Paragraph 1: General provisions.

The training of the patient and the third party assisting the patient for self-dialysis or home dialysis is placed under the responsibility of a nephrologist, qualified or competent in nephrology; it is provided by nurses trained in dialysis. The haemodialysis centre has specific premises for this purpose.

The authorised healthcare establishment has haemodialysis treatment units, back-up units and training units for home haemodialysis or self-care dialysis when it carries out the latter two tasks. The haemodialysis station consists of a combination of a bed or chair for the patient, a haemodialysis machine and a treated water supply for dialysis. The fallback station is a haemodialysis station reserved for the temporary care of the patient in the event…

Every authorised health care establishment has, either on its own or under contract, one or more technicians trained in the use and maintenance of haemodialysis generators and water treatment systems, able to intervene at any time during the establishment’s opening period. An order from the Minister for Health specifies, for each of the arrangements provided for in article R. 6123-54, the operating conditions in terms of premises, technical equipment, medical…

A patient’s transfer, temporary or definitive withdrawal from a haemodialysis centre or medicalised dialysis unit, or hospitalisation is decided by a nephrologist in the establishment. Hospitalisation in the event of a medical emergency or complication of treatment is carried out in dedicated nephrology beds in the establishment where the patient is receiving dialysis, or in another healthcare establishment. In the latter case, the haemodialysis centre ensures continuity of extrarenal purification…