Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-50-20 - Nurse aide; training program
(a)
Each unlicensed employee who provides direct care to residents shall meet the
following training program requirements:
(1)
Successfully complete at least a 90-hour nurse aide course approved by the
secretary; and
(2) pass the state
test as specified in K.A.R. 26-50-24.
(b) Each person shall be certified and shall
be listed on the Kansas nurse aide registry upon completion of the training
program requirements specified in subsection (a).
(c)
(1)
Each nurse aide trainee I in an approved 90-hour course shall be required to
successfully complete part I of the course, including the nurse aide training
and competency evaluation program task checklist to demonstrate initial
competency, before being employed as a nurse aide trainee II . Any nurse aide
trainee II may provide direct care to residents only under the direct
supervision of an RN or LPN.
(2)
Nurse aide trainee II status for employment shall be valid for only one
four-month period from the beginning date of the course.
(d)
(1)
Each nurse aide course shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Consist of a combination of didactic and
clinical instruction , with at least 50 percent of part I and at least 50
percent of part II of the curriculum provided as clinical
instruction ;
(B) be prepared and
administered in accordance with the "Kansas certified nurse aide curriculum
guidelines (90 hours)" and the "Kansas certified nurse aide course (90 hour)
instruction manual," as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 26-50-12; and
(C) be sponsored by one of the following,
except as specified in paragraph (d)(3):
(i)
An adult care home;
(ii) a
long-term care unit of a hospital; or
(iii) a postsecondary school under the
jurisdiction of the state board of regents.
(2) Clinical instruction and demonstration of
the skills specified in the part I nurse aide training and competency
evaluation program task checklist shall be performed in only one or a
combination of the following settings that offer the full range of clinical
tasks and experiences as specified in the "Kansas certified nurse aide
curriculum guidelines (90 hours)":
(A) An
adult care home;
(B) a long-term
care unit of a hospital; or
(C) a
simulated laboratory .
(3) An adult care home shall not sponsor or
provide clinical instruction for a 90-hour nurse aide course if that adult care
home has been subject to any of the sanctions under the federal regulations for
long-term care facilities listed in
42 C.F.R.
483.151(b)(2), as in effect
on May 24, 2010.
(e) No
correspondence course shall be approved as a nurse aide course.
(f) Each distance-learning offering and each
computer-based educational offering of the nurse aide course shall meet the
requirements specified in subsection (d).
Notes
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