Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 44 - Board of Nursing
Article 8 - Certified Nurse Aide
12 AAC 44.858 - Training program pass rate
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) An approved certified nurse aide training program must achieve at least an 80 percent cumulative annual pass rate.
(b) If an approved certified nurse aide training program fails to achieve at least an 80 percent cumulative annual pass rate, the board will issue a letter of concern by certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the program. Within 90 days after receipt of a letter of concern from the board, the approved certified nurse aide training program must submit to the board a report that
(c) The board will reevaluate the program one year after a letter of concern has been issued to an approved certified nurse aide training program.
(d) If an approved certified nurse aide training program reevaluated by the board under (c) of this section has failed to achieve at least an 80 percent cumulative annual pass rate, the board will issue a letter of warning to the program. Within 90 days after receipt of a letter of warning from the board, the approved certified nurse aide training program must submit to the board a report that
(e) The board will reevaluate the program one year after a letter of warning has been issued to an approved certified nurse aide training program.
(f) If an approved certified nurse aide training program reevaluated by the board under (e) of this section has failed to achieve at least an 80 percent cumulative annual pass rate, the board will place the certified nurse aide training program on conditional approval. The certified nurse aide training program will continue on conditional approval until
(g) For purposes of this section, a certified nurse aide training program achieves at least an 80 percent cumulative annual pass rate if the year-end data shows that at least 80 percent of the graduates of the approved nurse aide training program, taking the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program competency evaluation for the first time, successfully passed that competency evaluation.
(h) If the training program does not respond to the letter of concern within 90 days, as required under (b) of this section, the board will withdraw approval for the nurse aide program as set out in 12 AAC 44.862.
Authority:AS 08.68.100
AS 08.68.331