Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-50-40 - Medication aide; continuing education course
(a) A 10-hour continuing education course
shall be approved by the secretary for renewal or reinstatement of
certification as a medication aide, as specified in K.A.R. 26-50-38.
(b) The continuing education course
requirement shall include one or more of the following topics:
(1) Classes of drugs and new drugs;
(2) new uses of existing drugs;
(3) methods of administering
medications;
(4) alternative
treatments, including herbal drugs and their potential interaction with
traditional drugs;
(5) safety in
the administration of medications; or
(6) documentation.
(c) Each continuing education program shall
be sponsored by one of the following:
(1) A
postsecondary school under the jurisdiction of the state board of
regents;
(2) an adult care
home;
(3) a long-term care unit of
a hospital;
(4) a state-operated
institution for persons with intellectual disability; or
(5) a professional health care association
approved by the secretary.
(d) Each instructor of the medication aide
continuing education course shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be licensed to practice as an RN and have
no pending or current disciplinary actions against that individual's
license;
(2) have at least two
years of clinical experience as a licensed nurse. Any pharmacist licensed in
Kansas and actively working in the pharmacy field may conduct part of the
training under the supervision of an approved instructor ; and
(3) submit a completed instructor approval
application to the department at least three weeks before first offering a
medication aide continuing education course and obtain approval from the
secretary before the beginning date of that course.
(e) Each instructor and course sponsor shall
ensure that the following requirements are met:
(1) A course approval application form shall
be submitted to the department at least three weeks before offering a course,
and course approval shall be received from the secretary before the beginning
date of the course.
(2) The course
shall be prepared and administered in accordance with "Kansas certified
medication aide curriculum" and the "Kansas certified medication aide course
instruction manual," as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 26-50-12.
(3) If clinical instruction and skills
performance in administering medication are included in the course, each
student administering medication shall be under the direct supervision of the
instructor.
(4) A listing of the
name of each person who successfully completed the course, along with each
person's non-refundable renewal fee of $20.00 and application form, shall be
submitted to the department.
(f) Any course sponsor or instructor who does
not fulfill the requirements specified in subsections (a) through (e) may be
subject to withdrawal of approval to serve as a course sponsor or an
instructor .
(g) College courses and
vocational training may be approved by the secretary as substantially
equivalent to a medication aide continuing education course. The instructor or
nursing program coordinator shall submit a department-approved form attesting
that the course content is substantially equivalent to the topics listed in
paragraphs (b)(1) through (6).
(h)
No correspondence course shall be approved for a medication aide continuing
education course.
(i) Each
distance-learning educational offering and each computer-based educational
offering of continuing education for any medication aide shall meet the
requirements in subsections (a) through (f).
Notes
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