Section 490.440  Phlebotomy and Patient Care Personnel

a)         A phlebotomist must be a high school graduate with documentation that the individual has completed a training program for proper patient care in blood drawing as established in writing by the medical director.

b)         Patient Care Personnel

            A medical director or a registered nurse licensed under The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 111, pars. 3501 et seq.) shall be physically present when blood or blood components are infused or reinfused into an individual.  The medical director shall have a written policy which states the availability of adequate medical care.