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House File 306 - EnrolledAn Actrelating 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
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 UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident 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 BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernorpf/rh/rj/md
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
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 UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident 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 BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernorpf/rh/rj/md