[Comment: Information regarding the
availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
4723-1-03
of the Administrative Code.]
The board shall approve and reapprove dialysis technician
training programs as follows:
(A) A
dialysis technician training program that seeks to be approved by the board
shall:
(1) Submit
a
completed "Dialysis Technician Training Programs Application for Initial Board
Approval" form to the board
a completed
application on a form specified by the board, located at
http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/forms.htm (revised 2015), that includes
the following:
(a) Identifying
information;
(b) Information
regarding administrative processes of the program;
(c) A description of the record-keeping
system to be used by the training program to assure accurate reporting to the
board of individuals who have enrolled in and who did or did not successfully
complete the program;
(d) A copy of
the policies required by rule
4723-23-08
of the Administrative Code; and
(e) Any other information requested by the
board.
(2) Submit
payment of a program approval fee of three hundred dollars.
No more than one hundred twenty days after receipt of a
complete application for approval, the board shall make a determination
regarding the approval status of the training program.
(B) Approval shall be current for
two years provided the program demonstrates that the standards set forth in
rule
4723-23-08
of the Administrative Code are met and maintained throughout the two-year
approval period.
(C) At least
ninety days prior to expiration of program approval, a dialysis technician
training program seeking reapproval shall submit to the board the following:
(1) A
"Dialysis
Technician Training Program Re-Approval Application,"
reapproval application on a form specified by the board,
located at http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/forms.htm (revised 2015), that
includes, but is not limited to, verification that the program meets and has
maintained the standards set forth in rule
4723-23-08
of the Administrative Code;
(2)
Payment of a program reapproval fee of three hundred dollars; and
(3) Any other information requested by the
board.
(D) The board
shall provide written notification to the dialysis technician training program
seeking approval or reapproval if additional information is needed. The notice
shall specify a time frame for submission of the required information. The
additional information may include but is not limited to the documentation
required by paragraph (A)(1) of this rule.
(E) At a regularly scheduled board meeting
the board shall review the completed application for approval or reapproval and
other necessary documentation to determine compliance with the rules of this
chapter. The board shall approve or reapprove a program when the program meets
the requirements for approval or reapproval.
(F) The board shall provide the program with
written notification of its approval status.
(G) When a complete application for
reapproval is submitted to the board in accordance with paragraph (C) of this
rule and the board fails to make a determination before the program's approval
expires, the board shall issue a notice to the nurse responsible for
administering the program extending approval of the program until board action
is taken on the reapproval application.
(H) If at any time a dialysis training
program approved by the board or a program seeking approval or reapproval
appears not to meet or maintain the minimum standards set forth in this
chapter:
(1) The board shall submit to the
nurse responsible for administering the program a written deficiency report
which identifies the standard or standards not being met or maintained and
shall include the date on which the board is to consider the deficiency
report;
(2)
Within thirty days after receipt of the deficiency
report, the
The nurse responsible for
administering the program may submit to the board
, at
least forty-five days prior to the date the board is to consider the deficiency
report, either:
(a) A written plan of
correction which sets forth the steps taken by the program to meet or maintain
each minimum standard identified in the report as not being met or maintained;
or
(b) A written response to the
report disputing its findings and setting forth evidence that the program is
meeting and maintaining each minimum standard identified in the report as not
being met or maintained.
(3) The board may grant approval, reapproval,
or propose to deny or withdraw approval of the program based on the deficiency
report, the program's response to the report, and any other relevant evidence.
The board shall deny or withdraw approval of a program only
pursuant to an adjudication in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised
Code.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
4723-23-07
Effective:
2/1/2021
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
10/15/2020 and
10/15/2025
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 4723.79,
4723.08
Rule
Amplifies: 4723.74
Prior
Effective Dates: 10/01/2000, 02/01/2006,
02/01/2016