Current through Bulletin 2024-24, December 15, 2024
Under Subsection
58-31b-601(4),
the minimum standards for a MAC training program and the process to obtain
approval are as follows:
(1) a MAC
training program shall be approved by the Division in collaboration with the
Advisory Peer Education Committee created in Section
R156-31b-202 before the program
is implemented;
(2) a MAC training
program may be offered only by an educational institution, a health care
facility, or a health care association;
(3) a MAC training program shall consist of
at least:
(a) 60 clock hours of didactic
classroom training that is consistent with the Medication Assistant-Certified
(MA-C) Model Curriculum adopted by the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing's Delegate Assembly on August 9, 2007, which is incorporated by
reference; and
(b) 40 hours of
practical training in a healthcare facility as defined in Subsection
78B-3-402(12);
(4) each classroom training
instructor and the practical training instructor shall:
(a)
(i)
have an active LPN, RN, or APRN license in good standing or a multistate
privilege to practice nursing in Utah; and
(ii) have at least one year of Clinical
Practice Experiences; or
(b)
(i) be
an approved certified nurse aide (CNA) instructor who has completed a Train the
Trainer program recognized by the Utah Nursing Assistant Registry;
and
(ii) have at least one year of
Clinical Practice Experiences;
(5)
(a)
practical training instructor-to-student ratio shall be no greater than:
(i) 1:2 if the instructor is working with
individual students to administer medications; or
(ii) 1:6 if the instructor is supervising
students who are working one-on-one with medication nurses to administer
medications in clinical facilities;
(b) a practical training instructor shall be
on-site and available at any time if the student is not being directly
supervised by a licensed nurse during the Clinical Practice Experiences;
and
(6) an entity seeking
approval to provide a MAC training program shall submit to the Division a
complete application form provided by the Division with:
(a) evidence of adequate and appropriate
trainers and resources to provide the training program, including a
well-stocked clinical skills lab or the equivalent;
(b) a copy of the proposed training
curriculum and an attestation that the proposed curriculum is consistent with
the model curriculum in Subsection (3)(a); and
(c) documentation of the MAC training
program's minimal admission requirements, which shall include:
(i) an earned high school diploma, successful
passage of the general educational development test, or equivalent education as
approved by the Board;
(ii) current
certification as a nursing aide, in good standing, from the Utah Nursing
Assistant Registry;
(iii) at least
2,000 hours of experience completed:
(A) as a
CNA working in a healthcare facility as defined in Subsection
78B-3-403(12);
and
(B) within the two-year period
preceding the date of application to the training program: and
(iv) current cardiopulmonary
resuscitation certification.
