A 75-hour Medicaid Nurse Aid Training Program which includes 59 hours of theory and 16 hours of clinical is available to prepare nurse aides to provide quality care in long term care facilities. A nurse aide is defined as any individual including nursing students and medication aides providing nursing and related services to facility residents who is not a licensed health professional. Federal and state laws and regulations have been adopted to insure quality care to long term care residents. The Nursing Home Reform Act established the requirements for nurse aides employed in nursing homes to be trained, evaluated, and after successful completion, to be registered. Registry is maintained by the Division of Licensing and Regulation in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Registration is a requirement in all long term care facilities in the United States.
Should a registered nurse aide move to another state, that state will grant reciprocity - another class and test is not required.