Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 556 - NURSE AIDES › Section 556.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the
											  following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Abuse--The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement,
										intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.
(2) Act--The Social Security Act, codified at United States Code, Title 42,
										Chapter 7.
(3) Active duty--Current full-time military service in
										the armed forces of the United States or as a member of the Texas military forces, as defined in Texas
										Government Code §
									437.001, or similar military service of another
										state.
(4) Active status--The designation given to a nurse aide
										listed on the NAR who is eligible to work in a nursing facility.
(5) Armed forces of the United States--The Army, Navy, Air Force, Space
										Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps of the United States, including reserve units of those military
										branches.
(6) Classroom training--The teaching of curriculum
										components through in-person instruction taught in a physical classroom location, which may include skills
										practice through online instruction taught in a virtual classroom location, or through an HHSC-approved
										computer-based training (CBT).
(7) Clinical training--The
										teaching of hands-on care of residents in a nursing facility under the required level of supervision of a
										licensed nurse, which may include skills practice prior to performing the skills through hands-on care of a
										resident. The clinical training provides the opportunity for a trainee to learn to apply the classroom
										training to the care of residents with the assistance and required level of supervision of the
										instructor.
(8) Competency evaluation--A written or oral
										examination and a skills demonstration administered by a skills examiner to test the competency of a
										trainee.
(9) Competency evaluation application--An HHSC form used
										to request HHSC approval to take a competency evaluation.
(10)
										Direct supervision--Observation of a trainee performing skills in a NATCEP.
(11) Employee misconduct registry (EMR)--The registry maintained by HHSC in
										accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 253, to record findings of reportable conduct by
										certain unlicensed employees.
(12) Facility--Means:
(A) a nursing facility licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter
										242;
(B) a licensed intermediate care facility for an individual
										with an intellectual disability or related condition licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter
										252;
(C) a type B assisted living facility licensed under Texas
										Health and Safety Code, Chapter 247;
(D) a general or special
										hospital licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 241; or
(E) a hospice inpatient unit licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code,
										Chapter 142.