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Arkansas House Bill HB1183

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 198 of the Regular Session
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1183 3
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97 By: Representative Bentley 5
108 By: Senator C. Penzo 6
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
13-AN ACT TO CREATE THE REGISTERED DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE 9
11+AN ACT TO CREATE THE CERTIFIED DIALYSIS PATIENT CARE 9
1412 TECHNICIAN ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10
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18-TO CREATE THE REGISTERED DIALYSIS 14
19-PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN ACT. 15
16+TO CREATE THE CERTIFIED DIALYSIS PATIENT 14
17+CARE TECHNICIAN ACT. 15
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2119 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17
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2321 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 17, Chapter 87, is amended to add an 19
2422 additional subchapter to read as follows: 20
25-Subchapter 9 — Registered Dialysis Patient Care Technician Act 21
23+Subchapter 9 — Certified Dialysis Patient Care Technician Act 21
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2725 17-87-901. Title. 23
28- This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as "the "Registered" 24
26+ This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Certified 24
2927 Dialysis Patient Care Technician Act". 25
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3129 17-87-902. Purpose. 27
3230 The purpose of this subchapter is to ensure the health, safety, and 28
3331 welfare of the public by providing for the accurate, cost -effective, and safe 29
3432 utilization of dialysis patient care technicians in the administration of 30
3533 hemodialysis. 31
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3735 17-87-903. Definition. 33
3836 As used in this subchapter, "dialysis patient care technician" means a 34
3937 person who meets the requirements of § 17 -87-905. 35
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4642 17-87-904. Tasks performed. 2
47- A dialysis patient care technician may administer direct patient care 3
48-and hemodialysis, including administering associated medications and central 4
49-venous catheter access and care, under the authority of a registered nurse 5
50-licensed in this state who may delegate tasks based on nursing judgment to a 6
51-dialysis patient care technician based on the dialysis patient care 7
52-technician’s education, knowledge, training, and skill. 8
43+ A dialysis patient care technician may administer hemodialysis, 3
44+including administering associated medications and central venous catheter 4
45+access and care, under the authority of a registered nurse licensed in this 5
46+state who may delegate tasks based on nursing judgment to a dialysis patient 6
47+care technician based on the dialysis patient care technician’s education, 7
48+knowledge, training, and skill. 8
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5450 17-87-905. Registration. 10
5551 (a) To register as a dialysis patient care technician, an individual 11
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5753 (1) Possess a high school diploma or a general educational 13
5854 development certificate; 14
59- (2) Demonstrate that he or she: 15
60- (A) Is employed as a dialysis patient care technician; 16
61- (B) Is enrolled in a training course that follows national 17
55+ (2) Demonstrate that he or she is: 15
56+ (A) Employed as a dialysis patient care technician; or 16
57+ (B) Enrolled in a training course that follows national 17
6258 recommendations for dialysis patient care technicians and is conducted 18
63-primarily in a work setting; or 19
64- (C) Has completed a training course that follows national 20
65-recommendations for dialysis patient care technicians with verification of 21
66-competency and a skills checklist signed by the medical director of the 22
67-facility that employs the person; 23
68- (3) (A) Obtain national certification by successful passage of 24
69-a national certification examination within eighteen (18) months of becoming 25
70-employed as a dialysis patient care technician. 26
71- (B)(i) A dialysis patient care technician shall recertify 27
72-national certification at intervals required by the organization providing 28
73-the certification examination. 29
74- (ii) The intervals required under subdivision 30
75-(a)(3)(B)(i) of this section shall include no fewer than thirty (30) and no 31
76-more than forty (40) patient contact hours since the previous certification 32
77-or recertification; 33
78- (4) Submit an application with the Arkansas State Board of 34
79-Nursing; and 35
80- (5) Pay the applicable fee as determined by the board. 36 As Engrossed: H1/27/25 H1/29/25 S2/11/25 HB1183
59+primarily in the work setting; 19
60+ (3)(A) Obtain national certification by successful passage of a 20
61+certification examination within eighteen (18) months of becoming employed as 21
62+a dialysis patient care technician. 22
63+ (B)(i) A dialysis patient care technician shall recertify 23
64+national certification at intervals required by the organization providing 24
65+the certification examination. 25
66+ (ii) The intervals required under subdivision 26
67+(a)(3)(B)(i) of this section shall include no fewer than thirty (30) and no 27
68+more than forty (40) patient contact hours since the previous certification 28
69+or recertification; 29
70+ (4) Submit an application with the Arkansas State Board of 30
71+Nursing; and 31
72+ (5) Pay the applicable fee as determined by the board. 32
73+ (b)(1) An applicant for registration as a dialysis patient care 33
74+technician shall report to the board, in writing, any conviction for a felony 34
75+or misdemeanor. 35
76+ (2) A conviction is not a disqualification for registration 36 HB1183
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79+under this section unless the conviction relates to the criminal offenses 1
80+listed in § 17-3-102. 2
81+ (c)(1) An applicant or a dialysis patient care technician may report 3
82+any pardon or setting aside of a conviction to the board. 4
83+ (2) If a pardon or setting aside has been obtained, the 5
84+conviction for which the pardon or setting aside was obtained shall not be 6
85+maintained on the Dialysis Patient Care Technician Registry created under § 7
86+17-87-906. 8
87+ (d) If a person registered as a dialysis patient care technician 9
88+becomes licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, his or 10
89+her registration as a dialysis patient care technician shall terminate as of 11
90+the date of licensure as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. 12
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92+ 17-87-906. Dialysis Patient Care Technician Registry — Contents of 14
93+registry. 15
94+ (a)(1) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall list each dialysis 16
95+patient care technician registrant on a registry to be named the "Dialysis 17
96+Patient Care Technician Registry". 18
97+ (2) A listing in the registry is valid for the term of the 19
98+registration and upon renewal unless the listing is refused renewal or is 20
99+removed. 21
100+ (b) The registry shall contain the following information on each 22
101+person who is a registered dialysis patient care technician: 23
102+ (1) The individual’s full name; 24
103+ (2) Any conviction of a felony or misdemeanor reported to the 25
104+board; 26
105+ (3) A certificate showing completion of a nationally recognized 27
106+training program; and 28
107+ (4) A certificate of completion of a nationally commercially 29
108+available dialysis patient care technician certification examination. 30
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110+ 17-87-907. Construction. 32
111+ This subchapter does not: 33
112+ (1) Require a dialysis patient care technician to register as a 34
113+medication assistive person under § 17 -87-701 et seq.; or 35
114+ (2) Apply to a dialysis patient care technician who is working 36 HB1183
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86-technician shall report to the board, in writing, any conviction for a felony 2
87-or misdemeanor. 3
88- (2) A conviction is not a disqualification for registration 4
89-under this section unless the conviction relates to the criminal offenses 5
90-listed in § 17-3-102. 6
91- (c)(1) An applicant or a dialysis patient care technician may report 7
92-any pardon or setting aside of a conviction to the board. 8
93- (2) If a pardon or setting aside has been obtained, the 9
94-conviction for which the pardon or setting aside was obtained shall not be 10
95-maintained on the Dialysis Patient Care Technician Registry created under § 11
96-17-87-906. 12
97- (d) If a person registered as a dialysis patient care technician 13
98-becomes licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, his or 14
99-her registration as a dialysis patient care technician shall terminate as of 15
100-the date of licensure as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. 16
101- (e)(1) The board shall refuse to register or shall revoke the 17
102-registration of a person who would be disqualified from employment under § 18
103-20-33-213. 19
104- (2) The board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a 20
105-registration of a dialysis patient care technician for: 21
106- (A) Securing a registration under this subchapter through 22
107-fraud or deceit; 23
108- (B) Unprofessional conduct, unethical conduct, gross 24
109-ignorance, or inefficiency in the conduct of his or her practice; 25
110- (C) Using a false name or an alias in his or her practice; 26
111- (D) Violating any provision of this subchapter; or 27
112- (E) Failing to comply with any of the requirements for 28
113-registration. 29
114- (3) Proceedings under this section shall be conducted in 30
115-accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et 31
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120- (a)(1) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall list each dialysis 36 As Engrossed: H1/27/25 H1/29/25 S2/11/25 HB1183
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126-Patient Care Technician Registry". 2
127- (2) A listing in the registry is valid for the term of the 3
128-registration and upon renewal unless the listing is refused renewal or is 4
129-removed. 5
130- (b) The registry shall contain the following information on each 6
131-person who is a registered dialysis patient care technician: 7
132- (1) The individual’s full name; 8
133- (2) Any conviction of a felony or misdemeanor reported to the 9
134-board; 10
135- (3) A certificate showing completion of a nationally recognized 11
136-training program; and 12
137- (4) A certificate of completion of a nationally commercially 13
138-available dialysis patient care technician certification examination. 14
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142- (1) Require a dialysis patient care technician to register as a 18
143-medication assistive person under § 17 -87-701 et seq.; or 19
144- (2) Apply to a dialysis patient care technician who is working 20
145-directly with a physician licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board. 21
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