NAC449.5795. Prohibited acts.

A dialysis technician of a facility shall not:

     1. Initiate the provision of education for any patient of the facility;

     2. Alter any treatment that is ordered for a patient of the facility, including shortening the period for providing treatment to the patient;

     3. Administer any medication to a patient of the facility other than the administration of normal saline, heparin or lidocaine during the regular course of treatment for the patient;

     4. Administer any blood or products of blood to a patient of the facility;

     5. Perform a venipuncture other than a venipuncture at the point of access for dialysis;

     6. Perform an arterial puncture; or

     7. Accept the order of a physician.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R130-99, eff. 8-1-2001)