Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 641 - Public Health Department
Chapter 9 - Outpatient Diabetes Education Programs
Rule 641-9.8 - Program Staff for Programs Not Recognized by the American Diabetes Association or Accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists/american Association of Diabetes Educators

(1) A program coordinator and a program physician shall be designated.

(2) The program shall have an advisory committee composed of at least one physician, one registered nurse, one licensed dietitian and one pharmacist to oversee the program. It is recommended the advisory committee include an individual with behavioral science expertise, a consumer, and a community representative. The advisory committee shall participate in the annual planning process, including determination of target audience, program objectives, participant access mechanisms, instructional methods, resource requirements, participant follow-up mechanisms, and program evaluation.

(3) The primary instructors shall be one or more of the following health care professionals: physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, licensed dietitians, and pharmacists who are knowledgeable about the disease process of diabetes and the treatment of diabetes. If there is only one primary instructor, there shall be at least one supporting instructor. The supporting instructor shall be from one of the four professions listed as possible primary instructors, but a different profession from the single primary instructor.

(4) The program may have additional supporting instructors including, but not limited to, dentist, exercise physiologist, health educator, ophthalmologist, pediatric diabetologist, podiatrist, psychologist, psychiatrist, or social worker.

(5) The names of the program physician, program coordinator, all primary and supporting instructors, and advisory committee members shall be included with the program application, with copies of their current Iowa licenses.

(6) All primary instructors shall show evidence of knowledge about the disease process of diabetes and the treatment and management of people with diabetes by documentation of one or more of the following:

(7) All supporting instructors shall show evidence of knowledge about the disease process of diabetes and the treatment and management of people with diabetes by documentation of completion of a minimum of 16 hours of continuing education in diabetes, diabetes management, or diabetes education within the last four years or have current certification as a certified diabetes care and education specialist/certified diabetes educator.

(8) The four professionals required in 9.8(2) to be on the advisory committee shall have completed eight hours of continuing education in diabetes within the past four years.

(9) The program coordinator shall determine that each primary or supporting instructor has current licensure or registration required to practice in Iowa.

(10) The program coordinator shall determine that new primary or supporting instructors, who join the program staff during a certification period, meet the requirements for initial certification in 9.8(6) or 9.8(7) within six months of when they join the program staff.