Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 25 - Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance › Rule 016.25.21-003 - Licensure Update Pursuant to Acts 135 and 746

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Rules for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant
				Training Program
D.
Candidate Qualifications
The following is a list of qualifications for the state
				competency exam.
Note: Individuals listed on the LTCF Employment Clearance
				Registry with a disqualification status due to a substantiated administrative
				finding of abuse, neglect, misappropriation of resident property or a
				disqualifying criminal record in accordance with Ark. Code Ann. § 20-38101
				et seq shall not be eligible to take the competency examination.
1. Nursing assistants who were trained in
			 approved non-facility programs (career colleges, Vo-Tech schools, proprietary
			 schools, etc.) after January 1, 1989.
2. Nursing assistants who were trained in
			 approved facility (nursing homes) programs after July 1, 1989.
3. Registered nurses or students who have
			 finished the basic nursing course (Introduction to Nursing, Fundamentals of
			 Nursing, etc.). The individual must provide a copy of their school
			 transcript/document showing successful completion of the basic nursing course
			 to qualify for the state competency test.
4. Registered nurses or licensed practical
			 nurses that have had disciplinary action resulting in suspension, revocation,
			 or voluntary surrender of license due to disciplinary action shall not be
			 allowed an exemption to training or be allowed to challenge the state
			 competency examination.
5. Home
			 health aides who have met appropriate federal training and/or testing
			 requirements for HHA certification. Verification must show completion of a
			 minimum of 75 hours training and/or federal testing requirements as a home
			 health aide. This provision does not apply to personal care aides. The training
			 requirements of 40 hours to become a personal care aide does not meet the 90
			 hour requirement for the LTCF Nursing Assistant Training Program..
6. Individuals from other states who can
			 verify completion of a state approved geriatric nursing assistant training
			 program but were not tested and registered. If registered in the other state,
			 see Section VIII forreciprocity transfers without further testing. Verification
			 of course completion rests with the individual and must be submitted to the DHS
			 designated contractor for approval to take the Arkansas competency
			 test.
7. Nursing assistants whose
			 certification has become inactive based on the recertification requirements
			 (see Section VIII, item C). These individuals shall be required to retake the
			 test for recertification.
Permission for retesting shall require an admission slip
				obtained from the testing agency prior to the specified test date.
All other individuals trained in programs that have not
				received approval from the Department as a training provider shall not qualify
				and shall not be allowed to take the examination. Such programs may include
				hospitals, emergency medical technicians, medical assistant programs, personal
				care aides, correspondence courses, independent study or on-the-job
				training/in-service training as they are not acceptable in lieu of the approved
				training program.
Per A.C.A. § 17-1-110, the Department shall grant an
				occupational or professional license to an individual who fulfills the
				requirements to practice an occupation or profession in this state and is a
				person who holds a Federal Form I-766 United States Citizenship and Immigration
				Services-issued Employment Authorization Document, known popularly as a "work
				permit".