NAC449.5255. Water treatment system: Chemical testing of product water; records.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each facility shall, at least once every 6 months, conduct a chemical test of a sample of the product water of the water treatment system of the facility. The results of any test conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section must indicate that the quality of the product water satisfies the requirements relating to maximum level of chemical contaminants set forth in the American National Standard, Water Treatment Equipment for Hemodialysis Applications, adopted by reference pursuant to the provisions of NAC 449.520.

     2. A facility shall conduct a chemical test pursuant to the provisions of this section if substantial changes are made to the water treatment system or if the percent of rejection of a reverse osmosis system decreases 5 percent or more from the percent of rejection measured at the time the water sample for the preceding chemical test was taken. If a facility uses a water treatment system that is portable, the facility shall, at least once each year, conduct a chemical test of the product water in accordance with the provisions of this section.

     3. The records maintained by a facility concerning the operation of the facility must include:

     (a) The results of each test conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section and NAC 449.525 and 449.526; and

     (b) Evidence satisfactory to the Bureau that the medical director of the facility reviewed the results of those tests and required corrective action to be taken if indicated by those results.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R130-99, eff. 8-1-2001; A by R075-04, 8-5-2004)