The facility shall ensure a dialysis technician does not:
- (1) initiate patient education;
- (2) alter ordered treatment, including shortening the treatment time;
- (3) change central venous catheter dressings;
- (4) administer any medications other than intravenous normal saline, intravenous heparin, subcutaneous lidocaine, topical lidocaine, or oxygen, which may only be administered during a routine dialysis treatment;
- (5) administer blood or blood products;
- (6) perform nonaccess site arterial puncture;
- (7) accept physician orders;
- (8) provide hemodialysis treatment to pediatric patients under the age of 18 who weigh less than 35 kilograms; or
- (9) alter the level of electrolytes in dialysate through use of additives ("spiking").
Source Note:The provisions of this §507.75 adopted to be effective December 23, 2025, 50 TexReg 8289.