Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A
NATCEP must have an approved program director and program instructor to provide
training.
(1) Training of trainees must be
performed by or under the general supervision of a registered nurse (RN) who
has a minimum of two years of nursing experience, at least one year of which
must be in a nursing facility.
(2)
An applicant for a NATCEP must certify on the NATCEP application that the
NATCEP meets the requirements in paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(b) A program
director must:
(1) be an RN in the State of
Texas;
(2) have a minimum of two
years of nursing experience; and
(3) have completed a course focused on
teaching adult students or have experience in teaching adult students or
supervising nurse aides.
(c) An instructor must:
(1) be a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) or
an RN in the state of Texas;
(2)
have a minimum of two years of nursing experience; and
(3) have completed a course focused on
teaching adult students or have experience in teaching adult students or
supervising nurse aides.
(d) Either the program director or a program
instructor must have at least one year of experience providing long term care
services in a nursing facility. If an instructor is an LVN, a NATCEP must have:
(1) a director with at least one year of
providing long term care services in a nursing facility; or
(2) an instructor who is an RN with at least
one year of providing long term care services in a nursing
facility.
(e) Program
director. A program director must directly perform training or have general
supervision of the program instructor and supplemental trainers. A NATCEP must
have a program director when the NATCEP applies for initial approval by HHSC in
accordance with §
556.7 of this chapter (relating to
Review and Reapproval of a Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation
Program (NATCEP)) and to maintain HHSC approval.
(1) In a facility-based NATCEP, the director
of nursing (DON) for the nursing facility may be approved as the program
director but must not conduct the training.
(2) A program director may supervise more
than one NATCEP.
(3) A program
director's responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
(A) directing the NATCEP in compliance with
the Act and this chapter;
(B)
directly performing training or having general supervision of the program
instructor and supplemental trainers;
(C) ensuring that NATCEP records are
maintained;
(D) determining if
trainees have passed both the classroom and clinical training portions of the
NATCEP;
(E) signing a competency
evaluation application completed by a trainee who has passed both the classroom
and clinical training portions of the NATCEP; and
(F) signing a certificate of completion or a
letter on letterhead stationery of the NATCEP or the nursing facility, stating
that the trainee passed both the classroom and clinical training portions of
the NATCEP if the trainee does not take the competency evaluation with the same
NATCEP. The certificate or letter must include the date training was completed,
the total training hours completed, and the official NATCEP name and number on
file with HHSC.
(G) Completion of
the classroom training for trainees who complete the HHSC CBT is determined by
the certificate of completion, which includes the date the trainee completed
the CBT.
(4) A NATCEP
must submit a NATCEP application for HHSC approval if the program director of
the NATCEP changes.
(f)
Program instructor. A NATCEP must have at least one qualified program
instructor when the NATCEP applies for initial approval by HHSC in accordance
with §
556.7 of this chapter and when
training occurs.
(1) The program instructor is
responsible for conducting the classroom and clinical training of the NATCEP
under the general supervision of the program director.
(2) An applicant for a NATCEP must certify on
the NATCEP application that all program instructors meet the requirements in
subsection (c) of this section.
(3)
A NATCEP must submit a NATCEP application for HHSC approval if a program
instructor of the NATCEP changes.
(g) Supplemental trainers. Supplemental
trainers may supplement the training provided by the program instructor in a
NATCEP.
(1) A supplemental trainer must be a
licensed health professional acting within the scope of the professional's
practice and have at least one year of experience in the field of
instruction.
(2) The program
director must select and supervise each supplemental trainer.
(3) A supplemental trainer must not act in
the capacity of the program instructor without HHSC approval. To request
approval, a NATCEP must submit a NATCEP application to
HHSC.
(h) Skills
examiner. A skills examiner must administer the competency evaluation.
(1) HHSC or its designee approves an
individual as a skills examiner if the individual:
(A) is an RN;
(B) has a minimum of one year of professional
experience in providing care for the elderly or chronically ill of any age;
and
(C) has completed a skills
training seminar conducted by HHSC or its designee.
(2) A skills examiner must:
(A) adhere to HHSC standards for each skill
examined;
(B) conduct a competency
evaluation in an objective manner according to the criteria established by
HHSC;
(C) validate competency
evaluation results on forms prescribed by HHSC;
(D) submit prescribed forms and reports to
HHSC or its designee; and
(E) not
administer a competency evaluation to an individual who participates in a
NATCEP for which the skills examiner was the program director, the program
instructor, or a supplemental trainer.
