this

section only if the care has been delegated to the technician or intern by a physician,

physician assistant, or registered nurse and the technician or intern is under the

supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse.  Supervision requires that the dialysis technician or dialysis technician intern

be in the immediate presence of a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse. (2) In accordance with division (E) of section 4723.73 of the Revised Code , a dialysis technician intern shall not provide dialysis care in a patient's home. (3) In the case of dialysis care provided in a patient's home by a dialysis technician,

both of the following apply: (a) The technician shall be supervised in accordance with the rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code for supervision of dialysis technicians who provide dialysis care in a patient's

home. (b) Division (D)(6) of section 4723.73 of the Revised Code does not allow a dialysis technician who provides dialysis care in a patient's home

to provide dialysis care that is not authorized under this section. (C) A dialysis technician or dialysis technician intern may administer only the following

medications as ordered by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs

as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the standards for the delegation of dialysis care established

in division (B) of this section and in rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code : (1) Intradermal lidocaine or other single therapeutically equivalent local anesthetic

for the purpose of initiating dialysis treatment; (2) Intravenous heparin or other single therapeutically equivalent anticoagulant for

the purpose of initiating and maintaining dialysis treatment; (3) Intravenous normal saline; (4) Patient-specific dialysate, to which the technician or intern may add electrolytes

but no other additives or medications; (5) Oxygen.