House
File
549
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
549
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
140)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
9,
2021
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
regulatory
provisions
applicable
to
care
1
provided
in
health
care
facilities
and
assisted
living
2
programs.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135C.34,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
135C.34
Medication
aide
——
certification.
3
The
department
of
inspections
and
appeals,
in
cooperation
4
with
other
appropriate
agencies,
shall
establish
a
procedure
to
5
allow
recognize
the
credentials
of
a
person
who
is
certified
as
6
a
medication
aide
in
another
state
to
become
certified
in
this
7
state
upon
completion
and
passage
of
both
the
certified
nurse
8
aide
and
certified
medication
aide
challenge
examinations,
9
without
additional
requirements
for
certification,
including
10
but
not
limited
to,
completion
and
passage
of
both
the
11
certified
nurse
aide
competency
examination
and
the
certified
12
medication
aide
challenge
examination
or
required
employment
13
in
this
state
prior
to
certification
,
if
upon
the
request
of
14
the
person
seeking
certification,
the
department
determines
15
that
the
other
state
in
which
the
person
is
certified
has
16
substantially
similar
certification
requirements
.
The
17
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
18
administer
this
section
.
19
Sec.
2.
MEDICATION
ADMINISTRATION
BY
NURSING
STUDENTS
AND
20
GRADUATE
NURSES
IN
NURSING
FACILITIES.
The
department
of
21
inspections
and
appeals,
in
cooperation
with
other
appropriate
22
agencies,
shall
adopt
or
amend
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
23
17A
to
allow
a
nursing
student
or
a
graduate
nurse
with
an
24
appropriate
level
of
training
to
administer
medications
if
25
the
nursing
facility
documents
that
the
nursing
facility
has
26
implemented
training
and
supervision
measures
to
ensure
the
27
nursing
student’s
or
graduate
nurse’s
competency
in
safe
28
medication
administration.
The
rules
shall
not
require
the
29
nursing
student
or
graduate
nurse
to
complete
a
medication
30
course
or
challenge
examination
if
the
nursing
facility
meets
31
such
requirements.
32
Sec.
3.
CERTIFIED
NURSE
AIDE
TRAINING
——
RECIPROCITY.
The
33
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
shall
adopt
or
amend
34
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
recognize
a
person
who
is
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a
nurse
aide
in
another
state
and
is
able
to
demonstrate
1
competency
in
skills
and
techniques
necessary
to
care
for
the
2
needs
of
residents
in
nursing
facilities
as
required
by
42
3
C.F.R.
§483.35(c)
and
(d)(1)(k)
to
become
certified
in
this
4
state
without
additional
requirements
for
certification.
The
5
rules
shall
provide
for
such
persons
to
complete
the
direct
6
care
worker
registry
application
and
to
be
included
in
the
7
direct
care
worker
registry
maintained
by
the
department.
8
Sec.
4.
ASSISTED
LIVING
PROGRAM
MANAGER
WHO
IS
ALSO
A
9
LICENSED
NURSING
HOME
ADMINISTRATOR.
The
department
of
10
inspections
and
appeals
shall
amend
the
administrative
rules
11
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
relating
to
an
assisted
living
program
12
manager
to
allow
a
new
assisting
living
program
manager
who
13
is
currently
licensed
as
a
nursing
home
administrator
to
14
complete
any
required
assisted
living
management
class
within
15
twelve
months
of
employment
rather
than
within
six
months
of
16
employment.
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