Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-50-38 - Medication aide; certification renewal and reinstatement; notification of changes
(a)
Each person who has been certified as a medication aide as specified in K.A.R.
26-50-30 and wants to maintain that person's certification shall complete a
10-hour continuing education course every two years before that person's
certification expires. The course shall be approved by the secretary. Approved
continuing education hours completed in excess of the requirement shall not be
carried over to the next certification renewal period.
(b) Each medication aide's certification
shall be renewed every two years upon the department's receipt of each of the
following from the course instructor before that medication aide's
certification expires:
(1) Verification of the
medication aide's completion of 10 hours of an approved continuing education
course;
(2) the medication aide's
renewal form; and
(3) a
nonrefundable renewal fee of $20.00.
(c)
(1) Each
person's medication aide certification shall be valid for two years from the
date of issuance.
(2) Each person
whose medication aide certification has been expired for not more than one year
may have that person's certification reinstated and may be listed on the Kansas
nurse aide registry if the department receives the items specified in
paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) from the course instructor .
(3) Each person whose certification has been
expired for more than one year shall retake the 75-hour medication aide course
and the state test, for reinstatement of certification and listing on the
Kansas nurse aide registry.
(d) Each certified medication aide shall
notify the department of any change in that person's address or name.
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