77 Ill. Adm. Code 395.505
Facility Requirements for Certified Nursing Assistant Intern Program
Section 395.505Â
Facility Requirements for Certified Nursing Assistant Intern Program
a)
A facility that seeks
to train and employ a certified nursing assistant intern at the facility must:
1)
Not have received or
applied for a registered nurse waiver under Section 3-303.1 of the Nursing Home
Care Act, if applicable;
2)
Not have been cited
for a violation, except a citation for noncompliance with COVID-19 reporting
requirements, that has caused severe harm to or the death of a resident within
the 2 years prior to employing a certified nursing assistant; for purposes of
this paragraph, the revocation of the facility's ability to hire and train a
certified nursing assistant interns shall only occur if the underlying federal
citation for the revocation remains substantiated following an informal dispute
resolution or independent informal dispute resolution;
3)
Not have been cited
for a violation that resulted in a pattern of certified nursing assistants
being removed from the Health Care Worker Registry as a result of resident
abuse, neglect, or exploitation within the 2 years prior to employing a
certified nursing assistant intern;
(See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.310 and
955.320)
4)
If the facility is a
skilled nursing facility, meet a minimum staffing ratio of 3.8 hours of nursing
and personal care time, as those terms are used in subsection (e) of Section
3-202.05 of the Nursing Home Care Act
and in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 300.1230,
each day for a resident needing skilled care and 2.5 hours of nursing and personal
care time each day for a resident needing intermediate care;
5)
Not have lost the
ability to offer a Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program
as a result of an enforcement action;
6)
Establish a certified
nursing assistant intern mentoring program within the facility for the purposes
of increasing education and retention, which must include an experienced
certified nurse assistant who has at least 3 years of active employment and is
employed by the facility;
7)
Not have a monitor or
temporary management placed upon the facility by the Department;
8)
Not have provided the Department with a
notice of imminent closure; and
9)
Not have a
termination action initiated by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services or the Department for failing to comply with minimum regulatory or
licensure requirements.
(Section 2310-434(l) of the Department of Public
Health Powers and Duties Law)
b)
A facility that does
not meet the requirements of
subsection (a)
shall cease its new
employment training, education, or onboarding of any employee under the
Program. The facility may resume its new employment training, education, or
onboarding of an employee under the Program once the Department determines that
the facility is in substantial compliance with
subsection (a). (Section
2310-434(m) of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law)
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A facility shall submit the following
information to the Department:
1)
The number of certified nursing
assistants employed
by the facility;
2)
The number of persons who began
participation in the Program;
3)
The number of persons who successfully
completed the Program;
4)
The number of persons
who continue employment in a long-term care services or facility.
(Section
2310-434(n) of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law);
5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Date of entry into a
Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program (BNATP); and
6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Date of completion of
BNATP, if the intern has already completed the program.
d)
Failure to submit the
information required
in subsection (c)
shall result in suspension of the
facility's Program
until the information is provided and accepted by the
Department. (Section 2310-434(n) of the Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law)
e)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This Section will be repealed effective
November 1, 2027.