Programs

Minimum Qualifications for and Certification of Nurse Assistants and Education

(a)The Board shall establish by regulation minimum qualifications for nurse assistants and criteria for evaluating such qualifications. The Board may also establish and administer such procedures as may be necessary to certify that an applicant meets duly established minimum qualifications. Such procedures shall include a provisional period for remedial training of nurse aides who are employed as of the effective date of such regulations and do not meet minimum qualifications. Disciplinary procedures for decertification of incompetent nurse assistants may be established by the Board. The Board shall maintain a registry of certified nurse assistants.

(b)The Board may approve and re-approve nurse assistant education programs and competency evaluation programs.