Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-51-115

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-51-115 - Allied health training endorsement for home health aide

(a) Each person who meets one of the following conditions shall be deemed to have met the requirements of K.A.R. 28-51-113(a) and shall be eligible to take the state test as specified in K.A.R. 28-51-116:

(1) The person has been licensed in Kansas or another state, within 24 months from the date of application, as a licensed practical nurse whose license is inactive or a registered nurse whose license is inactive, and there are no pending or current disciplinary actions against the individual's license.

(2) The person is currently licensed in Kansas or another state, or has been licensed within 24 months from the date of application, as a licensed mental health technician, and there are no pending or current disciplinary actions against the individual's license.

(3) The person has received training from an accredited nursing or mental health technician training program within the 24-month period before applying for endorsement. Training shall have included a basic skills component comprised of personal hygiene, nutrition and feeding, safe transfer and ambulation techniques, normal range of motion and positioning, and supervised clinical experience in geriatrics.

(b) Each person qualified under subsection (a) of this regulation shall receive written notice from the licensing agency that the person is eligible to take the state test. Upon receiving written approval from the licensing agency, that person may be employed by a home health agency as a home health aide trainee to provide patient care on behalf of the home health agency. Each person employed as a home health aide trainee shall be certified as a home health aide by the licensing agency, upon successful completion of the requirements specified in K.A.R. 28-51-113(a) or subsection (a) of this regulation, within one 90-day period starting from the date of approval, in order to continue employment providing home health aide services on behalf of the home health agency.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-51-115

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-5109; implementing K.S.A. 65-5115; effective Dec. 29, 2003; amended Oct. 27, 2006.