Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 73 - Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 2 - General Rules › Section 19 CSR 73-2.060 - Registration of Training Agencies and Single Offering Providers

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment allows a two-year training
				  agency status versus the one (1) year and less time constraints on submission
				  of continuing education offerings.
(1) All organizations described in
				19 CSR
				73-2.010(12) as a training agency
				which offer any course of study or program of instruction and training to
				prepare applicants for licensure as administrators or for the renewal of
				license as administrators shall register with the board.
(A) These entities shall complete the
				application for registration as a training agency and submit it to the board
				along with the supporting documentation required by the form.
(B) This registration, if granted by the
				board, shall be established for up to two (2) years and notice of this
				registration and time periods shall be made available to licensees by the board
				office. The registration of any agency may be terminated at any time at the
				discretion of the board and with thirty (30) days written notice to the
				training agency. The agency's board approval number shall be printed in all
				program promotional materials that are approved for licensed
				administrators.
(C) The program
				shall follow the long-term care core of knowledge areas as described in
				19 CSR
				73-2.031. All approved training agencies shall submit
				to the board office in advance, the following information regarding each
				program they wish to approve for administrator clock hours:
1. Date, time, and location of presentation
				broken down into specific time periods, topic titles, and speakers;
2. A program outline including the purpose
				and content objectives;
3.
				Statements regarding presenter qualifications in his/her particular subject
				matter area;
4. Number of clock
				hours requested, deleting time allotted for breaks and lunch; and
5. For on-line (web-based, teleconference,
				self-study, and webinar) continuing education courses, the program materials
				shall also include:
A. Description of the
				total learning package including the method/rationale used for determining the
				number of study hours required to complete the program. One (1) clock hour
				shall be awarded for each hour needed to complete the course.
B. Instruction for program completion;
				and
C. Post-test as part of the
				total learning package, except for webinars and teleconferences. The
				information shall demonstrate test security, include a minimum of five (5)
				multiple choice or true/false questions per clock hour, and require a grade of
				seventy-five percent (75%) or higher in order to pass.
(D) Thirty (30) days prior to the
				date the training agency status will expire, the agency shall make
				reapplication if the agency wishes to continue as an approved provider beyond
				the designated period. The training agency's ability to comply with the board's
				rules and policies for offering continuing education programs to licensed
				administrators shall be carefully reviewed during the reapplication
				process.