ARSD 44:74:02:17. Nurse aide competency evaluation program standards

A nurse aide competency evaluation program shall meet the following standards: (1) The nurse aide shall be informed by the facility that a record of successful completion of the evaluation will be included in the registry; (2) The evaluation shall consist of two elements: (a) The competency evaluation component may be offered as either a written or oral examination. This component of the evaluation shall: (i) Include each curriculum requirement specified in § 44:74:02:15; (ii) Be developed from a pool of test questions, with no more than 20 percent of prior questions used on a succeeding examination; (iii) Use a system that prevents disclosure of the content of the examination; and (iv) If oral, be read from a prepared text in a neutral manner; (b) The skills demonstration component shall consist of a minimum of five tasks randomly selected from a pool of tasks generally performed by nurse aides. The pool of skills shall include all of the personal care skills listed in subdivision 44:74:02:15(3)(b). The skills demonstration tasks shall be performed on a live person.