Section 412 IAC 2-1-10 - Certification, recertification, reinstatement, and in-service education requirementsAuthority: IC 16-28-1-11
Affected: IC 16-28
Sec. 10.
(a) A QMA shall be certified by the Indiana state department of health.(b) For initial certification as a QMA, the individual must do the following:(1) Complete the requirements of this rule.(2) Submit to the testing entity an application approved by the Indiana state department of health.(3) Pass the written competency test in three (3) or fewer attempts with a passing score of at least eighty percent (80%).(c) For recertification, at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the certificate, the individual must do the following:(1) Obtain a minimum of six (6) hours per year of annual in-service education.(2) Submit to the Indiana state department of health a qualified medication aide record of annual in-service education on the form approved by the Indiana state department of health.(3) Submit to the Indiana state department of health the appropriate fee. The QMA is responsible for completing the in-service education requirements, maintaining documentation of in-service education, and submitting, or ensuring the submission of, the qualified medication aide record of annual in-service education form and appropriate fee.
(d) If the recertification fees or in-service education form, or both, required by subsection (c) is received by the Indiana state department of health more than ninety (90) days after the expiration of the QMA certification, the individual: (1) is removed from the QMA registry; and(2) must be reinstated under subsection (e) in order to work as a QMA.(e) For reinstatement as a QMA following removal from the QMA registry, the individual must do the following: (1) Complete the requirements of this rule.(2) Submit to the testing entity an application approved by the Indiana state department of health.(3) Pass the written competency test in three (3) or fewer attempts with a passing score of at least eighty percent (80%).(f) Annual in-service education shall include medication administration. If facility policy allows the QMA to perform such functions in the facility, annual in-service education shall also include the following:(1) Medication administration via G-tube/J-tube.(3) Finger stick blood glucose testing (specific to the glucose meter used).(g) QMA certificates: (1) are effective upon issue;(2) and expire on March 31 of the next year. The annual in-service education requirement period begins each year on March 1 and concludes on the last day of February of the next year. In the case of an initial certification, the annual in-service education requirement period begins on the QMA certification effective date and concludes on the last day of February of the next year. The in-service education requirement period therefore ends one (1) month before the expiration of the certification.
(h) The Indiana state department of health shall maintain a registry of QMAs who have current certification.Indiana Health Facilities Council; 412 IAC 2-1-10; filed Jan 24, 2003, 8:26 a.m.: 26 IR 1938; filed Oct 14, 2005, 10:00 a.m.: 29 IR 800; readopted filed Sep 25, 2008, 10:30 a.m.: 20081008-IR-412080323RFA