H.F. 306 Section 1. NURSE AIDE TRAINING AND TESTING PROGRAMS. 1 1. Pursuant to chapter 249A, the department of human 2 services shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide 3 policies and procedures governing the department of inspections 4 and appeals, as the designated department to approve nurse aide 5 training and testing programs. The rules shall provide for all 6 of the following: 7 a. The utilization of online course curricula to meet the 8 required minimum of thirty hours of classroom instruction. 9 However, online instruction shall only include the didactic 10 theory component of the curriculum. Required laboratory 11 experience and supervised clinical training shall be provided 12 in a face-to-face environment. 13 b. A definition of clock hours for the purposes of meeting 14 the required minimum of seventy-five clock hours of training 15 to include classroom instruction, prior equivalent experience, 16 or both. 17 c. A process to allow a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, 18 to be deemed to satisfy the nurse aide training requirements 19 based upon the training and experience acquired through 20 the veteran’s service and to receive a nurse aide training 21 certificate of completion. However, a veteran shall still be 22 required to successfully complete the nurse aide competency 23 evaluation in order to meet all requirements for inclusion on 24 the state’s nurse aide registry. 25 2. This Act shall not be interpreted to affect the existing 26 provision by community colleges of nurse aide training 27 certificates of completion and verification of successful 28 completion of the competency evaluation necessary for inclusion 29 of a nurse aide in the state’s nurse aide registry. 30 -1- HF 306 (4) 87 pf/rh/rj/md 1/ 1