Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 19 - BOARD OF NURSING › Article 8 - CERTIFIED AND LICENSED NURSING ASSISTANTS AND CERTIFIED MEDICATION ASSISTANTS › Section R4-19-804 - Initial Approval and Re-Approval of Training Programs

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An applicant for initial training program
				approval shall submit an application packet to the Board at least 90 days
				before the expected starting date of the program. An applicant shall submit
				application documents in an electronic format.
B. The Board may impose disciplinary action
				including denial on any training program that has advertised, conducted
				classes, recruited or collected money from potential students before receiving
				Board approval or after expiration of approval except for completing
				instruction to students who enrolled before the expiration date.
C. A program applying for initial approval
				shall include all of the following in their application packet:
1. Name, address, web address, telephone
				number, e-mail address and fax number of the program;
2. Identity of all program owners or
				sponsoring institutions;
3. Name,
				license number, telephone number, e-mail address and qualifications of the
				program coordinator as required in
				R4-19-802;
4. Name, license number, telephone number,
				e-mail address and qualifications of each program instructor including clinical
				instructors as required in either
				R4-19-802
				for NA programs or
				R4-19-803
				for CMA programs;
5. Name,
				telephone number, e-mail address and qualifications any person with
				administrative oversight of the training program, such as an owner, supervisor
				or director;
6. Accreditation
				status of the training program, if any, including the name of the accrediting
				body and date of last review;
7.
				Name, address, telephone number and contact person, for all health care
				institutions which will be clinical sites for the program;
8. Medicare certification status of all
				clinical sites, if any;
9. Evidence
				of program compliance with this Article including all of the following:
a. Program description that includes the
				length of the program, number of hours of clinical, laboratory and classroom
				instruction, and program goals consistent with federal, state, and if
				applicable, private postsecondary requirements;
b. A list and description of classroom
				facilities, equipment, and instructional tools the program will
				provide;
c. Written curriculum and
				course schedule according to the provisions of this Article;
d. A copy of the documentation that the
				program will use to verify student attendance, instructor presence and
				skills;
e. Copy of signed, current
				clinical contracts;
f. The title,
				author, name, year of publication, and publisher of all textbooks the program
				will require students to use;
g. A
				copy of course policies and any other materials that demonstrate compliance
				with this Article and the statutory requirements in Title 32, Chapter
				15;
h. A plan to evaluate the
				program that meets requirements in
				R4-19-801(A)(10);
i. An implementation plan including start
				date and a description of how the program will provide oversight to ensure all
				requirements of this Article are met;
j. A self-assessment checklist of the
				application contents and their location in the application, on a form provided
				by the Board; and
k. Other
				requirements as requested consistent with
				R4-19-802
				for nursing assistant programs and
				R4-19-803
				for medication assistant programs.