Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-18 - Training and Competency Evaluation Programs; Train the Trainer Programs › Section 3701-18-22 - The state-administered test

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director or the director's designee
			 shall conduct a state-administered test under division (C) of section
			 3721.31
			 of the Revised Code and this rule. Successful completion of the
			 state-administered test shall be required for an individual to meet the
			 requirements of division (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(6) or (B)(7) of section
			 3721.28
			 of the Revised Code and paragraphs (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(6) and (B)(7) of rule
			 3701-17-07.1 of the Administrative Code. As authorized by division (E) of
			 section
			 3721.31
			 of the Revised Code, the director shall decline to approve any other tests in
			 Ohio. The state-administered test shall include examination and performance
			 demonstration components.
(B) As
			 used in rules 3701-18-22 to
			 3701-18-27
			 of the Administrative Code, "registrant" means an individual who registers with
			 the director or the director's designee under rule
			 3701-18-24
			 of the Administrative Code to take a component of the state-administered
			 test.
(C) The examination component
			 of the competency evaluation shall include a representative sample of material
			 from each topic area specified in paragraph (A) of rule
			 3701-18-12
			 of the Administrative Code and the appendix to that rule, and shall be
			 developed from a pool of test questions, only a portion of which is used in any
			 one examination. The registrant may choose to take the examination component in
			 writing or orally. If taken orally, the examination shall be read in a neutral
			 manner from a prepared text, and shall include an exercise designed to
			 determine the registrant's competency to read job-related information such as a
			 resident's name band or the label on a bottle on a bedside stand, exit signs,
			 danger warnings, and poisoning warnings. The examination shall be given in
			 English, except that if the individual is working in a long-term care facility
			 in which the predominant language of the residents is other than English, the
			 examination may be taken orally in the predominant language used in the
			 facility.
(D) The performance
			 demonstration portion of the test shall consist, at minimum, of performance of
			 five tasks, which shall be selected randomly for each registrant from a pool of
			 skills evaluation tasks ranked according to degree of difficulty, with at least
			 one task selected from each degree of difficulty. The methods used to evaluate
			 the registrant's performance of the tasks shall include evaluation of the
			 registrant's non-task-oriented competency, such as communication and
			 interpersonal skills. The performance demonstration portion of the competency
			 evaluation may be held either in an Ohio long-term care facility or in a test
			 center equipped for that purpose. The performance demonstration portion of the
			 test shall be given in English, except that if the individual is working in a
			 long-term care facility in which the predominant language of the residents is
			 other than English, the examination may be taken at that facility in the
			 predominant language used in the facility. Skills evaluation tasks may include
			 but are not limited to the following:
(1)
			 Making an occupied bed;
(2) Taking
			 and recording a resident's temperature, pulse, and respiration;
(3) Orienting a new resident to the
			 facility;
(4) Performing range of
			 motion exercises;
(5) Giving a bed
			 bath; or
(6) Positioning a resident
			 on his or her side.