Section 33-07-06-04 - Administration of competency evaluation1. The competency evaluation must be administered and evaluated by the department or a department-approved entity that is neither a skilled nursing facility or a nursing facility licensed by the department. 2. The entity that administers the competency evaluation must advise the nurse aide in advance that a record of the successful completion of the evaluation will be included on the department's nurse aide registry. 3. The skills demonstration portion of the test must be administered in the facility or laboratory setting comparable to the setting in which the nurse aide will function. 4. The skills demonstration portion of the test must be administered and evaluated by a registered nurse with at least one year of experience in providing care for the elderly or chronically ill of any age. 5. The department may permit the written or oral examination to be proctored by facility personnel if the department determines that the procedure adopted assures the competency evaluation is: a. Secure from tampering. b. Standardized and scored by a testing, educational, or other organization approved by the department. c. Exempt from any scoring by facility personnel. 6. The department shall retract the right to proctor nurse aide competency evaluations from facilities in which the department finds any evidence of impropriety, including tampering by facility personnel. N.D. Admin Code 33-07-06-04
Effective October 1, 1993.General Authority: NDCC 23-01-03, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-16-01, 23-17.3-08