Sec. 10.30.01.04. Classifications of Facilities

A. Renal Transplant Center.

(1) A renal transplant center shall be a physically discrete unit or division within a hospital approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations having the staff and facilities capable of evaluating potential candidates for renal transplantation.

(2) Transplantation Service. The transplantation division may be administratively and physically separate from the dialysis division, but shall work in close cooperation with an associated dialysis program.

B. Freestanding Dialysis Facility. The freestanding dialysis facility's functions include:

(1) A dialysis facility capable of providing chronic staff-assisted dialysis which may be performed in a freestanding dialysis facility or in an end-stage renal disease certified hospital based unit;

(2) Referrals provided for operative, X-ray, and laboratory services under arrangement;

(3) Affiliation with a certified dialysis facility for backup purposes; and

(4) Affiliation with a certified transplant center.

C. Home Dialysis Programs. A home dialysis program's functions include a dialysis facility specifically designed and staffed to train patients and patients' helpers to perform dialysis at home.

D. Self-Care Dialysis Facility. A self-care dialysis facility's functions include:

(1) Qualified supervision to patients who perform part or most of the patient's own dialysis treatment; and

(2) Supervision of treatment by qualified staff members of the facility for the protection of the interest of the patient and of the facility.