Chapter 2. Home Dialysis Training Center of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 2.

Up to three home dialysis training centers shall be established for the purpose of training persons suffering from chronic uremia for home dialysis. Each center shall have an affiliation with a large hospital or medical school, but shall utilize the most economical facilities for treatment. These institutions, however, shall be able to provide a full range of home dialysis training services. The department and the review committee established pursuant to Section 125515 shall exercise over the home dialysis training centers the same powers they exercise, pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 125500), over regional dialysis centers.

Each center shall contain approximately four dialysis bed units. The department shall grant to each center fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) during the first year, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) during the second year, and twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) during the third year. The department shall grant to each center not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the first year for the purchasing or leasing of equipment and not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in the first year for construction or remodeling of the physical facility.