Iowa Code r. 641-9.8 - Program staff for programs not recognized by the American Diabetes Association or accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists/American Association of Diabetes Educators
(1) A program coordinator and a program
physician shall be designated.
a. The program
coordinator shall provide direction and supervision of the program, including,
but not limited to, planning, arranging implementation, and assuring quality.
If the program coordinator is an instructor, the program coordinator shall be a
health care professional and meet the requirements for primary or supporting
instructor.
b. The program
physician shall provide medical direction for the program. The program
physician shall maintain contact with the participant's attending physician and
shall make recommendations relative to the medical care and treatment of the
participant's diabetes where appropriate.
(2) The program shall have an advisory
committee composed of at least one physician, one registered nurse, one
licensed dietitian and one pharmacist to oversee the program. It is recommended
the advisory committee include an individual with behavioral science expertise,
a consumer, and a community representative. The advisory committee shall
participate in the annual planning process, including determination of target
audience, program objectives, participant access mechanisms, instructional
methods, resource requirements, participant follow-up mechanisms, and program
evaluation.
(3) The primary
instructors shall be one or more of the following health care professionals:
physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, licensed dietitians, and
pharmacists who are knowledgeable about the disease process of diabetes and the
treatment of diabetes. If there is only one primary instructor, there shall be
at least one supporting instructor. The supporting instructor shall be from one
of the four professions listed as possible primary instructors, but a different
profession from the single primary instructor.
(4) The program may have additional
supporting instructors including, but not limited to, dentist, exercise
physiologist, health educator, ophthalmologist, pediatric diabetologist,
podiatrist, psychologist, psychiatrist, or social worker.
(5) The names of the program physician,
program coordinator, all primary and supporting instructors, and advisory
committee members shall be included with the program application, with copies
of their current Iowa licenses.
(6)
All primary instructors shall show evidence of knowledge about the disease
process of diabetes and the treatment and management of people with diabetes by
documentation of one or more of the following:
a. Within the last four years, completion of
a minimum of 32 hours of continuing education in diabetes, diabetes management,
or diabetes education.
b.
Equivalent training or experience including, but not limited to, endocrinology
fellowship training or masters level preparation in diabetes nursing/nutrition.
Unsupervised teaching of patients is not an acceptable equivalent.
c. Current certification as a certified
diabetes care and education specialist/certified diabetes educator.
(7) All supporting instructors
shall show evidence of knowledge about the disease process of diabetes and the
treatment and management of people with diabetes by documentation of completion
of a minimum of 16 hours of continuing education in diabetes, diabetes
management, or diabetes education within the last four years or have current
certification as a certified diabetes care and education specialist/certified
diabetes educator.
(8) The four
professionals required in 9.8(2) to be on the advisory committee shall have
completed eight hours of continuing education in diabetes within the past four
years.
(9) The program coordinator
shall determine that each primary or supporting instructor has current
licensure or registration required to practice in Iowa.
(10) The program coordinator shall determine
that new primary or supporting instructors, who join the program staff during a
certification period, meet the requirements for initial certification in 9.8(6)
or 9.8(7) within six months of when they join the program staff.
Notes
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