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COMMITTED TO THAT PATIENTS TREATMENT IN AN ACCREDITED,
APPROVED, AND CERTIFIED RENAL DIALYSIS CENTER TO PROVIDE
HIS OWN HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT AT HOME.]]

(2) "HOME HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT" MEANS A PERSON WHO
HAS BEEN TAUGHT WITH ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL_ PERSONALLY
COMMITTED TO THAT PATIENTS TREATMENT IN A HOME
DIALYSIS TRAINING FACILITY TO PROVIDE HIS OWN
HEMODIALYSIS TREAT AT HOME.

(3) HEMODIALYSIS DRUGS AND DEVICES INCLUDE:

(I)  DIALYSTATE

(II)  HEPARIN

(III) STERILE SODIUM CHLORIDE, 0.9%

(IV) LOCAL ANESTHETICS AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
PHARMACY

[[(IV)]] (V) NEEDLES
[|(V)]] (VI) SYRINGES

[[(VI)]] (VII) DIALYZERS, DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND THEIR
ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT

326.

(L-1) SALES OF HEMODIALYSIS DRUGS AND DEVICES SOLD BY
REGISTERED PHARMACISTS OR JOBBERS, DISTRIBUTORS,
WHOLESALERS, MANUFACTURERS, OR OTHER SUPPLIERS OF
HEMODIALYSIS DRUGS AND DEVICES PERMITTED BY SECTION 270B
OF ARTICLE 43 OF THE CODE, DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS WHO
REQUIRE REGULAR TREATMENT IN THEIR HOMES BY A KIDNEY
MACHINE BECAUSE OF THE PERMANENT LOSS OF THE FUNCTION
OF THEIR KIDNEYS.

375.

(F) RENTALS OF KIDNEY MACHINES, INCLUDING DIALYZERS,
DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND THEIR ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT, AND
OTHER HEMODIALYSIS PRODUCTS, ON ORDER BY A LICENSED
PHYSICIAN AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 270B OF ARTICLE 43 OF
THIS CODE, BY PERSONS WHO REQUIRE REGULAR TREATMENT, IN
THEIR HOMES, BY A KIDNEY MACHINE BECAUSE OF THE
PERMANENT LOSS OF THE FUNCTION OF THEIR KIDNEYS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.