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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
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Agency 90. Board of Nursing |
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Chapter 25. Regulations Governing Certified Nurse Aides |
Section 130. Requirements for an approved advanced certification education program
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A. The advanced certification education program shall be approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing. An approved advanced certification education program shall also be an approved nurse aide education program as set forth in 18VAC90-25-20.
B. An advanced certification education program shall consist of a minimum of 120 hours including a minimum of 40 hours of clinical skills instruction in direct client care with on-site supervision by instructional personnel. When nurse aides are engaged in direct client care in the course of advanced certification training, the ratio shall not exceed 10 students to one instructor.
C. The instructional personnel in an approved advanced certification education program shall meet the requirements as set forth in 18VAC90-25-30.
D. The curricula of an approved advanced certification education program shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of 18VAC90-25-140.
E. Each advanced certification program shall develop an individual record of major skills taught and the date of performance by the student. At the completion of the program, the program shall provide each nurse aide with a copy of this record and a certificate of completion.
F. An advanced certification education program shall develop and submit to the board a competency evaluation based on the curriculum content required in 18VAC90-25-140. Such an evaluation shall include both a written test on the curriculum and an assessment of manual skills. A record of the reports of graduates' performance on the approved competency evaluation program shall be maintained for a minimum of three years.
G. Program review shall be in accordance with requirements of 18VAC90-25-60 and shall be conducted concurrently with the on-site review of the basic nurse aide education program. Loss of board approval for the basic nurse aide education program shall automatically result in the loss of approval for the advanced certification education program.
H. When an advanced certification education program closes, the provider shall notify the board of the date of closing and submit a list of all graduates with their date of graduation.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 21, Issue 09, eff. March 26, 2005; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 21, eff. July 25, 2007.