HAR §17-1445-5
HAR §17-1445-5. Option B nurse aide recertification
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-1445-5
(a)
Option B is the completion of a total of twenty
four hours of continuing education class instructions,
offered by entities such as, but not limited to,
community colleges, health-related agencies or
organizations, or registered nurses who are
independent contractors, on subject areas relevant to
nurse aides employed in state-licensed or state
certified health care settings.
(bl
At the completion of each continuing
education class, the class instructor shall provide
the nurse aide with a certificate identifying the
title of the class, the class instructors, and
certifying the number of instructional class hours
provided.
(c)
The nurse aide shall be responsible for
arranging for a registered nurse evaluator to complete
the following:
(1)
Certify that the nurse aide completed, at a
minimum, twenty-four continuing education
class instruction hours within the two-year
period prior to che expiration of the
current nurse aide certification, and that
the subject areas in each course of study
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were relevant to the employment of the nurse
aide in state-licensed or state-certified
health care settings; and
(2)
Complete and sign a nurse aide competency
evaluation, on a form approved by the
department, certifying that the nurse aide
has successfully demonstrated competency and
proficiency in basic nurse aide skills.
(d)
To be approved as a department registered
nurse evaluator, the registered nurse shall be able to
identify to the department a process by which the
registered nurse will:
(1)
Receive requests from nurse aides who
require recertification;
(2)
Evaluate the nurse aide's competency and
{ 3)
process.
346-46)
483.152,
proficiency in demonstrating basic nurse
aide skills; and
Document the completion of the evaluation
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JUL 132013
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{Auth:
HRS §§346-14,
(Imp:
HRS§457A-8; 42 C.F.R. §§483.75,
483.154)