Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-50-10 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 14, April 7, 2022
Each of the following terms, as used in this article, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Clinical instruction" shall mean
training in which the trainee demonstrates knowledge and skills while
performing tasks on a person under the direct supervision of the
instructor.
(b) "Course supervisor"
shall mean an individual who has been approved by the secretary to provide
general supervision of the nurse aide training course.
(c) "Direct care" shall mean assistance
provided to perform activities of daily living.
(d) "Direct supervision" shall mean that a
supervisor or an instructor is on the facility premises and is readily
accessible for one-on-one consultation, instruction, and assistance, as
needed.
(e) "Eligible for
employment," when describing a certified nurse aide, shall mean that the
certified nurse aide meets the following criteria:
(1) Was employed to perform nursing or
nursing-related services for at least eight hours in the preceding 24
months;
(2) has no record of
medicare or medicaid fraud;
(3) has
no record of abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and
(4) is not prohibited from employment based
upon criminal convictions pursuant to
K.S.A.
39-970, and amendments thereto.
(f) "General supervision" shall
mean a course supervisor's provision of the necessary guidance and maintenance
of ultimate responsibility for a nurse aide training course in accordance with
the standards established by the department in the "Kansas certified nurse aide
curriculum guidelines (90 hours)" and the "Kansas certified nurse aide course
(90 hour) instruction manual," which are adopted by reference in K.A.R.
26-50-12.
(g) "Instructor" shall
mean either of the following:
(1) An
individual who has been approved by the nurse aide course supervisor to teach
the nurse aide training course; or
(2) an individual who has been approved by
the secretary to teach the home health aide or medication aide training
courses.
(h) "Licensed
nursing experience" shall mean experience as an RN or LPN.
(i) "Nurse aide trainee I" shall mean a nurse
aide trainee who is in the process of completing part I of a 90-hour nurse aide
course as specified in K.A.R. 26-50-20.
(j) "Nurse aide trainee II" shall mean a
nurse aide trainee who has successfully completed part I of a 90-hour nurse
aide course specified in K.A.R. 26-50-20 or whose training has been determined
equivalent as specified in K.A.R. 26-50-26.
(k) "Qualified intellectual disability
professional" shall mean an individual who meets the requirement specified in
42 C.F.R.
483.430(a), as revised on
July 16, 2012 and hereby adopted by reference.
(l) "Simulated laboratory" shall mean an
enclosed area that is in a school, institution, adult care home, or other
facility and that is similar to a resident's room in an adult care home. A
simulated laboratory may serve as a setting for nurse aide trainees to practice
basic nurse aide skills with the instructor and to demonstrate basic nurse aide
skills for competency evaluation.
Notes
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