Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) The competency examination shall include
a written or oral portion, in English, which shall:
(1) Allow a supportive home assistant to
choose between a written and an oral examination.
(2) Address each requirement specified in the
minimum curriculum prescribed by the Department at 63 O.S Supp. 2009 §
1-1962(B).
(3) Be developed from a
pool of test questions, only a portion of which is used in any one (1)
examination.
(4) Use a system that
prevents disclosure of both the pool of test questions and the individual
competency examination results.
(5)
If oral, the examination portion shall be read from a prepared text in a
neutral manner.
(b) The
skills examination portion of the competency examination shall:
(1) Consist of randomly selected items drawn
from a pool of tasks generally performed by supportive home
assistants.
(2) Be performed in a
setting similar to that in which the individual will function as a supportive
home assistant.
(3) Be administered
and evaluated by a clinical skills observer designated in writing as qualified
according to criteria established by the approved examination entity.
(c) The Department may permit the
skills examination to be proctored by qualified entity personnel if the
Department finds that the procedure adopted by the testing entity ensures that
the competency examination:
(1) Is secure
from tampering.
(2) Is standardized
and scored by a testing, educational, or other organization approved by the
Department.
(3) Is transmitted to
the scoring entity immediately after completion of the skills examination. A
record of successful completion of the skills examination must be maintained by
the testing entity for each individual who is found to be competent or has
passed the skills examination.
(d) The Department shall revoke the approval
of any entity to proctor the supportive home assistant competency examination
if the Department finds evidence of impropriety, including evidence of
tampering by facility staff.
Added at 28 Ok Reg 1061,
eff 6-11-11
