Senate Bill No. 431
(By Senator Weeks)
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[Introduced January 31, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Health and Human Resources.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §30-7C-7 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring the West Virginia
Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to
develop staffing ratios for dialysis technicians at no greater
than a four to one patient to dialysis technician ratio.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-7C-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7C. DELEGATION OF DIALYSIS CARE.
§30-7C-7. Powers and duties of board; rule-making authority.
(a) The board may:
(1) Adopt and amend rules consistent with this article
necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this
article, including disciplinary rules;
(2) Prescribe standards for preparing individuals for the role of dialysis technician under this article;
(3) Provide for standards for approved dialysis technician
training programs;
(4) Accredit educational programs for the preparation of
dialysis technicians that meet the requirements of this article;
(5) Provide surveys of educational programs when the board
considers it necessary;
(6) Approve, reapprove and prescribe standards for testing
organizations and the tests offered by organizations for dialysis
technicians;
(7) Deny or withdraw approval of testing organizations;
(8) Prescribe standards for dialysis technician trainees;
(9) Issue, renew or revoke temporary permits, endorsements and
certifications for dialysis technicians;
(10) Deny or withdraw accreditation of approved dialysis
technician training programs for failure to meet or maintain
prescribed standards required by this article and by the board;
(11) Conduct hearings upon charges calling for discipline of
a dialysis technician;
(12) Keep a record of all proceedings of the board; and
(13) Further regulate, as necessary, dialysis technicians,
including the development of staffing ratios: Provided, That
the
board is not authorized to establish staffing ratios in no case
shall there be greater than a four to one patient to dialysis technician ratio.
(b) The board shall propose rules for legislative approval in
accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter
twenty-nine-a of the code to:
(1) Prescribe standards for training programs;
(2) Prescribe testing standards and requirements;
(3) Prescribe requirements for persons and organizations
providing training programs and testing services;
(4) Assess fees for the certification of dialysis technicians,
approval of training programs, tests and providers of training
programs and testing services, and other services performed by the
board; and
(5) Provide for any other requirements necessary to carry out
the purposes of this article.
(c) The board may promulgate emergency rules pursuant to the
provisions of section fifteen, article three, chapter twenty-nine-a
of this code for the purposes set forth in this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia
Board of Examiners of Registered Professional Nurses to develop
staffing ratios for dialysis technicians at no greater than a four
to one patient to dialysis technician ratio.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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