Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-169a

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-39-169a - Medication aide

(a) Each medication aide candidate shall be either a nurse aide who has been issued a certificate by the secretary or a qualified mental retardation professional as defined in 42 C.F.R. 483.430(a), revised October 1, 2010 and hereby adopted by reference, and shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Has completed a course in medication administration approved by the secretary; and

(2) has passed a state test as approved by the secretary.

(b) Each person who has met one of the following requirements shall be eligible to enroll in a medication aide course:

(1) Is a nurse aide who has a Kansas nurse aide certificate and who has been screened and tested for reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level; or

(2) is a qualified mental retardation professional employed by an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

(c) A qualified mental retardation professional who is not a nurse aide, who has completed a course in medication administration as approved by the secretary, and who has passed the state test shall be allowed to administer medications only to residents in an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

(d)

(1) Each medication aide course shall meet the following requirements:

(A) Consist of a minimum of 75 total hours, which shall include a minimum of 25 hours of clinical instruction;

(B) be prepared and administered in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the secretary and follow the content outlined in the "Kansas certified medication aide curriculum" and appendices, dated February 2011, and the "Kansas certified medication aide sponsor and instructor manual," pages 2 through 21, dated February 2011, which are hereby adopted by reference; and

(C) be sponsored by one of the following:

(i) A postsecondary school under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents;

(ii) a state-operated institution for the mentally retarded; or

(iii) a professional health care association approved by the secretary.

(2) No correspondence course shall be approved as a medication aide course.

(3) Distance-learning and computer-based educational offerings shall be required to meet the requirements specified in this subsection.

(e) Each medication aide course instructor shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Each person who intends to be a course instructor shall submit an instructor approval application form to the secretary at least three weeks before offering an initial course and shall be required to receive approval as an instructor before the first day of an initial course.

(2) Each instructor shall be a registered nurse with a current Kansas license and two years of clinical experience as a registered nurse. Any Kansas-licensed pharmacist actively working in the pharmacy field may conduct part of the training under the supervision of an approved instructor.

(f) Each course sponsor and course instructor shall be responsible for ensuring that the following requirements are met:

(1) Only persons who meet the qualifications specified in subsection (b) shall be eligible to take the course.

(2) Each trainee shall be screened and tested for comprehension of the written English language at an eighth-grade reading level before enrolling in the course.

(3) The course shall be prepared and administered in accordance with the guidelines and follow the content in the "Kansas certified medication aide curriculum" and the "Kansas certified medication aide sponsor and instructor manual," as adopted in subsection (d).

(4) The clinical instruction and skills performance involving the administering of medications shall be under the direct supervision of the course instructor.

(5) During the clinical instruction and skills performance, the course instructor shall perform no other duties than the provision of direct supervision to the trainees.

(g) Any course instructor or course sponsor who does not fulfill the requirements of this regulation may be subject to withdrawal of approval to serve as a course instructor or a course sponsor.

(h) Any person whose education or training has been deemed equivalent to the medication aide course by an approved sponsor as specified in paragraph (d)(1)(C) may apply to take the state test to become certified as a medication aide. Before requesting a determination of equivalency for a person's education or training, that person shall be a Kansas-certified nurse aide and shall meet one of the following conditions:

(1) The person is currently credentialed to administer medications in another state. The secretary or the designated agent shall evaluate that state's credentialed training for equivalency in content and skills level to the requirements for certification as a medication aide in Kansas.

(2) The person is currently enrolled in an accredited practical nursing or professional nursing program and has completed a course of study in pharmacology with a grade of C or better.

(3) The person is currently licensed in Kansas or another state, or has been licensed within 24 months from the date of application, as a licensed mental health technician, and there are no pending or current disciplinary actions against the individual's license.

(4) The person has been licensed in Kansas or another state, within 24 months from the date of application, as a licensed practical nurse whose license is inactive or a registered nurse whose license is inactive, and there are no pending or current disciplinary actions against the individual's license.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-169a

Authorized by K.S.A. 75-5625; implementing K.S.A. 65-1,120 and K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 65-1124; effective Dec. 29, 2003; amended Oct. 14, 2011.