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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
NURSE
AIDE
TRAINING
AND
TESTING
PROGRAMS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NURSE
AIDE
TRAINING
AND
TESTING
PROGRAMS.
1.
Pursuant
to
chapter
249A,
the
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
policies
and
procedures
governing
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals,
as
the
designated
department
to
approve
nurse
aide
training
and
testing
programs.
The
rules
shall
provide
for
all
of
the
following:
a.
The
utilization
of
online
course
curricula
to
meet
the
required
minimum
of
thirty
hours
of
classroom
instruction.
However,
online
instruction
shall
only
include
the
didactic
theory
component
of
the
curriculum.
Required
laboratory
experience
and
supervised
clinical
training
shall
be
provided
in
a
face-to-face
environment.
b.
A
definition
of
clock
hours
for
the
purposes
of
meeting
the
required
minimum
of
seventy-five
clock
hours
of
training
to
include
classroom
instruction,
prior
equivalent
experience,
or
both.
c.
A
process
to
allow
a
veteran,
as
defined
in
section
35.1,
to
be
deemed
to
satisfy
the
nurse
aide
training
requirements
based
upon
the
training
and
experience
acquired
through
the
veteran’s
service
and
to
receive
a
nurse
aide
training
certificate
of
completion.
However,
a
veteran
shall
still
be
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required
to
successfully
complete
the
nurse
aide
competency
evaluation
in
order
to
meet
all
requirements
for
inclusion
on
the
state’s
nurse
aide
registry.
2.
This
Act
shall
not
be
interpreted
to
affect
the
existing
provision
by
community
colleges
of
nurse
aide
training
certificates
of
completion
and
verification
of
successful
completion
of
the
competency
evaluation
necessary
for
inclusion
of
a
nurse
aide
in
the
state’s
nurse
aide
registry.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
306,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor