SECTION 310:677-9-1. General requirements

(a)   The home care agency shall:

(1)   Complete an annual performance review of each home care aide and provide at least twelve (12) hours of in-service training each calendar year.

(2)   Have in-service education generally supervised by a registered nurse who has at least two (2) years nursing experience with at least one (1) year of which shall be in the provision of home care.

(3)   Ensure that all certifications are current and not expired.

(b)   An individual may apply for placement in the nurse aide registry by reciprocity from another State if the individual is listed on another State registry as a certified home care nurse aide and does not have a notation of confirmed abuse, neglect, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property.

(c)   The training program shall inform the trainee that a home care aide shall complete a new nurse aide training and competency examination or competency examination if, upon applying for renewal of certification, the nurse aide has not provided at least eight (8) hours of nursing or health related services for compensation in the previous twenty-four (24) months. Failure to renew within the certification period will result in the individual's name being removed from the automated telephone system.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff 6-27-02]