Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An applicant for initial training program
approval shall submit an application packet to the Board at least 90 days
before the expected starting date of the program. An applicant shall submit
application documents in an electronic format.
B. The Board may impose disciplinary action
including denial on any training program that has advertised, conducted
classes, recruited or collected money from potential students before receiving
Board approval or after expiration of approval except for completing
instruction to students who enrolled before the expiration date.
C. A program applying for initial approval
shall include all of the following in their application packet:
1. Name, address, web address, telephone
number, e-mail address and fax number of the program;
2. Identity of all program owners or
sponsoring institutions;
3. Name,
license number, telephone number, e-mail address and qualifications of the
program coordinator as required in
R4-19-802;
4. Name, license number, telephone number,
e-mail address and qualifications of each program instructor including clinical
instructors as required in either
R4-19-802
for NA programs or
R4-19-803
for CMA programs;
5. Name,
telephone number, e-mail address and qualifications any person with
administrative oversight of the training program, such as an owner, supervisor
or director;
6. Accreditation
status of the training program, if any, including the name of the accrediting
body and date of last review;
7.
Name, address, telephone number and contact person, for all health care
institutions which will be clinical sites for the program;
8. Medicare certification status of all
clinical sites, if any;
9. Evidence
of program compliance with this Article including all of the following:
a. Program description that includes the
length of the program, number of hours of clinical, laboratory and classroom
instruction, and program goals consistent with federal, state, and if
applicable, private postsecondary requirements;
b. A list and description of classroom
facilities, equipment, and instructional tools the program will
provide;
c. Written curriculum and
course schedule according to the provisions of this Article;
d. A copy of the documentation that the
program will use to verify student attendance, instructor presence and
skills;
e. Copy of signed, current
clinical contracts;
f. The title,
author, name, year of publication, and publisher of all textbooks the program
will require students to use;
g. A
copy of course policies and any other materials that demonstrate compliance
with this Article and the statutory requirements in Title 32, Chapter
15;
h. A plan to evaluate the
program that meets requirements in
R4-19-801(A)(10);
i. An implementation plan including start
date and a description of how the program will provide oversight to ensure all
requirements of this Article are met;
j. A self-assessment checklist of the
application contents and their location in the application, on a form provided
by the Board; and
k. Other
requirements as requested consistent with
R4-19-802
for nursing assistant programs and
R4-19-803
for medication assistant programs.
D. Re-approval of Training Programs
1. A training program applying for
re-approval shall submit an electronic application and accompanying materials
to the Board before expiration of the current approval. A program or site of a
consolidated program that did not hold any classes in the previous approval
period is not eligible for renewal of approval.
2. The program shall include the following
with the renewal application:
a. A program
description and course goals;
b.
Name, license number, and qualifications of current program
personnel;
c. A copy of the current
curriculum which meets the applicable requirements in either
R4-19-802
or
R4-19-803;
d. The dates of each program offering, number
of students who have completed the program, and the results of the
state-approved written and manual skills tests, including first-time pass rates
since the last program review;
e. A
copy of current program policies, consistent with
R4-19-801;
f. Any change in resources, contracts, or
clinical facilities since the previous approval or changes that were not
previously reported to the Board;
g. The program evaluation plan with findings
regarding required evaluation elements under
R4-19-801(A)(10);
h. The title, author, year of publication,
and publisher of the textbook used by the program;
i. Copies of the redacted records of one
program graduate;
j. The total
number of enrolled students and graduates for each year since the last
approval;
k. The total number of
persons taking the state-approved exam in the past two years; if the number is
less than 10, a comprehensive plan to increase program enrollment;
l. A self-assessment checklist of the
application contents and their location in the application, on a form provided
by the Board; and
m. Other
requirements as requested consistent with
R4-19-802
for nursing assistant programs and
R4-19-803
for medication assistant programs.
E. Upon determination of administrative
completeness of either an initial or renewal application, the Board, through
its authorized representative, shall schedule and conduct a site visit of a NA
program, unless one year only approval is granted on an initial application.
The Board may conduct a site visit of a CMA program. Site visits are for the
purpose of verifying compliance with this Article. Site visits may be conducted
in person or through the use of distance technology.
F. Following an evaluation of the program
application and a site visit, if applicable, the Board may approve or renew the
approval of the program for two years for a nursing assistant program and up to
four years for a medication assistant program, if the program renewal
application and site visit findings, as applicable, meet the requirements of
this Article, and A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 15 and renewal is in the best
interest of the public. If the program does not meet these requirements, the
Board may issue a notice of deficiency under
R4-19-805
or take disciplinary action.
G. A
program may request an administrative hearing by filing a written request with
the Board within 30 days of service of the Board's order denying the
application for program approval or renewal of approval. Hearings shall be
conducted in accordance with A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10 and 4
A.A.C. 19, Article 6.
H. The owner,
operator, administrator or coordinator of a program that is denied approval or
renewal of approval shall not be eligible to conduct, own or operate a new or
existing program for a period of two years from the date of denial.
