Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
380 - STATE BOARD OF NURSING
Chapter 5 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRAINING PROGRAMS AND DELEGATION BY REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES OF SELECTED NURSING TASKS TO CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
Section 380-5-5 - Eligibility Requirements for Entry on the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers
Universal Citation: 02 ME Code Rules ยง 380-5-5
Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024
A. To be eligible for listing on the MAINE REGISTRY OF CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS and DIRECT CARE WORKERS, the nursing assistant shall be in compliance with one of the following:
1. has successfully
completed competency testing and meets one of the following criteria:
a) has successfully completed the Board's
PRESCRIBED GENERALIST CURRICULUM FOR NURSING ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAMS
b) has been awarded a certificate
of completion of nursing assistant training from the Department of Educational
and Cultural Services (DECS);
c)
has been awarded a certificate of training that identifies that such
course;
d) met requirements set
forth in Chapter 5 of the Board's Rules and Regulations at the time the
training took place;
e) provides
documentation of nurse assistant training in Maine prior to 1975.
2. has been awarded a certificate
of equivalent training from the director of an educational program in nursing
preparing individuals for admission to the licensure examination;
3. has provided additional documentation that
the criteria set for in Chapter 5 were met at the time the training took
place;
4. has submitted
documentation of employment for 24 consecutive months between December 19, 1987
and December 19, 1989 at one or more Maine facilities of the same employer, as
set forth in 42 CFR
483.150(b)(1) and is
currently employed by that facility; or
5. has met the requirements for nursing
assistants who have been educationally prepared in a state other than Maine as
set forth in Section
3 above.
B. A nursing assistant who has received training in another jurisdiction, may request temporary listing on the MAINE REGISTRY OF CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS AND DIRECT CARE WORKERS, pending consideration for permanent listing on the MAINE REGISTRY OF CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS AND DIRECT CARE WORKERS as set forth in Section 3 above. Such temporary listing shall be in effect for a maximum of 4 months and shall not be renewed.
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