CHAPTER 39
H.P. 351 - L.D. 441
Resolve, to Expand Access to Certified Nursing Assistant Training Programs
Sec. 1. Expanding access to certified nursing assistant training programs. Resolved: That, by November 1, 2001, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education and the State Board of Nursing shall amend their policies, procedures, forms and any other necessary documents to permit the following practices for students applying for or currently enrolled in the Department of Education and the State Board of Nursing's prescribed curriculum for nursing assistant training programs to the extent compatible with federal law and regulation:
1. A student's employer may pay the full cost of the nursing assistant training program;
2. A student's employer may pay the student for the time the student spends fulfilling the requirements of the nursing assistant program; and
3. A student may be employed by the clinical training site or any other health care facility during the nursing assistant training course as long as the student is not employed as a nursing assistant and does not provide direct patient care in the course of that employment; and be if further
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education and the State Board of Nursing shall report the amendments required pursuant to section 1 of this resolve to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than November 1, 2001; and be it further
Sec. 3. Restriction on additional costs. Resolved: That the Department of Human Services is not obligated for any additional costs incurred as a result of practices permitted pursuant to section 1 of this resolve.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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