Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B10 - Board of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 64B10-16 - ADMINISTRATOR-IN-TRAINING PROGRAM › Section 64B10-16.001 - General Information; Monitors

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				An Administrator-in-Training program is a supervised training program during
				which the Administrator-in-Training (AIT) works under the supervision of a
				Board approved Preceptor.
(2) An
				applicant for the AIT program must meet those qualifications established by
				Section 468.1695, F.S., and Rule
				64B10-11.002, F.A.C., at the
				time of application, including completion of an Administrator-In-Training
				Application, form DH-MQA-NHA003 (07/2021), hereby adopted and incorporated by
				reference, and pay the application fee specified in Rule
				64B10-12.0001, F.A.C. The form
				can be obtained from the web at
http://floridasnursinghomeadmin.gov/applications/application-admin-in-training.pdf
or at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13931
.
				The applicant is required to indicate whether the applicant is applying for the
				1, 000-hour program or the 2, 000-hour program as referenced in Rule
				64B10-11.002, F.A.C.
(3) AIT training must be under the full-time
				supervision of the Preceptor. A Preceptor shall supervise no more than two (2)
				AITs or two (2) interns or a combination thereof at any given time.
(4) The AIT shall serve his/her training in a
				normal work-week, containing a minimum of 30 hours and a maximum of 50 hours,
				with not less than six hours to be served daily between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
				and 10:00 p.m., except that a minimum of 40 hours and a maximum of 80 hours are
				to be served between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(5) The AIT program shall begin on the first
				day of the month following Board approval.
(6) The AIT and the Preceptor shall sign an
				agreement acknowledging to each other and the Board that the training shall be
				in accordance with these rules. The agreement shall contain any other
				agreements between the AIT and the Preceptor concerning the training.
(7) The AIT shall be allowed two weeks leave
				for military training, two weeks leave for vacation, and reasonable sick
				leave.
(8) The Monitor shall for
				good cause approve one temporary discontinuance of the training for up to 1
				year, but the AIT shall only retain credit for those quarters completed and for
				which reports have been submitted and approved by the Monitor. The Monitor may
				disapprove a request for temporary discontinuance if the Preceptor does not
				agree to the discontinuance.
(9)
				The Board will approve an interruption of an AIT program for the compulsory
				active duty service of the AIT in the armed forces of the United States. The
				AIT may resume his or her training at any time within one year of discharge
				from active duty.
(10) Both the AIT
				and the Preceptor must report any discontinuance of training to the Board. AITs
				must report discontinuance within 10 business days; Preceptors must report
				discontinuances no later than the next reporting date. Failure of the AIT to
				report discontinuance of training will result in the AIT losing credit for the
				current reporting period.
(11) A
				rotation through the various departments and duties in the nursing home is
				essential to the proper completion of the training. An AIT shall not, during
				the normal working hours of his program, fill a specific, specialized position
				in the nursing home.
(12) One
				member of the Board shall function as a Monitor of each AIT program. More than
				one Board Member may function as a Monitor, but only one Monitor shall be
				assigned to each AIT. Each Board Member who functions as a Monitor shall be a
				licensed nursing home administrator. The Monitor shall evaluate the progress of
				the AIT in the AIT program in the following manner:
(a) The Monitor shall review the required
				reports and other information required by Rule
				64B10-16.005, F.A.C.;
(b) The Monitor shall determine whether the
				report and information submitted meet the requirements of Rule
				64B10-16.005, F.A.C., for each
				reporting period;
(c) Should the
				Monitor determine the requirements of Rule
				64B10-16.005, F.A.C., have not
				been met, the Monitor shall take one or more of the following actions:
1. Refuse to accept the report,
2. Refuse to award the AIT credit toward the
				AIT program for hours completed within the reporting period,
3. Require the AIT and Preceptor to revise
				and resubmit the report,
4. Require
				the AIT and/or Preceptor to submit additional documentation demonstrating hours
				completed in each domain area for that reporting period; and/or
5. Require the AIT to complete additional
				hours in specified domain areas.
(d) The Monitor shall maintain communication
				with the AIT and Preceptor.
(e) The
				Monitor shall notify the Board whether the AIT has satisfactorily completed the
				AIT program.
1. The Board shall not certify
				an AIT for examination unless the Monitor notifies the Board that the AIT has
				satisfactorily completed the AIT program.
2. If the required reports or the AIT's
				progress in the program is inadequate, upon notification by the Monitor, the
				Board shall require the AIT to do further work toward meeting objectives or
				attaining the core of knowledge, or to work with a different Preceptor. The
				Board shall specify the additional time period granted to the AIT in which to
				satisfactorily complete the AIT program.
3. If the Monitor notifies the Board that the
				AIT has failed to satisfactorily complete the AIT program within the time
				frames established by subsection (13), the Board may either authorize an
				additional time period in which to satisfactorily complete the AIT program or
				may terminate the AIT program and refuse to certify the AIT for
				examination.