Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment allows a two-year training
agency status versus the one (1) year and less time constraints on submission
of continuing education offerings.
(1) All organizations described in
19 CSR
73-2.010(12) as a training agency
which offer any course of study or program of instruction and training to
prepare applicants for licensure as administrators or for the renewal of
license as administrators shall register with the board.
(A) These entities shall complete the
application for registration as a training agency and submit it to the board
along with the supporting documentation required by the form.
(B) This registration, if granted by the
board, shall be established for up to two (2) years and notice of this
registration and time periods shall be made available to licensees by the board
office. The registration of any agency may be terminated at any time at the
discretion of the board and with thirty (30) days written notice to the
training agency. The agency's board approval number shall be printed in all
program promotional materials that are approved for licensed
administrators.
(C) The program
shall follow the long-term care core of knowledge areas as described in
19 CSR
73-2.031. All approved training agencies shall submit
to the board office in advance, the following information regarding each
program they wish to approve for administrator clock hours:
1. Date, time, and location of presentation
broken down into specific time periods, topic titles, and speakers;
2. A program outline including the purpose
and content objectives;
3.
Statements regarding presenter qualifications in his/her particular subject
matter area;
4. Number of clock
hours requested, deleting time allotted for breaks and lunch; and
5. For on-line (web-based, teleconference,
self-study, and webinar) continuing education courses, the program materials
shall also include:
A. Description of the
total learning package including the method/rationale used for determining the
number of study hours required to complete the program. One (1) clock hour
shall be awarded for each hour needed to complete the course.
B. Instruction for program completion;
and
C. Post-test as part of the
total learning package, except for webinars and teleconferences. The
information shall demonstrate test security, include a minimum of five (5)
multiple choice or true/false questions per clock hour, and require a grade of
seventy-five percent (75%) or higher in order to pass.
(D) Thirty (30) days prior to the
date the training agency status will expire, the agency shall make
reapplication if the agency wishes to continue as an approved provider beyond
the designated period. The training agency's ability to comply with the board's
rules and policies for offering continuing education programs to licensed
administrators shall be carefully reviewed during the reapplication
process.
(2)
Organizations or persons who do not qualify under
19 CSR
73-2.010(12) as a training agency,
but wish to sponsor in-person education seminars shall submit the application
for approval of a single offering a minimum of thirty (30) days in advance of
the presentation. If the application for a single offering is submitted less
than thirty (30) days in advance of the presentation , there shall be a
separate, nonrefundable late fee of fifty dollars ($50).
(A) The sponsoring agency and its role shall
be clearly identified in the application. For first time single offering
providers, the organization's mission statement/goals shall be
included.
(B) There shall be a
separate, nonrefundable fee as referenced in
19 CSR
73-2.015 for each single offering application filed
with the board. The education and training unit of any state agency, or a
section of a department, shall be exempt from these application fees.
(C) The program shall follow the long-term
care core of knowledge areas as described in
19 CSR
73-2.031(2).
(D) Single offering applications approved by
the board shall reflect the board approval number in the program's promotional
materials.
(3) In order
to provide topical education that may be of an immediate nature, the education
and training unit of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
shall be exempt from the thirty- (30-) day advance notice
stipulation.
(4) The training
agency and single offering provider shall-
(A) Record attendance accurately at each
presentation, reflecting the number and type of clock hours of actual
attendance of each administrator;
(B) Submit, within thirty (30) days of the
conclusion of the approved program, to the board office a summative evaluation
and a roster including license number, number and type of clock hours issued to
each licensee; and
(C) Provide each
administrator written evidence of his/her attendance which shall include: title
of offering, date of offering, number and type of clock hours actually attended
and the board approval number.
*Original authority: 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979,
1993, 1995, 2007.
