Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 5 › Subtitle 39 - BOARD OF NURSING - CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS › Chapter 10.39.01 - Certification of Nursing Assistants › Section 10.39.01.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				  chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Board" means the Maryland Board of
				  Nursing.
(2) "Central Repository"
				  means the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of
				  the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
(3) "Certificate" means a certificate issued
				  by the Board to practice as a certified nursing assistant in this
				  State.
(4) Certified Nursing
				  Assistant (CNA).
(a) "Certified nursing
				  assistant (CNA)" means an individual, regardless of title, who routinely
				  performs nursing tasks delegated by a registered nurse (RN) or licensed
				  practical nurse (LPN) for compensation.
(b) "Certified nursing assistant (CNA)" does
				  not include:
(i) A medication technician;
				  or
(ii) An individual who merely
				  provides assistance with activities of daily living unless the client's needs
				  are such that adverse health consequences are predictable.
(5) "CFR" means the Code of
				  Federal Regulations.
(6) "Criminal
				  history records check" means the performance of both a State criminal history
				  check by the Central Repository and a national criminal history check performed
				  by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
(7) "Criminal history records information"
				  means information provided by the criminal history records check regarding an
				  applicant's criminal arrests, charges, and convictions and other dispositions
				  of criminal charges.
(8) "Geriatric
				  nursing assistant (GNA)" means a CNA who has successfully completed the
				  requirements for a GNA set forth in
				  42 CFR §§
												483.151-
				  483.156 and COMAR
				  10.07.02.39N
				  -.42.
(9) "Geriatric nursing assistant competency
				  examination (GNA-CE)" means an examination which meets the requirements of
				  42 CFR §§
												483.151-
				  483.156 and COMAR
				  10.07.02.39N -.42
				  to determine entry level competence for a GNA.
(10) "Home health aide (HHA)" means a CNA who
				  has successfully completed the requirements for certification as an HHA set
				  forth in:
(a) 42 CFR § 484.36
				  ;
(b) COMAR
				  10.07.02.43 and .44; and
(c) COMAR 10.39.01.09.
(11) "Licensed practical nurse (LPN)" means
				  an individual who:
(a) Is licensed by the
				  Board to practice licensed practical nursing; or
(b) Has a multistate licensure privilege to
				  practice licensed practical nursing.
(12) "Maryland Geriatric Nursing Assistant
				  Registry (MGNAR)" means the registry maintained by the State in compliance with
				  42 CFR §
												483.156.
(13) "Medication technician (MT)" means an
				  individual who has completed the 20-hour medication administration course
				  approved by the Board.
(14)
				  "Multistate licensure privilege" has the meaning set forth in COMAR
				  10.27.01.01B.
(15) "Registered nurse (RN)" means an individual who:
(a) Is licensed by the Board to practice
				  registered nursing; or
(b) Has a
				  multistate licensure privilege to practice registered nursing.