Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Program review and approval.
Upon request of a course provider, the board shall review
course content offered by the course provider, and upon finding conformity
between the proposed program and the requirements of this chapter, shall
approve the course provider as offering courses that meet all of the course
requirements for licensure.
Subp.
2.
Requesting course review.
When submitting a program of study offered by a course
provider to meet the course requirements, the course provider shall provide the
following information in an application for the board's review:
A. designation of a program director to
coordinate the course provider's program or course offerings with the board. If
the program director determines that courses from students transferring into
the course provider's program or courses from students enrolled in the program
who cannot arrange class schedules to permit timely completion of the
board-approved courses are equivalent in content to those accepted by the board
to fulfill the course requirements in parts 6400.7015 and 6400.7020, the
program director must submit the students' equivalent courses to the board. The
board must determine that the courses are equivalent in content to fulfill the
course requirements in parts 6400.7015 and 6400.7020;
B. evidence of the establishment and use of
an advisory group of assisted living directors and others in the long-term
services and supports industry, including the names and experience of group
members and the frequency of meetings, to review course requirements and
practicum activities;
C. a
published marketing description of the course of study offered or recommended
by the provider for those interested in licensure as an assisted living
director in Minnesota. Nothing in this chapter restricts course providers from
designing or implementing curricula, or establishing requirements for courses,
majors, or other designations offered by the institution, more comprehensive
than required under this chapter for licensure;
D. a topic-by-topic review of how each course
offered by the course provider meets the requirements in parts 6400.7015 and
6400.7020;
E. an outline of each
course offered by the course provider to fulfill one or more of the licensure
course requirements, listing texts and materials used in the course;
and
F. identification of one or
more course providers to:
(1) coordinate
director in training field experiences for students; and
(2) provide instruction to any director
becoming a mentor for the first time regarding objectives for the director in
training or evidence of use of NAB's mentor training modules.
Subp. 3.
Review
and approval process.
Upon receipt of an application package for approval of a
course provider's program to meet board course requirements, the board shall
acknowledge receipt of the request and identify any missing requirements to the
program director. Upon receipt of all required information, the board shall
review all materials presented and may request an appearance by one or more
representatives of the program at a meeting to review all material for
conformance to requirements. The board shall base its decision to approve or
reject the course provider's program on whether the application materials
presented cover the course topics outlined in parts 6400.7015 and 6400.7020
with sufficient depth to enable students to attain the knowledge, skills, and
abilities required to begin work as an assisted living director. If the
application package and discussion with program officials fail to show
compliance with parts 6400.7015 and 6400.7020 or to provide sufficient evidence
to satisfy the board members that they can infer beginning-level competency
among students completing the proposed course, the board shall notify the
program director in writing of the deficiencies the course provider must
remedy. Once all deficiencies are satisfactorily remedied, the board shall
grant approval to the course provider in writing and include reference to the
course provider's offerings in its correspondence with students interested in
learning where courses approved by the board to meet licensure requirements are
available. If the deficiencies are not corrected, the board shall deny approval
for the course provider's program by written notice to the program
director.
Subp. 4.
Annual review.
Annually on or before September 1, the program director of a
course provider with an approved program or courses shall file with the board
on forms prescribed by the board for that purpose a report indicating:
A. any changes in any of the information
presented to satisfy the requirements outlined in this part since the initial
application or since the updated report of the preceding year; and
B. to the extent available, a schedule of
when throughout the year the approved courses will be offered by the course
provider or the link to the course website.
Subp. 5.
Five-year course provider
review.
A. Every fifth year following
the board's initial approval of a course provider's program or courses, the
program director shall provide a complete review of the course provider's
program by submitting to the board by September 1 of the fifth year a review
application package in the same format and incorporating the same information
as required in subpart 2 for a new program approval application. When no change
has occurred since the initial application, the program director may submit a
copy of the initially submitted information with an updated date and
attestation that the information is current.
B. The board shall review the five-year
program review package submitted by the course provider and approve or deny
continued board approval for the program as provided in subpart 3. If the board
finds it necessary to deny continued approval to a program or to specific
courses, the board shall provide information to the program director about ways
in which students currently enrolled in the program may obtain supplementary or
alternative courses to complete the requirements for licensure in view of the
revocation of approval for courses offered by the course provider. The program
director shall provide the information to all students enrolled in the
previously approved program or courses and shall work with the students to
provide a smooth transition to alternative course providers offering approved
courses.
C. In addition to the
five-year program review, if the board receives information that the success
rates fall below the national average for candidates from the program who,
during the annual review period, wrote for the first time the national
examination for assisted living directors developed by NAB, the board must take
one of the actions described in subitems (1) to (3):
(1) if success rates are below the national
average for one period, the board shall require the program director to
identify factors that potentially affect the low success rate of the licensure
examination. The director shall submit a plan of corrective action by a
specified date. The plan of action must be on a board-supplied form and include
the signature of the program director and another course provider
representative. If during the following year the success rate is above the
national average, no action by the board is required;
(2) if the success rates are below the
national average for two consecutive periods, the board shall notify the
program director of a survey to identify additional factors affecting the low
success rate and review progress on the plan for corrective action submitted
the previous year. The survey must include the director, presenters, students,
and a course presenter representative. The program director shall submit a
revised plan of corrective action by a specified date. The plan of corrective
action must be on a board-supplied form and include the signatures of the
program director and course provider representative. If during the following
year the success rate is above the national average, no action is required by
the board; or
(3) if success rates
are below the normal average for three consecutive periods, the board shall
require the program director and another course provider representative to meet
with a committee of board members and board staff for a survey for compliance
with all applicable rules and for the implementation of the plan for corrective
action submitted the previous year. Upon completion of the survey, the board
shall take action according to subpart 3.
