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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-02 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				apply:
(A) "Nurse education program"
			 means a prelicensure nurse education program approved by the board of nursing
			 under section 4723.06 of the Revised Code, or
			 a postlicensure nurse education program approved by the board of regents under
			 section 3333.04 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) "Health care facility"
			 means:
(1) A hospital registered under section
			 3701.07 of the Revised
			 Code;
(2) A nursing home licensed
			 under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, or
			 by a political subdivision certified under section
			 3721.09 of the Revised
			 Code;
(3) A county home or a county
			 nursing home as defined in section
			 5155.31 of the Revised Code that
			 is certified under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620
			 (1935),
			 42 U.S.C.
			 301, amended;
(4) A freestanding dialysis center;
(5) A freestanding inpatient rehabilitation
			 facility;
(6) An ambulatory
			 surgical facility;
(7) A
			 freestanding cardiac catheterization facility;
(8) A freestanding birthing center;
(9) A freestanding or mobile diagnostic
			 imaging center;
(10) A freestanding
			 radiation therapy center.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-03 - Fund balance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board may recommend that the office of budget and
				management retain a percentage of money, which the office of budget and
				management determines to be fiscally responsible, in the nurse education grant
				program fund that it maintains to accomplish the goals of the nurse education
				grant program established
								 in section
				4723.063 of the Revised
				Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-04 - Program administrative costs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with division (D) of section
				4723.063 of the Revised Code, no
				more than ten per cent of the nurse education grant program funds shall be used
				by the board for administrative costs associated with the program.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/15/2014 and
				10/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.063
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.063
Prior Effective Dates:
				02/01/2005
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-05 - Distribution of grants to prelicensure and postlicensure nurse education programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as provided in paragraphs (B),
			 (C), and (D) of this rule, nurse education grant program funds available for
			 distribution in a two year grant cycle shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Approximately fifteen per cent of the
			 available funds shall be awarded in grants to prelicensure education programs
			 for licensed practical nurses approved by the board under section
			 4723.06 of the Revised Code, if the program allows students, following licensure as a
			 licensed practical nurse, to transition into a registered nursing program
			 approved by the board during the student's second year (a one plus one
			 program);
(2) Approximately
			 thirty five per cent of the available funds shall be awarded in grants to
			 prelicensure education programs for registered nurses approved by the board
			 under section 4723.06 of the Revised Code;
			 and
(3) Approximately fifty per
			 cent of the available funds shall be awarded in grants to postlicensure nurse
			 education programs approved or accredited as described in paragraph (H) of rule
			 4723-25-02 of the
			 Administrative Code, for the purpose of preparing nursing faculty or
			 instructional personnel.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-06 - Eligibility criteria for funding consideration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
To be eligible for consideration to receive nurse education
				program grant funds, all of the following must be satisfied:
(A) Applicant is a nurse education program as
			 defined in division (A)(2) of section
			 4723.063 of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter;
(B) Applicant has
			 entered into a partnership with one or more health care facilities, community
			 health agencies, patient centered medical homes, or other education programs
			 that will result in increased enrollment capacity in the applicant's nurse
			 education program or programs;
(C)
			 Applicant has submitted 
								a completed "NEGP RFP" form, discussed in rule
			 4723-25-09 of
			 the administrative code, by the proposal deadline date
			 .
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-07 - Publication of notice for requests for proposals

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Not less than thirty days prior to
			 issuing a request for proposals, the board shall, by regular or electronic
			 mail, provide notice of the issuance of a request for proposals to the
			 administrator of all nurse education programs approved by the board under
			 section 4723.06 of the Revised Code, or
			 approved by the 
								chancellor of higher education under section
			 3333.04 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) In addition to the notice
			 required in paragraph (A) of this rule, the board shall also post notice of the
			 issuance of the request for proposals on the board's website, distribute
			 electronic notice to all persons included on the board's electronic subscriber
			 list, and mail notice to any persons who do not have access to electronic mail
			 but who have requested to be placed on a courtesy mailing list maintained by
			 the board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-09 - Grant proposal form

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 Grant applicants shall 
								a "NEGP RFP" form to be
			 considered for the nurse education grant program
			 .
(B) Information to
			 be provided in the proposal shall be consistent with the request for proposal
			 issued by the board and shall at minimum include the following:
(1) Specifics as to how the requested grant
			 funds will allow the nurse education program to increase its enrollment
			 capacity and the specific role to be played by the health care facility,
			 community health agency, or other education program with which it has entered a
			 partnership;
(2) The name of the
			 administrator of the program employed by, or under contract with, the nurse
			 education program who will be principally responsible for the grant and his or
			 her academic and professional credentials;
(3) A projection of the amount that the nurse
			 education program's enrollment capacity will be increased as a result of the
			 grant;
(4) A detailed description
			 of how the proposal is consistent with the standards for nurse education
			 programs set forth in Chapter 4723-5 of the Administrative Code;
(5) Any faculty or instructional personnel
			 positions to be supported with funds from the grant and how they will directly
			 contribute to increasing the enrollment capacity of the nurse education
			 program;
(6) Type and uses of any
			 equipment requested to be leased or purchased with funds from the grant and how
			 it will directly contribute to increasing the enrollment capacity of the nurse
			 education program;
(7) If an
			 applicant is a postlicensure nursing education program, how it will increase
			 the number of faculty and instructional personnel to serve as educators in
			 nurse education programs;
(8) How
			 the program will maintain the increased enrollment capacity in a nurse
			 education program following conclusion of the grant funding cycle;
(9) Other sources of funding, if any, that
			 will be used to support efforts by the nurse education program and its
			 partnership to increase the enrollment capacity of the program; and
(10) How grant funds will be accounted for
			 separately from other sources of funding received by the nurse education
			 program.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-10 - Grant review

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board may delegate its authority, as it deems appropriate,
				to a committee of the board and staff members of the board, to review grants
				and make recommendations for funding to the full board.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/15/2014 and
				10/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.063
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.063
Prior Effective Dates:
				02/01/2005
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-11 - Grant review criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Grant awards shall be made at the sole
			 discretion of the board according to section
			 4723.063 of the Revised Code and
			 the rules contained in this chapter.
(B) Preference in the award of grants shall
			 be given to partnerships between nurse education programs and the following:
(1) Hospitals registered under section
			 3701.07 of the Revised
			 Code;
(2) Nursing homes licensed
			 under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, or
			 by a political subdivision certified under section
			 3721.09 of the Revised
			 Code;
(3) County homes or county
			 nursing homes as defined in section
			 5155.31 of the Revised Code that
			 are certified under Title XVIII or XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat.
			 620 (1935),
			 42 U.S.C.
			 301, amended; and
(4) Education programs
			 as defined in paragraph (H) of rule
			 4723-25-02 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-12 - Use of grant funds

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Grant funds shall be used solely for
			 purposes of increasing enrollment capacity in nurse education programs.
(B) Grant funds may be used to
			 hire or contract with:
(1) Prelicensure nurse
			 education program faculty and instructional personnel whose role will be the
			 active supervision of one or more nursing students in a clinical setting; or
(2) Faculty or instructional
			 personnel engaged in training and preparing graduate level nurses to serve as
			 nurse educators in Ohio nurse education programs.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-13 - Prohibited uses of grant funds

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Grant funds shall not be used for any of
			 the following purposes:
(1) Administrative
			 costs associated with the nurse education program, health care facility,
			 community health agency, other education program, or partnership;
(2) The purchase of disposable items or
			 disposable equipment;
(3) The
			 purchase of personal items or equipment for students participating in a nurse
			 education program;
(4) Costs
			 associated with travel and lodging;
(5) Costs associated with meals and
			 entertainment;
(6) Lease or
			 purchase of vehicles;
(7) The
			 construction or renovation of buildings;
(8) Liquidation of bad debts;
(9) Fines, penalties, interest, or other
			 financial payments;
(10) The
			 compensation of nurses who will be used as preceptors for prelicensure nursing
			 education program students, except for the actual time a preceptor spends
			 supervising no more than two nursing students at any one time in accordance
			 with rule
			 4723-5-20
			 of the Administrative Code;
(11) The compensation of nurses who will be
			 used as preceptors for postlicensure nursing education program students except
			 for the actual time a preceptor spends supervising nursing students engaged in
			 a clinical experience at the direction of faculty or instructional personnel of
			 the nurse education program; or
(12)
									 Student tuition assistance.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-14 - Acknowledgment of terms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) After receiving notification of approval
			 of a grant proposal, the board and the nurse education program submitting the
			 proposal shall execute a written agreement that contains
			 the  terms and conditions of the
			 grant.
(B) This
			 agreement, or acknowledgment of terms, shall be signed by the administrator of the
			  nurse education program, or grantee, and by the board.
								The agreement may include but
			 need not be limited to the following terms and conditions:
(1) Method for advising the board regarding a
			 change of circumstances that may significantly impact the grantee's ability to
			 comply with the terms of the grant;
(2) Method and schedule for disbursement of
			 funds;
(3) Special reporting
			 requirements specific to an individual grant proposal;
(4) Applicability of all relevant laws,
			 regulations, and rulings; and
(5)
			 Grantee indemnification requirements.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-15 - Grantee reporting requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
								The administrator of a grantee nurse education program shall submit
			 the following
								 reports to the board
			 according to the schedule determined by the board that
			 identify how the grant funds were used to increase the enrollment capacity of
			 the program
								:
(1)
									"NEGP Annual
			 Report Year 1", for the first year of the grant funding cycle;
(2)
									"NEGP Annual Report Year 2" for the second year of the
			 grant funding cycle; and
(3)
									"NEGP Quarterly Progress Report" form..
.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-16 - Reversion of funding

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Grant recipients shall return to the
			 board any unexpended grant funds that remain at the end of the grant period.
(B) Unexpended grant funds shall
			 also be promptly returned to the board upon receipt of notice that any of the
			 following have occurred:
(1) The grantee has
			 failed to spend the grant funds according to the grant proposal approved by the board;
(2) The grantee has failed to comply with any
			 provision included in the acknowledgment of terms as required by rule
			 4723-25-14
			 of the Administrative Code; or
(3) The grantee no longer maintains its
			 status as a nurse education program approved by the board under section
			 4723.06 of the Revised Code, or
			 by the board of regents under section
			 3333.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-17 - Grantee programs, products, or publications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any special programs, products, or publications developed by
				the grantee nurse education program shall indicate that such program, product,
				or publication, was funded in whole or part by a grant from the Ohio board of
				nursing.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/15/2014 and
				10/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.063
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.063
Prior Effective Dates:
				02/01/2005
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-25 - Nurse Education Grant Program › Section 4723-25-18 - Annual grantee report

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall make available on an annual basis, in print or
				by electronic means, a current list of nurse education grant program grantees
				together with the following information:
(A) The amount of the grant received by each
			 grantee;
(B) The health care
			 facility, community health 
								agency, patient centered medical home or other education program with which the grantee
			 nurse education program has partnered;
(C) The amount by which the enrollment
			 capacity of the grantee nurse education program was projected to
			 increase;
(D) The proposed use of
			 the grant funds;
(E) The extent to
			 which funding of the grant proposal has resulted in an increase in the
			 enrollment capacity of the grantee nurse education program; and
(F) Such other information the board deems
			 appropriate.
Effective: 2/1/2015
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/15/2014 and
				10/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.063
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.063
Prior Effective Dates:
				02/01/2005
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-01 - Definition of terms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
				apply:
(A) "Administrator" means the
			 individual who is administratively responsible for a community health worker
			 training program.
(B) "Board" means
			 the Ohio board of nursing.
(C)
			 "Certificate to practice" means the certificate issued by the board in
			 accordance with section
			 4723.85 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D) "Clinical experience"
			 means a task or activity planned to meet course objectives or outcomes and to
			 provide community health worker students with the opportunity to practice
			 cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills related to the delivery of care by
			 community health workers. This experience may take place in a community setting
			 or other appropriate site.
(E)
			 "Community health worker" and "certified community health worker" mean an
			 individual who satisfies both of the following:
(1) As a community representative, advocates
			 for clients in the community by assisting them in accessing community health
			 and supportive resources through the provision of such services as education,
			 role modeling, outreach, home visits, or referrals; and
(2) Holds a certificate to practice issued or
			 renewed by the board under section
			 4723.85 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-02 - Community health worker certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 To obtain a certificate to practice as a community health worker, an applicant
			 who meets the qualifications set forth in division (A) of section
			 4723.84 of the Revised Code
			 shall:
(1) Submit a completed
			 "Community Health Worker Application";
(2) Submit an
			 application fee of thirty-five dollars; and
(3) In accordance with division (A) of
			 section 4723.091 of the Revised Code,
			 submit a request to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for
			 a criminal records check. The results of the criminal records check shall:
(a) Be received by the board before a
			 certificate can be issued; and
(b)
			 Indicate that the individual has not been convicted of, pled guilty to, or had
			 a judicial finding of guilt for any violation set forth in section
			 4723.092 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-03 - Community health worker certification by endorsement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								An applicant for
			 community health worker certification by endorsement shall satisfy the
			 following:
(1)
									Submit a completed "Certified Community Health Worker by
			 Endorsement Application," and the certification application fee required by
			 sections 4723.08 and
			 4723.88 and Chapter 4796. of the
			 Revised Code;
(2)
									Submit to a criminal records check completed by the
			 bureau of criminal identification and investigation;
(3)
									The applicant has
			 not surrendered or had revoked a license, out-of-state occupational license, or
			 government certification because of negligence or intentional misconduct
			 related to the applicant's practice as a community health
			 worker;
(4)
									The applicant has not been convicted of, found guilty
			 pursuant to a judicial finding of, or plead guilty to a criminal offense for
			 which a licensing authority may deny an application for a license or government
			 certification or that would otherwise disqualify the applicant for the license
			 or government certification under the applicable law of this state governing
			 the profession, occupation, or occupational activity for which the applicant is
			 applying;
(5)
									Submit any other documentation required by the
			 board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-04 - Renewal of community health worker certificate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective
				date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in
				paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A) The
			 board shall provide on-line access to a "Community Healthworker Renewal
			 Application" to every holder of a current, valid certificate, except when the
			 board is aware that the individual may be ineligible for certificate renewal
			 for any reason, including those reasons set forth in section
			 4723.092 of the Revised Code.
			 Failure of the certificate holder to receive an application for renewal from
			 the board does not excuse the certificate holder from the requirements of
			 section 4723.85 of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter, except as provided in section
			 5903.10 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) To renew a certificate to
			 practice as a community health worker a holder of a current, valid certificate
			 shall meet the continuing education requirements set
			 forth in rule
			 4723-26-05
			 of the Administrative Code and submit:
(1)
									A completed on-line "Community
			 Healthworker Renewal Application"; and
(2)
									A renewal fee of thirty-five
			 dollars.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-06 - Nurse delegation to community health workers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This chapter sets forth standards for the
			 delegation and supervision of nursing tasks  performed by a community health worker at the delegation of
			 a registered nurse.
(B) Nothing in
			 this chapter shall be construed to prevent any person registered, certified,
			 licensed, or otherwise legally authorized under any law in this state from
			 engaging in the practice for which such person is registered, certified,
			 licensed, or authorized.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/15/2014 and
				10/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.88
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.82
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/2005,
				02/01/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-07 - Prohibitions on delegation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Pursuant to division (B) of section
			 4723.82 of the Revised Code, a
			 registered nurse shall not delegate to a community health worker the
			 administration of medications.
(B)
			 No community health worker to whom a nursing task  is delegated shall delegate the nursing task
			  to any other person.
(C) Employing a community health worker to
			 engage in the unauthorized practice of nursing is prohibited by section
			 4723.03 of the Revised Code.
(D) If a community health worker
			 delegates a nursing task , the
			 community health worker shall be engaging in the unauthorized practice of
			 nursing, which is prohibited by section
			 4723.03 of the Revised Code.
(E) If a community health worker
			 performs a nursing task  and
			 does not comply with all the provisions set forth in this chapter, the
			 community health worker shall be engaging in the unauthorized practice of
			 nursing, in violation of section
			 4723.03 of the Revised Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/15/2014 and
				10/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.88
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.82
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/2005,
				02/01/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-08 - Criteria and standards for a registered nurse delegating to a community health worker

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A registered nurse may delegate a nursing
			 task  to a community health
			 worker if all the conditions for delegation set forth in this chapter are met.
(B)
								Prior
			 to delegating a nursing task
			  to a community health worker,
			 the delegating registered nurse shall determine each
			 of the following
			 :
(1)
									That
			 the nursing task
			  is within the scope of practice
			 of a registered nurse as set forth in section
			 4723.01 of the Revised Code;
(2)
									That
			 the nursing task
			  is within the knowledge, skill,
			 and ability of the registered nurse delegating the nursing task
			 ;
(3)
									That
			 the nursing task
			  is within the training, skill,
			 and ability of the community health worker who will be performing the delegated
			 nursing task ;
(4)
									 That appropriate resources and support are available for
			 the performance of the nursing task , and for management of the outcome;
(5)
									 That adequate and appropriate supervision by the
			 registered nurse of the performance of the nursing task
			  is available in accordance with
			 this rule; and
(6)
									 That:
(a)
										 The nursing task
			 requires no judgment based on nursing knowledge and expertise on the party of
			 the community health worker performing the task;
(b)
										 The results of
			 the nursing task are reasonably predictable;
(c)
										 The nursing task
			 can be safely performed according to exact, unchanging directions, with no need
			 to alter the standard procedures for performing the task;
(d)
										 The performance
			 of the nursing task does not require that complex observations or critical
			 decisions be made with respect to the nursing task;
(e)
										 The nursing task
			 does not require repeated performance of nursing assessments by the delegating
			 registered nurse; and
(f)
										 The consequences of performing the nursing task
			 improperly are minimal and not life threatening.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-09 - Supervision of the performance of a nursing task performed by a community health worker

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) When a community health worker is
			 performing a  nursing task
			  in accordance with this
			 chapter, supervision shall be provided by a registered nurse. For purposes of
			 this rule, supervision includes initial and ongoing direction, procedural
			 guidance, and observation and evaluation. The registered nurse providing the
			 supervision for a delegated nursing task  shall evaluate and document the following on an ongoing
			 basis:
(1) The degree to which the nursing
			 care needs of the individual are being met;
(2) The performance by the community health
			 worker of the delegated nursing task ;
(3) The need
			 for further instruction to the community health worker who is performing the nursing task ; and
(4) The
			 need to withdraw the delegation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-10 - Standards of safe care provided by the community health worker

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The purpose of
			 this chapter is to establish minimal acceptable standards of safe and effective
			 care provided by community health workers holding a certificate issued by the
			 board of nursing pursuant to Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.
(B) A community health worker shall maintain
			 knowledge of the duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities of a community
			 health worker and shall practice in accordance with the following:
(1) Laws regulating the provision of care by
			 a community health worker as set forth in Chapter 4723. of the Revised
			 Code;
(2) Rules adopted by the
			 board in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; and
(3) Any other applicable state or federal
			 laws and rules.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-12 - Standards for community health worker training programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) To be approved
			 by the board in accordance with division (G) of section
			 4723.88 of the Revised Code, a
			 community health worker training program shall employ or contract with a person
			 to serve as program administrator. Such person shall meet one of the following
			 criteria:
(1) Hold a license or certificate
			 to practice as one of the following health care professionals:
(a) A dentist licensed under Chapter 4715. of
			 the Revised Code;
(b) A nurse
			 licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code;
(c) An optometrist licensed under Chapter
			 4725. of the Revised Code;
(d) A
			 pharmacist licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code;
(e) A physician assistant certified under
			 Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code;
(f) A physician licensed under Chapter 4731.
			 of the Revised Code;
(g) A
			 psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code;
(h) A chiropractor licensed under Chapter
			 4734. of the Revised Code;
(i) A
			 nursing home administrator licensed under Chapter 4751. of the Revised
			 Code;
(j) A counselor, social
			 worker, or marriage and family therapist licensed under Chapter 4757. of the
			 Revised Code; or
(k) A dietitian
			 licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-13 - Standard curriculum for community health worker training programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An approved
			 curriculum for a training program for community health workers shall be the
			 standard minimum curriculum set forth in paragraph (B) of this rule and shall
			 satisfy all of the following:
(1) Include a
			 program philosophy, program objectives or outcomes, course objectives or
			 outcomes, teaching strategies, and core competencies or other evaluation
			 methods that are:
(a) Consistent with the law
			 regulating the practice of the community health worker;
(b) Internally consistent;
(c) Implemented as written; and
(d) Distributed to community health worker
			 students;
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-14 - Procedures for obtaining approval or reapproval of community health worker training programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
The board shall approve and reapprove community health worker
				training programs as follows:
(A) A
			 community health worker training program that seeks to be approved by the board
			 shall submit to the board all of the following:
(1) A completed "Community Health Worker Training Program Approval
			 Application"
									;
(2) Payment of a
			 program approval fee of three hundred dollars; and
(3) Any other information requested by the
			 board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-02 - Standards of safe medication administration by a certified medication aide

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A certified medication aide shall
			 administer prescription medications only at the delegation of a nurse according
			 to section 4723.67 of the Revised Code,
			 Chapter 4723-13 of the Administrative Code, and this chapter, to residents of
			 nursing homes and residential care facilities.
(B) Except as provided in paragraphs (C) and
			 (D) of this rule, a certified medication aide to whom the task of medication
			 administration is delegated, may administer the following types of prescription
			 medications:
(1) Oral medications;
(2) Topical medications;
(3) Medications administered as nasal spray,
			 or as drops, or ointment to a resident's eye, ear, or nose;
(4) Rectal and vaginal medications;
			 or
(5) Inhalants delivered by
			 inhalers, nebulizers, or aerosols, that allow for a single dose of a fixed,
			 pre-measured amount of medication.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-03 - Delegation of medication administration to certified medication aides

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A registered
			 nurse or a licensed practical nurse acting at the direction of a registered
			 nurse, who provides nursing care to residents in nursing homes or residential
			 care facilities, may delegate the task of medication administration to a
			 certified medication aide according to section
			 4723.67 of the Revised Code,
			 Chapter 4723-13 of the Administrative Code, and this chapter.
(B) A registered nurse may delegate the
			 administration of medications to a certified medication aide only if the
			 registered nurse holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of
			 the Revised Code that is not subject to restrictions relating to the
			 administration of medications imposed under section
			 4723.28 of the Revised Code, or
			 imposed by agreement entered under section
			 4723.282 or
			 4723.35 of the Revised Code.
(C) A licensed practical nurse,
			 acting at the direction of a registered nurse, may delegate the administration
			 of medications to a certified medication aide only if all of the following
			 apply:
(1) The registered nurse at whose
			 direction the licensed practical nurse is delegating the administration of
			 medications is authorized to delegate the administration of medications to a
			 certified medication aide according to paragraph (B) of this
			 rule;
(2) The licensed practical
			 nurse is authorized to administer medications according to division
			 (F)(3) of section 4723.01 of the Revised Code; and
(3) The licensed practical nurse
			 holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code
			 that is not subject to restrictions relating to the administration of
			 medications imposed under section
			 4723.28 of the Revised Code, or
			 imposed by agreement entered under to section
			 4723.282 or
			 4723.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-04 - Medication aide certification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective
				date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in
				paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03 of the Administrative
				Code.]
(A) To be issued a medication
			 aide certificate the following requirements must be met:
(1) The applicant must be at least eighteen
			 years of age;
(2) The applicant
			 must have a high school diploma or a high school equivalence diploma as
			 described in section 5107.40 of the Revised
			 Code;
(3) If the applicant is to
			 function as a certified medication aide in a nursing home, the applicant must
			 be a nurse aide who satisfies the requirements of division (A)(1), (A)(2),
			 (A)(3), (A)(4), (A)(5), (A)(6), or (A)(8) of section
			 3721.32 of the Revised
			 Code;
(4) If the applicant is to
			 function as a certified medication aide in a residential care facility the
			 applicant must be either:
(a) A nurse aide who
			 satisfies the requirements of division (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), (A)(4), (A)(5),
			 (A)(6), or (A)(8) of section
			 3721.32 of the Revised Code;
			 or
(b) The applicant must have at
			 least one year of direct care experience in a residential care
			 facility;
(5) The
			 applicant must submit a completed "Medication Aide Application";
(6) The board must receive the results of a
			 criminal records check conducted according to section
			 4723.091 of the Revised
			 Code;
(7) The board must receive
			 written verification that the applicant has successfully completed an approved
			 medication aide training program, and documentation indicating applicant passed
			 a board approved examination. The minimum passing grade on the written
			 component of a board-approved examination shall be eighty per cent. A student
			 must successfully complete each of the skills evaluation tasks included in the
			 clinical component of a board-approved examination in order to pass;
			 and
(8) The applicant shall submit
			 to the board the fee for a medication aide certificate required by paragraph
			 (A)(1) of rule
			 4723-27-10 of the Administrative
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-05 - Renewal of a medication aide certificate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective
				date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in
				paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 Medication aide certificates shall be renewed biennially on or before April
			 thirtieth of even numbered years.
(1) The
			 board shall provide access to an on-line "Medication Aide Renewal Application,"
			 to every holder of a current, valid certificate, except when the board is aware
			 that the individual may be ineligible for certificate renewal for any reason,
			 including those reasons set forth in section
			 4723.092 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) To renew a medication
			 aide certificate, a holder of a current, valid certificate shall
			 complete the continuing education requirements set
			 forth in rule
			 4723-27-06
			 of the Administrative Code and submit:
(a)
										A completed "Medication Aide Renewal
			 Application"; and
(b)
										The renewal fee required by rule
			 4723-27-10 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-06 - Continuing education requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Except in the case of the first renewal of a medication
			 aide certificate,
								
								during  each certification period, a certified
			 medication aide must obtain fifteen approved contact hours of continuing
			 education that includes the following:
(1) One
			 hour of continuing education must be directly related to Chapter 4723. of the
			 Revised Code and the rules adopted under that chapter. To qualify, this
			 continuing education must be approved by an OBN approver as defined in
			 paragraph (K) of rule
			 4723-14-01 of the Administrative
			 Code, or an OBN approved provider unit as defined in paragraph (B) of rule
			 4723-14-01 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(2) One hour of continuing
			 education must be directly related to establishing and maintaining professional
			 boundaries; and
(3) At least ten
			 hours of continuing education must be related to medications or medication
			 administration consistent with the function of the certified medication
			 aide.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-07 - Medication aide training programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 An applicant seeking approval from the board to provide a medication aide
			 training program shall submit a "Medication Aide
			 Training Program Application."
(1) Applications shall be accompanied by the
			 fee required by paragraph (A)(8) of rule
			 4723-27-10 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(2) No
			 applicant shall admit a student until the medication aide training program has
			 been approved by the board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-08 - Standard minimum curriculum for medication aide programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The approved
			 curriculum for a training program for certified medication aides shall be the
			 standard minimum curriculum set forth in paragraph (C) of this rule, and shall
			 include all of the following:
(1) Program
			 objectives and outcomes, course objectives or outcomes, teaching strategies,
			 and core competencies or other evaluation methods that are:
(a) Consistent with the law and rules
			 applicable to certified medication aides, as set forth in Chapter 4723. of the
			 Revised Code and this chapter;
(b)
			 Internally consistent;
(c)
			 Implemented as written; and
(d)
			 Made available to students in medication aide training programs;
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-10 - Fees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board may
			 impose fees in accordance with division (B)(1) of section
			 4723.69 of the Revised Code,
			 including the following:
(1) For applications
			 to obtain a medication aide certificate, fifty dollars;
(2) For biennial renewal of a medication aide
			 certificate submitted on or before March first of even numbered years, fifty
			 dollars;
(3) For biennial renewal
			 of a medication aide certificate submitted after March first and before May
			 first of even numbered years, one-hundred dollars;
(4) Except as provided in section
			 5903.10 of the Revised Code, for
			 reinstatement of a lapsed medication aide certificate, one hundred
			  dollars;
(5) For reactivation of an inactive
			 medication aide certificate, fifty dollars;
(6) For verification of a medication aide
			 certificate to another jurisdiction, fifteen dollars;
(7) For providing a replacement copy of a
			 medication aide certificate suitable for framing, twenty-five
			 dollars;
(8) For applications for
			 approval to operate a medication aide training program, one thousand
			 dollars;
(9) For applications for
			 re-approval of a medication aide training program, five hundred dollars;
			 or
(10) For processing a check
			 returned to the board by a financial institution for insufficient funds,
			 twenty-five dollars.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-27 - Medication Administration by Certified Medication Aide › Section 4723-27-11 - Medication aide certification by endorsement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								An applicant for
			 medication aide certification by endorsement shall satisfy the following:
(1)
									Submit a
			 completed "Certified Medication Aide by Endorsement Application" and the
			 certification application fee required by section
			 4723.69 of the Revised
			 Code;
(2)
									Submit to a criminal records check completed by the
			 bureau of criminal identification and investigation;
(3)
									The applicant has
			 not surrendered or had revoked a license, out-of-state occupational license, or
			 government certification because of negligence or intentional misconduct
			 related to the applicant's practice as a medication aide;
(4)
									The applicant has
			 not been convicted of, found guilty pursuant to a judicial finding of, or plead
			 guilty to a criminal offense for which a licensing authority may deny an
			 application for a license or government certification or that would otherwise
			 disqualify the applicant for the license or government certification under the
			 applicable law of this state governing the profession, occupation, or
			 occupational activity for which the applicant is applying;
(5)
									Submit any other
			 documentation required by the board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4725 - Ohio Vision Professional Board › Chapter 4725-1 - Public Notice › Section 4725-1-01 - Public notice rule

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Prior to the
			 adoption of any rule subject to the requirements of Chapter 119. of the Revised
			 Code, the state board of vision professionals shall give public notice of its
			 intention to consider adoption, amendment or rescission of a rule at least
			 thirty days prior to the date set for the public hearing. Notice shall be given
			 by advertising in register of Ohio. The notice shall include:
(1) A statement of the board's intention to
			 consider adoption, amendment or rescission of a rule;
(2) A synopsis of the proposed rule,
			 amendment, or rescission, or a general statement of the subject matter to which
			 the proposed rule, amendment or rescission relates; and,
(3) The date, time and place set for the
			 public hearing on the proposed action.