Section 33-07-06-02 - Nurse aide training1. Any nurse aide employed by a nursing facility or pursuing nurse aide certification and entry on the nurse aid registry must successfully complete a department-approved training program consisting of a minimum of seventy-five hours and a department-approved competency evaluation or a department-approved competency evaluation. 2. Nurse aides employed by nursing facilities pursuing nurse aid certification must complete a minimum of sixteen hours of classroom training in the following areas from a department-approved nurse aide training program prior to any hands-on contact with residents or patients. The areas are: a. Communication and interpersonal skills; c. Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver; d. Promoting residents' independence; and e. Respecting residents' rights. 3. The remainder of the seventy-five hour approved training and competency evaluation program must be completed within four months of the date of first employment in the facility as a nurse aide and must include at least sixteen hours of supervised practical training. 4. Nurse aides may not perform tasks for which competence has not been determined unless under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse. 5. Nurses aides trained and determined proficient by the instructor to provide specific services to residents who have not completed the competency evaluation program shall provide these services under the general supervision of a licensed or registered nurse. 6. The nurse aide training program must ensure that nurse aides employed by or having an offer of employment from a nursing facility are not charged for any portion of the nurse aide training program including fees for textbooks or other required course materials. N.D. Admin Code 33-07-06-02
Effective October 1, 1993.General Authority: NDCC 23-01-03, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-16-01, 23-17.3-08