HB333 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mike Ball
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Private dialysis centers, nurse-patient ratio established, Dept. of Public Health to adopt rule
Description: Currently, there is no state law or administrative rule setting a maximum patient-nurse ratio for care of patients at private dialysis centers licensed by the Department of Public Health.
This bill would require the Department of Public Health, by rule, to establish a patient-nurse ratio at private dialysis centers to protect patient health, safety, and welfare and would set a maximum ratio of no greater than eight patients per nurse.
Subjects: Health Care

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health