Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March
20, 2024
(a) Each
medication aide candidate shall be either a nurse aide who has been issued a
certificate by the secretary or a qualified mental retardation professional as
defined in 42 C.F.R.
483.430(a), revised October
1, 2010 and hereby adopted by reference, and shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Has completed a course in
medication administration approved by the secretary; and
(2) has passed a state test as approved by
the secretary.
(b) Each
person who has met one of the following requirements shall be eligible to
enroll in a medication aide course:
(1) Is a
nurse aide who has a Kansas nurse aide certificate and who has been screened
and tested for reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level; or
(2) is a qualified mental retardation
professional employed by an intermediate care facility for the mentally
retarded.
(c) A
qualified mental retardation professional who is not a nurse aide, who has
completed a course in medication administration as approved by the secretary,
and who has passed the state test shall be allowed to administer medications
only to residents in an intermediate care facility for the mentally
retarded.
(d)
(1) Each medication aide course shall meet
the following requirements:
(A) Consist of a
minimum of 75 total hours, which shall include a minimum of 25 hours of
clinical instruction;
(B) be
prepared and administered in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the
secretary and follow the content outlined in the "Kansas certified medication
aide curriculum" and appendices, dated February 2011, and the "Kansas certified
medication aide sponsor and instructor manual," pages 2 through 21, dated
February 2011, which are hereby adopted by reference; and
(C) be sponsored by one of the following:
(i) A postsecondary school under the
jurisdiction of the state board of regents;
(ii) a state-operated institution for the
mentally retarded; or
(iii) a
professional health care association approved by the secretary.
(2) No correspondence
course shall be approved as a medication aide course.
(3) Distance-learning and computer-based
educational offerings shall be required to meet the requirements specified in
this subsection.
(e)
Each medication aide course instructor shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Each person who intends to be a course
instructor shall submit an instructor approval application form to the
secretary at least three weeks before offering an initial course and shall be
required to receive approval as an instructor before the first day of an
initial course.
(2) Each instructor
shall be a registered nurse with a current Kansas license and two years of
clinical experience as a registered nurse. Any Kansas-licensed pharmacist
actively working in the pharmacy field may conduct part of the training under
the supervision of an approved instructor.
(f) Each course sponsor and course instructor
shall be responsible for ensuring that the following requirements are met:
(1) Only persons who meet the qualifications
specified in subsection (b) shall be eligible to take the course.
(2) Each trainee shall be screened and tested
for comprehension of the written English language at an eighth-grade reading
level before enrolling in the course.
(3) The course shall be prepared and
administered in accordance with the guidelines and follow the content in the
"Kansas certified medication aide curriculum" and the "Kansas certified
medication aide sponsor and instructor manual," as adopted in subsection
(d).
(4) The clinical instruction
and skills performance involving the administering of medications shall be
under the direct supervision of the course instructor.
(5) During the clinical instruction and
skills performance, the course instructor shall perform no other duties than
the provision of direct supervision to the trainees.
(g) Any course instructor or course sponsor
who does not fulfill the requirements of this regulation may be subject to
withdrawal of approval to serve as a course instructor or a course
sponsor.
(h) Any person whose
education or training has been deemed equivalent to the medication aide course
by an approved sponsor as specified in paragraph (d)(1)(C) may apply to take
the state test to become certified as a medication aide. Before requesting a
determination of equivalency for a person's education or training, that person
shall be a Kansas-certified nurse aide and shall meet one of the following
conditions:
(1) The person is currently
credentialed to administer medications in another state. The secretary or the
designated agent shall evaluate that state's credentialed training for
equivalency in content and skills level to the requirements for certification
as a medication aide in Kansas.
(2)
The person is currently enrolled in an accredited practical nursing or
professional nursing program and has completed a course of study in
pharmacology with a grade of C or better.
(3) The person is currently licensed in
Kansas or another state, or has been licensed within 24 months from the date of
application, as a licensed mental health technician, and there are no pending
or current disciplinary actions against the individual's license.
(4) The person has been licensed in Kansas or
another state, within 24 months from the date of application, as a licensed
practical nurse whose license is inactive or a registered nurse whose license
is inactive, and there are no pending or current disciplinary actions against
the individual's license.
