La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-10019

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-10019 - Training Program Responsibilities

A. Each nurse aide trainee shall be at least 16 years old.

B. Each nurse aide trainee shall be clearly identified as a trainee at all times during clinical training. Identification shall be recognizable to residents, family members, visitors and staff.

C. Each nurse aide training program shall provide all trainees with an orientation of the clinical training site of at least four hours that is not included in the required 80 hours of core curriculum. The orientation shall include but is not limited to:

1. an explanation of the facility's organizational structure;

2. the facility's policies and procedures;

3. discussion of the facility's philosophy of care;

4. description of the resident population;

5. employee rules; and

6. what constitutes abuse, neglect, and misappropriation, including the consequences imposed if found guilty of such.

D. The facility/school shall not accept a nurse aide trainee into a training program until the facility or school conducts a statewide criminal history background check which includes a check of the national sex offender public registry.

1. A trainee shall not be eligible to participate in a training program if convicted or found guilty by a court of law of:

a. abusing, neglecting or mistreating the elderly or infirm as defined by R.S. 40:2009.20;

b. misappropriating a resident's property; or

c. has not had a finding of abuse, neglect, mistreatment or misappropriation of a resident's property placed on the Nurse Aide Registry or the Direct Service Worker Registry.

2. If a criminal history background check cannot be legally obtained by a training program, trainees may obtain a certified copy of their criminal history from the Louisiana State Police by requesting that a "right to review" be conducted.

E. Trainees shall not be prohibited from completing training due to:

a. criminal history that is not related to abuse, neglect or misappropriation; or

b. the Louisiana State Police not being able to complete a criminal history check due to the age of the trainee.

F. For facility-based training programs, the facility shall assure that trainees do not perform any care and services for which they have not trained and been found proficient by the instructor. Trainees providing services to residents shall be under the general supervision of a licensed nurse approved to work in a nurse aide training program.

1. Trainees enrolled in facility-based training programs, shall complete training and test within 60 days of hire.

2. Nursing facilities may provide the classroom instruction and clinical instruction but the competency evaluation shall be administered by an entity approved by the department.

3. A class roster as well as the beginning and ending dates of each training class shall be available for review by the department at all times. This shall be available for both classroom and clinical instruction.

G. Providers shall issue a certificate of completion to nurse aide trainees who successfully complete a training and competency evaluation program. The certificate shall contain the following:

1. the name of the nurse aide training program or school;

2. the date the program began;

3. the date the program ended;

4. the notation that this is a "DHH Approved Program;"

5. the name of the instructor; and

6. the signature of the coordinator and the date signed

H. Any entity responsible for the nurse aide training and competency evaluation program shall report to the Nurse Aide Registry within 30 days the names of all individuals who have satisfactorily passed the competency evaluation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-10019

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 32:2077 (November 2006), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 38:1244 (May 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and P.L. 100-203.