Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 300.660 - Nursing Assistants
a)
A facility shall not employ an individual as a nursing assistant, home
health aide, psychiatric services rehabilitation aide, or newly hired as an
individual who may have access to a resident, a resident's living quarters, or
a resident's personal, financial, or medical records, nurse aide unless the
facility has inquired of the Department's Health Care Worker Registry and the
individual is listed on the Health Care Worker Registry as eligible to work for
a health care employer.
b)
The facility shall not employ an individual as a nursing assistant if
that individual is not on the Health Care Worker Registry unless the individual
is enrolled in a training program as defined in Section 3-206(a)(5) of
the Act. (Section 3-206.01(a) of the Act)
c) The facility shall ensure that each
nursing assistant complies with one of the following conditions:
1) Is approved on the Department's Health
Care Worker Registry. "Approved" means that the nurse aide has met the training
or equivalency requirements of Section
300.663 of this Part and does
not have a disqualifying criminal background check without a waiver.
2) Within 120 days after initial employment,
submits documentation to the Department in accordance with Section
300.663 of this Part to be
registered on the Health Care Worker Registry.
d) The facility shall ensure that each person
employed by the facility as a nursing assistant has met each of the following
requirements:
1) Is at least sixteen
years of age, of temperate habits and good moral character, honest, reliable
and trustworthy (Section 3-206 (a)(1) of the Act);
2) Is able to speak and understand
the English language or a language understood by a substantial percentage of
the facility's residents (Section 3-206(a)(2) of the Act);
3) Has provided evidence of
prior employment or occupation, if any, and residence for
twoyears prior to present employment (Section 3-206(a)(3) of
the Act);
4) Has completed
at least eight years of grade school or has provided
proof of equivalent knowledge (Section 3-206(a)(4) of the
Act);
5) Has completed the training
or equivalency requirements for certified nursing assistants,
or has begun a current course of training for certified
nursing assistants, approved by the Department, within 45 days of
initial employment in the capacity of a certified nursing
assistant at any facility. Such courses of training shall be successfully
completed within 120 days of initial employment in the capacity of
certified nursing assistant at a facility, except as follows:
A)
Nursing assistants who are
enrolled in approved courses in community colleges or other educational
institutions on a term, semester, or trimester basis, shall be exempt from the
120-day completion time limit. During a statewide public health emergency, as
defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, all nursing assistants
shall, to the extent feasible, complete the training. (Section
3-206(a)(5) of the Act)
B)
The Department may accept comparable training in lieu of the 120-hour
course for student nurses, foreign nurses, military personnel, or employees of
the Department of Human Services. (Section 3-206(a)(5) of the
Act)
6) Is
familiar with and has general skills related to
resident care.
e)
The facility shall develop and
implement procedures, which shall be approved by the Department, for an
ongoing competency review process, which shall take place
within the facility, for certified nursing
assistants.
f)
At
the time of each regularly scheduled licensure survey, or at the time of a
complaint investigation, the Department may require any certified
nursing assistant to demonstrate, either through written examination or
action, or both, sufficient knowledge in all areas of required
training and competency in the principles, techniques, and procedures
covered by the certified nursing assistant training program curriculum
described in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 395 when possible problems in the care provided
by aides or other evidences of inadequate training are
observed. The State-approved manual skills evaluation testing
format and forms will be used to determine competency of a certified nursing
assistant when appropriate. If such knowledge or competency
is inadequate the Department shall require the certified
nursing assistant to complete in-service training and review in the
facility until the certified nursing assistant demonstrates to
the Department, either through written examination or action, or both,
sufficient knowledge in all areas of required training. The in-service
training shall address the certified nursing assistant training principles and
techniques relative to the procedures in which the certified nursing assistants
are found to be deficient during inspection (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code 395).
(Section 3-206(a)(5) of the Act)
g)
The facility shall certify that each nursing assistant employed by the facility
meets the requirements of this Section. Such certification shall be retained by
the facility as part of the employee's personnel record.
Notes
Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 8106, effective July 15, 1999
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