R156-31b-802. Medication Aide Certified - Approval of Training Programs

Under Subsection 58-31b-601(4), the minimum standards for an MAC training program and the process to obtain approval are as follows: (1) an MAC training program shall be approved by the Division in collaboration with the Advisory Peer Education Committee created in Section R156-31b-202 before the program is implemented; (2) an MAC training program may be offered only by an educational institution, a health care facility, or a health care association; (3) an MAC training program shall consist of at least: (a) 60 clock hours of didactic classroom training that is consistent with the Medication Assistant-Certified (MA-C) Model Curriculum adopted by the NCSBN's Delegate Assembly on August 9, 2007, which is incorporated by reference; and (b) 40 hours of practical training in a healthcare facility as defined in Subsection 78B-3-403(12); (4) each classroom training instructor and the practical training instructor shall: (a)(i) have an active LPN, RN, or APRN license in good standing or a multistate privilege to practice nursing in Utah; and (ii) have at least one year of clinical practice experiences; or (b)(i) be an approved CNA instructor who has completed a Train the Trainer program recognized by the Utah Nursing Assistant Registry; and (ii) have at least one year of clinical practice experiences; (5)(a) practical training instructor-to-student ratio shall be no greater than: (i) 1:2 if the instructor is working with individual students to administer medications; or (ii) 1:6 if the instructor is supervising students who are working one-on-one with medication nurses to administer medications in clinical facilities; (b) a practical training instructor shall be on-site and available at any time if the student is not being directly supervised by a licensed nurse during the clinical practice experiences; and (6) an entity seeking approval to provide an MAC training program shall submit to the Division a complete application form provided by the Division with: (a) evidence of adequate and appropriate trainers and resources to provide the training program, including a well-stocked clinical skills lab or the equivalent; (b) a copy of the proposed training curriculum and an attestation that the proposed curriculum is consistent with the model curriculum in Subsection (3)(a); and (c) documentation of the MAC training program's minimal admission requirements, which shall include: (i) an earned high school diploma, successful passage of the general educational development test, or equivalent education as approved by the Board; (ii) current certification as a nursing aide, in good standing, from the Utah Nursing Assistant Registry; (iii) at least 2,000 hours of experience completed: (A) as a CNA working in a healthcare facility as defined in Subsection 78B-3-403(12); and (B) within the two-year period preceding the date of application to the training program: and (iv) current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.