Deemed to meet state certification requirements

(a) A certified ICF/IID care aide is deemed to meet the nurse aide certification requirements for the following employers after successful completion of at least sixteen (16) hours of orientation specific to the facility population. Documentation of the sixteen (16) hours of orientation shall be submitted to the Department and the certified ICF/IID care aide will be placed on the registry as a certified residential care aide or a certified adult day care aide. The employers to which this subsection applies are: (1) Residential care. (2) Adult day care. (b) The Department shall deem a certified long term care aide or a home care aide who has at least sixteen (16) hours of training specific to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities to meet the requirements for an ICF/IID care aide. Documentation of the sixteen (16) hours of training shall be submitted to the Department and the certified long term care nurse aide or the certified home care nurse aide will be added to the registry as being certified as a ICF/IID care aide.