Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-19-806 - Initial Nursing Assistant Licensure (LNA) and Medication Assistant Certification
A.
An applicant for initial licensed nursing assistant (LNA) licensure or CMA
certification shall submit the following to the Board:
1. A verified application on a form furnished
by the Board that provides the following information about the applicant:
a. Full legal name and any and all former
names used by the applicant;
b.
Current address of record, including county of residence, e-mail address and
telephone number;
c. Place and date
of birth;
d. Social Security
number;
e. Ethnic category and
marital status at the applicant's discretion;
f. Educational background, including the name
of the training program attended, and date of graduation and for medication
assistant, proof of high school or equivalent education completion as required
in A.R.S. § 32-1650-02(A)(4);
g. Current employer, including address and
telephone number, type of position, and dates of employment, if employed in
health care;
h. A list of all
states in which the applicant is or has been included on a nursing assistant
registry or been licensed or certified as a nursing or medication assistant and
the license or certificate number, if any;
i. For medication assistant, proof of LNA
licensure and 960 hours or 6 months full time employment as a CNA or LNA in the
past year, as required in A.R.S. §
32-1650.02;
j. Responses to questions regarding
the applicant's background on the following subjects:
i. Current investigation or pending
disciplinary action by a nursing, nursing assistant or medication assistant
regulatory agency in the United States or its territories;
ii. Action taken on a nursing assistant or
medication assistant license, certification or registry designation in any
other state;
iii. Felony conviction
or conviction of an undesignated or other similar offense and the date of
absolute discharge of sentence;
iv.
Unprofessional conduct as defined in A.R.S. §
32-1601;
v. Explanation and supporting documentation
for each affirmative answer to questions regarding the applicant's background;
2. Proof of
satisfactory completion of a nursing assistant or medication assistant training
program that meets the requirements of this Article;
3. Proof of United States citizenship or
alien status as specified in A.R.S. §
41-1080;
4. For LNA applicants, one or more
fingerprint cards or fingerprints;
5. For CMA applicants, one or more
fingerprint cards or fingerprints, as required by A.R.S. §
32-1606(B)(15) if a fingerprint background report has not
been received by the Board in the past two years; and
B. An applicant for
licensure as a nursing assistant shall submit a passing score on a
Board-approved nursing assistant examination and provide one of the following
criteria:
1. Proof that the applicant has
completed a Board-approved nursing assistant training program within the past
two years:
2. Proof that the
applicant has completed a nursing assistant training program approved in
another state or territory of the United States consisting of at least 120
hours within the past two years;
3.
Proof that the applicant has completed a nursing assistant program approved in
another state or territory of the United States of at least 75 hours of
instruction in the past two years and proof of working as a nursing assistant
for an additional number of hours in the past two years that together with the
hours of instruction, equal at least 120 hours;
4. Proof that the applicant either holds a
nursing license in good standing in the U.S. or territories, has graduated from
an approved nursing program, or otherwise meets educational requirements for a
registered or practical nursing license in Arizona;
5. Documentation sent directly from the
program that the applicant successfully completed a nursing course or courses
as part of an RN or LPN program approved in either this or another state in the
last 2 years that included:
a. Didactic
content regarding long-term care clients; and
b. Forty hours of instructor-supervised
direct patient care in a long-term care or comparable facility; or
6. Documentation of a minimum of
100 hours of military health care training, as evidenced by military records,
and proof of working in health care within the past 2 years.
C. An applicant for medication
assistant shall meet the qualifications of A.R.S. §§
32-1650.02
and
32-1650.03.
An applicant who wishes to use part of a nursing program in lieu of completion
of a Board approved medication assistant training program under A.R.S. §
32-1650.02
shall submit the following:
1. An official
transcript from a Board approved nursing program showing a grade of C or higher
in a 45 hour or 3 semester credit, or equivalent, pharmacology course;
and
2. A document signed by both
the applicant's clinical instructor and the nursing program administrator
verifying that the applicant completed 40 hours of supervised medication
administration in a long-term care facility.
D. Certifying Exam
1. A LNA applicant shall take and pass both
portions of the certifying exam within 2 years:
a. Of program completion for graduates of
nursing assistant programs approved in Arizona or another state, or
b. Of the date of the first test for all
other applicants.
2. A
CMA applicant shall take and pass both portions of the certifying exam within
one year:
a. Of program completion for
graduates of Board-approved programs, or
b. Of the date of the first test for all
other applicants.
3. An
applicant may re-take the failed portion or portions of a certifying exam,
under conditions prescribed in written policy by the exam vendor, until a
passing score is achieved or their time expires under subsections (D)(1) or
(2).
E. An applicant who
does not take or pass an examination within the time period specified in
subsection (D) shall enroll in and successfully complete a Board approved
training program in the certification category before being permitted to retake
an examination.
F. The Board may
license a nursing assistant or certify a medication assistant applicant who
meets the applicable criteria in this Article and A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 15
if licensure or certification is in the best interest of the public.
G. An applicant who is denied licensure or
certification may request a hearing by filing a written request with the Board
within 30 days of service of the Board's order denying the application for
certification. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with A.R.S. Title 41,
Chapter 6, Article 10 and 4 A.A.C. 19, Article 6.
H. Medication assistant certification expires
when nursing assistant licensure expires.
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