New York A 2197: Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians

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A02197 Summary:

BILL NOA02197 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05975

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 37-B §§3720 - 3723, Pub Health L

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Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.

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BILL NOA02197 

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01/15/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2197

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing
 training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient
 care technicians

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
 2 37-B to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 37-B
 4 KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT
 5 CARE TECHNICIANS
 6 Section 3720. Definitions.
 7 3721. Training.
 8 3722. Practice of kidney dialysis patient care.
 9 3723. Exemption.
 10 § 3720. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
 11 1. "Kidney dialysis patient care technician" means any person, not
 12 licensed to practice medicine or nursing, or as a physician assistant or
 13 specialist assistant, who performs kidney dialysis services on a human
 14 and has successfully completed the training requirements established
 15 pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article and
 16 the registration requirement of section thirty-seven hundred twenty-two
 17 of this article.
 18 2. "Kidney dialysis patient care technician trainee" means any person,
 19 not licensed to practice medicine or nursing, or as a physician assist-
 20 ant or specialist assistant, who performs kidney dialysis services on a
 21 human and has enrolled in or completed the training required by section
 22 thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article and has not registered
 23 pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-two of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04981-01-5

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 1 § 3721. Training. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the
 2 commissioner of education, shall establish training requirements for
 3 kidney dialysis patient care technicians.
 4 2. Such training requirements established pursuant to this section and
 5 the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner shall have
 6 clearly defined criteria for evaluating each trainee's attainment of
 7 training goals and competency in provision of kidney dialysis services.
 8 Kidney dialysis patient care technician training programs may be
 9 conducted by:
 10 (a) kidney dialysis providers;
 11 (b) degree and non-degree granting institutions of higher education as
 12 defined in section two of the education law, chartered, approved or
 13 licensed by the board of regents; or
 14 (c) any other entity approved by the commissioner to conduct such a
 15 program.
 16 3. The training established by this section shall include, but not be
 17 limited to, the following topics:
 18 (a) an overview of the roles and responsibilities of kidney dialysis
 19 patient care technicians;
 20 (b) an overview of kidney dialysis therapy; and
 21 (c) the legal roles and responsibilities of kidney dialysis patient
 22 care technicians.
 23 § 3722. Practice of kidney dialysis patient care. 1. Except as other-
 24 wise provided by this article, no person shall use the title "kidney
 25 dialysis patient care technician" nor provide kidney dialysis services,
 26 as such services are defined by the commissioner, unless such person has
 27 completed the training required pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred
 28 twenty-one of this article, and has registered with the department
 29 pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 30 2. Upon the successful completion of the training required pursuant to
 31 section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article, a person may