Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-165 - Nurse aide training program
(a)
Requirements. Unlicensed employees who provide direct individual care to
residents shall be required to perform the following:
(1) Successfully complete at least a 90-hour
nurse aide course that has been approved by the secretary; and
(2) pass a state test as specified in K.A.R.
28-39-168.
(b)
Certification. Each person shall be issued a nurse aide certificate by the
secretary and shall be listed on a public registry upon completion of the
requirements specified in subsection (a).
(c) Employment as a trainee.
(1) Each nurse aide trainee I in an approved
90-hour course shall be required to successfully complete part I of the course
to demonstrate initial competency before being employed or used as a nurse aide
trainee II. A nurse aide trainee II may provide direct care to residents only
under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical
nurse.
(2) Each nurse aide trainee
II in an approved 90-hour course shall be issued a nurse aide certificate by
the secretary, upon completion of the requirements specified in subsection (a),
within four months from the beginning date of the initial course in order to
continue employment providing direct care. Nurse aide trainee II status for
employment shall be for one four-month period only.
(d) 90-hour nurse aide course.
(1) Each nurse aide course shall be prepared
and administered in accordance with the guidelines established by the
department in the "Kansas certified nurse aide curriculum guidelines (90
hours)," including the appendices, dated May 2008, and the "Kansas 90-hour
certified nurse aide sponsor and instructor manual," pages 1 through 20 and the
appendices, dated May 2008, which are hereby adopted by reference.
(2) Each nurse aide course shall consist of a
combination of didactic and clinical instruction. At least 50 percent of part I
and part II of the course curriculum shall be provided as clinical
instruction.
(3) Each nurse aide
course shall be sponsored by one of the following:
(A) An adult care home;
(B) a long-term care unit of a hospital;
or
(C) a postsecondary school under
the jurisdiction of the state board of regents.
(4) Clinical instruction shall be conducted
in one or a combination of the following locations:
(A) An adult care home;
(B) a long-term care unit of a hospital;
or
(C) a simulated
laboratory.
(5) 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 medicare certification regulations listed in
42 C.F.R.
483.151(b)(2), as in effect
on October 1, 2007.
(e)
Correspondence courses. No correspondence course shall be approved as a nurse
aide course.
(f) Other offerings.
Distance-learning offerings and computer-based educational offerings shall meet
the standards specified in subsection (d).
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