Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Permits registered nurse employed in administrative capacity to provide health care in dialysis centers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning dialysis and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. "Health care facility" means a health care facility licensed by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).
"Registered nurse" means a person licensed to practice registered nursing pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a registered nurse, who is employed in an administrative capacity by a health care facility providing dialysis treatment, shall be permitted to assist in the provision of health care to a dialysis patient, if the provision of such health care is within the scope of the registered nurse’s license and necessary to provide adequate health care to the dialysis patient.
2. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt, repeal, or both, rules and regulations, in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill permits a registered nurse employed in an administrative capacity to provide health care in dialysis centers.
Under the bill, notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a registered nurse, who is employed in an administrative capacity by a health care facility providing dialysis treatment, is to be permitted to assist in the provision of health care to a dialysis patient, if the provision of such health care is within the scope of the registered nurse’s license and necessary to provide adequate health care to the dialysis patient.