25 Tex. Admin. Code § 117.65 - Prohibited Acts
Performance of the following acts by any dialysis technician who is not a licensed vocational nurse is prohibited:
(1) initiation of patient
education;
(2) alteration of
ordered treatment, including shortening of the treatment time;
(3) initiation or discontinuation of dialysis
via a central catheter, manipulation of a central catheter, or dressing changes
for a central catheter;
(4)
administration of any medications other than normal saline, heparin, lidocaine,
or oxygen, which may only be administered in the course of a routine dialysis
treatment;
(5) administration of
blood or blood products;
(6)
performance of nonaccess site arterial puncture;
(7) acceptance of physician orders;
(8) provision of hemodialysis treatment to
pediatric patients less than 35 kilograms;
(9) alteration of the level of electrolytes
in dialysate through the use of additive(s) ("spiking"); and
(10) initiation or discontinuation of
dialysis via an implantable port.
Notes
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