Any person whose education or training has been deemed
equivalent to the medication aide course offered by an approved sponsor as
specified in
K.A.R.
26-50-30 may apply to take the state test to
become certified as a medication aide. Before requesting a determination of
education or training equivalency as a medication aide, that person shall be
listed on the Kansas nurse aide registry with no pending or current
prohibitions against that person's certification and shall meet one of the
following requirements:
(a) The person
shall be currently certified to administer medications in another state. The
department or its designated agent shall evaluate that state's certification
training for equivalency in content and skills level with the requirements for
certification as a medication aide in Kansas.
(b) The person shall be currently enrolled in
an accredited practical nursing or professional nursing program and shall have
completed a course of study in pharmacology with a grade of C or
better.
(c) The person shall be
currently licensed in Kansas or another state as a licensed mental health
technician and shall have no pending or current disciplinary actions against
that person's license.
(d) The
person's license to practice as an RN, an LPN, or a licensed mental health
technician shall have become inactive within the 24-month period immediately
before the individual applied for equivalency, and the person shall have no
pending or current disciplinary actions against that person's
license.
Notes
Kan. Admin. Regs. §
26-50-36
Authorized by K.S.A. 2012
Supp.
39-925,
39-936, 39-1901, and 39-1908;
implementing K.S.A. 2012 Supp.
39-925,
39-936, and 39-1908 and
K.S.A. 65-1,120; effective, T-26-6-28-13, June 28,
2013; effective Oct. 25, 2013.
