Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
A long-term care
facility, employee organization, person, or government entity seeking approval
of a TCEP shall submit a completed application to the director or the
director's designee for approval of the program. The application may be filed
at any time.
(B)
A completed application for initial approval of a TCEP
includes:
(1)
Completed application forms prescribed by the
director
(2)
A nonrefundable application fee of three hundred
dollars.
(3)
Documentation that each proposed primary instructor who
will provide any part of the classroom instruction, including laboratory
simulation, clinical experience, or evaluation of trainees possesses the
qualifications required by rule
3701-18-09 of the Administrative
Code:
(4)
A copy of the agreement between the applicant and the
proposed program coordinator required by paragraph (A) of rule
3701-18-09 of the Administrative
Code, unless the applicant:
(a)
Is the proposed program coordinator; or
(b)
Plans to operate
a facility-based TCEP and the program coordinator is an employee of the
facility
(5)
The location and a description of the physical
facilities that a TCEP intends to use for classroom instruction, including any
laboratory simulation; and
(6)
The name,
address, facility provider number or, if the facility is not medicare or
medicaid certified, the facility license number or "code number, if
applicable," and a description of each long-term care facility with which the
program will have arrangements for provision of the clinical experience portion
of the program, and copies of the written agreements reflecting those
arrangements. A facility-based TCEP is not required to submit a copy of a
written agreement with the long-term care facility that operates the
program.
(7)
A curriculum plan, on a form prescribed by the director
or the director's designee, for each curriculum standard listed in the appendix
to rule 3701-18-12 of the Administrative
Code, that includes:
(a)
The performance objectives prepared in accordance with
paragraph (B) of rule
3701-18-12 of the Administrative
Code;
(b)
A topical content outline for each performance
objective that describes what will be taught. If the applicant proposes to
address a standard by using a textbook, include a summary of the content of the
portion of the textbook used to address the standard on the application
form;
(c)
The number of hours to be spent in classroom
instruction and clinical experience, and the teaching methods to be used,
including whether the classroom portion is to be provided online;
and
(d)
The titles of the individuals who will be providing the
instruction or supervising the clinical experience.
(8)
The applicant may
use curriculum plans in its application which already have been determined by
the director or the director's designee to meet the requirements of rule
3701-18-12 of the Administrative
Code if the applicant:
(a)
Certifies that it intends to use the previously
approved curriculum plan without change or describes any proposed variations;
and
(b)
Submits with its application the titles of the
individuals who will be providing instruction and the topic areas and standards
that they will be teaching, and the titles of the individuals who will be
supervising clinical experience;
(9)
A description of
the overall evaluation methodology and a sample copy of a skills checklist to
be used to determine successful performance of a skill; and
(10)
The overall plan
for scheduling and implementing both the classroom instruction and clinical
experience portions of the program.
(C)
Individuals that
submit with their applications proof that they are a service member or veteran,
or the spouse or surviving spouse of a service member or veteran, receive
priority expedited licensure processing within five business days of receipt
and before all other applications. The acceptable proof of service
member/veteran status documents are:
(1)
Department of
defense identification card (active, retired, temporary disability retirement
list (TDRL));
(2)
DD214 military discharge certificate indicating
disposition of discharge;
(3)
Report of separation from the national archives
national personnel records center in St. Louis, Missouri; or
(4)
Veterans
identification card from the department of veterans affairs.
All acceptable proof documents, except
the veterans identification card, must show the veteran status as honorable,
general, general under honorable conditions, or discharged or released under
conditions other than dishonorable.
(D)
If an applicant
proposes to offer two or more programs simultaneously, using different primary
instructors or different teams of primary instructors, the applicant shall file
a separate application and pay a separate application fee for each such
program. A separate application is not required if the applicant wishes to list
individuals who possess the qualifications required by the applicable
provisions of this chapter to serve as substitutes when the regular primary
instructors are unavailable.
(E)
The director or
the director's designee may request from an applicant any additional
information necessary to assess compliance with the applicable criteria for
program approval established by this chapter to be provided by the applicant
within the time specified by the director or the designee. The director or
designee shall mail a written notice to the applicant either approving or
proposing to deny approval of a TCEP within sixty days of receipt of the
application.
(F)
No applicant shall obtain or attempt to obtain approval
of a TCEP fraudulently or deceptively.
