Registration of Training Agencies and Single Offering Providers

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the requirements for registration with the board for training agencies and single offering providers offering courses of study and training intended to qualify applicants for initial licensing or renewal of license as a nursing home administrator. (1) All organizations described in 19 CSR 73-2.010(12) as a training agency which offer any course of study or program of instruction and training to prepare applicants for licensure as administrators or for the renewal of license as administrators shall register with the board. (A) These entities shall complete the application for registration as a training agency and submit it to the board along with the supporting documentation required by the form. (B) This registration, if granted by the board, shall be established for up to two (2) years and notice of this registration and time periods shall be made available to licensees by the board office. The registration of any agency may be terminated at any time at the discretion of the board and with thirty (30) days written notice to the training agency. The agency’s board SENIOR SERVICES approval number shall be printed in all program promotional materials that are approved for licensed administrators. (C) The program shall follow the long-term care core of knowledge areas as described in 19 CSR 73-2.031. All approved training agencies shall submit to the board office in advance, the following information regarding each program they wish to approve for administrator clock hours: 1. Date, time, and location of presentation broken down into specific time periods, topic titles, and speakers; 2. A program outline including the purpose and content objectives; 3. Statements regarding presenter qualifications in his/her particular subject matter area; 4. Number of clock hours requested, deleting time allotted for breaks and lunch; and 5. For on-line (web-based, teleconference, self-study, and webinar) continuing education courses, the program materials shall also include: A. Description of the total learning package including the method/rationale used for determining the number of study hours required to complete the program. One (1) clock hour shall be awarded for each hour needed to complete the course. B. Instruction for program completion; and C. Post-test as part of the total learning package, except for webinars and teleconferences. The information shall demonstrate test security, include a minimum of five (5) multiple choice or true/false questions per clock hour, and require a grade of seventy-five percent (75%) or higher in order to pass. (D) Thirty (30) days prior to the date the training agency status will expire, the agency shall make reapplication if the agency wishes to continue as an approved provider beyond the designated period. The training agency’s ability to comply with the board’s rules and policies for offering continuing education programs to licensed administrators shall be carefully reviewed during the reapplication process. (2) Organizations or persons who do not qualify under 19 CSR 73-2.010(12) as a training agency, but wish to sponsor in-person education seminars shall submit the application for approval of a single offering a minimum of thirty (30) days in advance of the presentation. If the application for a single offering is submitted less than thirty (30) days in advance of the presentation, there shall be a separate, nonrefundable late fee of fifty dollars ($50). (A) The sponsoring agency and its role shall be clearly identified in the application. For first time single offering providers, the organization’s mission statement/goals shall be included. (B) There shall be a separate, nonrefundable fee as referenced in 19 CSR 73-2.015 for each single offering application filed with the board. The education and training unit of any state agency, or a section of a department, shall be exempt from these application fees. (C) The program shall follow the long-term care core of knowledge areas as described in 19 CSR 73-2.031(2). (D) Single offering applications approved by the board shall reflect the board approval number in the program’s promotional materials. (3) In order to provide topical education that may be of an immediate nature, the education and training unit of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shall be exempt from the thirty- (30-) day advance notice stipulation. (4) The training agency and single offering provider shall— (A) Record attendance accurately at each presentation, reflecting the number and type of clock hours of actual attendance of each administrator; (B) Submit, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the approved program, to the board office a summative evaluation and a roster including license number, number and type of clock hours issued to each licensee; and (C) Provide each administrator written evidence of his/her attendance which shall include: title of offering, date of offering, number and type of clock hours actually attended and the board approval number. AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 13 CSR 73-2.060. Original rule filed May 13, 1980, effective Aug. 11, 1980. Amended: Filed Aug. 12, 1981, effective Nov. 12, 1981. Amended: Filed April 14, 1983, effective July 11, 1983. Amended: Filed Oct. 16, 1985, effective March 14, 1986. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 1987, effective Jan. 14, 1988. Amended: Filed Dec. 4, 1989, effective March 1, 1990. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Jan. 3, 1992, effective May 14, 1992. Moved and amended: Filed Jan. 31, 2003, effective Aug. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Dec. 28, 2007, effective Aug. 30, 2008. Amended: Filed Aug. 31, 2018, effective April 30, 2019. *Original authority: 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979, 1993, 1995, 2007.