Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 111 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH › Chapter 111-8 - HEALTHCARE FACILITY REGULATION › Subject 111-8-22 - END STAGE RENAL DISEASE FACILITIES › Rule 111-8-22-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Unless another meaning is specifically indicated by context,
				  these selected terms shall have the following definitions when used in these
				  rules and regulations:
(a)
Applicant
means a person, business entity, corporation,
				partnership or association applying for a license to operate an end stage renal
				disease facility in Georgia;
(b)
Department
means the Department of Community Health of the state
				of Georgia;
(c)
Dialysis
means a process by which dissolved substances are removed from a
				patient's body by diffusion, osmosis, and convection (ultrafiltration) from one
				fluid compartment to another across a semi-permeable membrane;
(d)
Dialysis technician
means an
				individual who is not a registered nurse or physician and who provides dialysis
				care under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician;
(e)
End stage renal disease
means that stage of renal impairment that appears irreversible and
				permanent and that requires a regular course of dialysis or kidney
				transplantation to maintain life;
(f)
End stage renal disease facility
means a facility that provides dialysis treatment, home dialysis
				training, and support services, or any combination of such services, to
				individuals with end stage renal disease;
(g)
Equipment technician
means
				an individual who performs the required tasks for the maintenance, monitoring,
				and repair of dialysis, reuse processing, and water treatment systems and
				equipment at the facility;
(h)
Facility
means an end stage renal disease facility;
(i)
Healthcare personnel
means
				any person providing healthcare services directly to patients at the facility,
				including but not limited to the provision of medical or nursing
				care;
(j)
Initial license
means the first license issued by the Department for a particular
				end-stage renal disease facility, with subsequent licenses requiring review for
				renewal;
(k)
Nurse
				responsible for nursing services
means the Georgia licensed registered
				nurse who has at least 12 months of experience in clinical nursing, and an
				additional 6 months of experience in nursing care of the patient with permanent
				kidney failure or undergoing kidney transplantation, including training in and
				experience with the dialysis process or has 18 months of experience in nursing
				care of the patient on maintenance dialysis, or the nursing care of the patient
				with a kidney transplant, including training in and experience with the
				dialysis process. Where the nurse responsible for nursing services is also in
				charge of self-care dialysis training, at least 3 months of the total required
				dialysis experience is in training patients in self-care;
(l)
Physician
means an
				individual who is licensed to practice medicine in Georgia under O.C.G.A.
				Chapter 43-34;
(m)
Preceptor
means an individual who provides direct supervision of the provision of
				patient care by trainees who are in the process of completing training as
				dialysis technicians, and who:
1. Is a
				licensed nurse or a dialysis technician with at least twelve months experience
				in hemodialysis, and
2. Has
				authorization from a supervising nurse or the medical director of the facility
				to be preceptor;