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Licensing and certification

 

Concepts for Proposed Changes to the CNA training and certification regulations include:

  • Definitions
    • Amend outdated definitions
    • Adopt new definitions as needed to improve clarity
  • Qualifications for Certification
    • Incorporate provisions of initial application form (CDPH 283B)
    • Update minimum qualifications for certification
    • Adopt minimum passing score for competency examination
  • Issuance of Certificates
    • Clarify information the training program must include when notifying L&C of students who have met all qualifications for certification
  • Renewal of Certificates
    • Incorporate provisions of renewal application form (CDPH 283C)
    • Clarify procedures for renewing active or expired certificate
  • Change of Employer, Name, or Address; Requests for Duplicate Certificates
    • Adopt requirements for notifying L&C of changes of employer
    • Incorporate provisions of Request for Name/Address Change and/or Duplicate for CNA Certificate form (CDPH 929)
  • Request for Credit
    • Clarify process for requesting credit for portions of other CNA training programs completed within previous two (2) years
  • Administrative Policies and Procedures
    • Update required training program policies
  • Director of Staff Development (DSD) and Instructor
    • Incorporate provisions of DSD and Instructor application (CDPH 279)
    • Amend minimum qualifications for DSDs and Instructors
  • Registered Nurse (RN) Program Director
    • Adopt application requirements
    • Adopt minimum qualifications for RN Program Director
  • Program Flexibility
    • Amend existing regulation with non-substantive changes for clarity
  • Training Program Providers and Application Requirements
    • Define entities that may provide CNA or HHA certification training programs
    • Adopt required components of application package for training program approval
    • Adopt procedures for denial of incomplete or insufficient training program applications
  • Certification Training Program Required Components
    • Distribute 10 additional hours of classroom training added by A.B. 1731 in 2000 among required modules
    • Adopt specific clinical skills to be taught and evaluated in each module
  • Supervised Clinical Training
    • Adopt requirements for clinical site agreements
    • Adopt standards for supervised clinical training
  • Orientation Program ​
    • Update application and approval process for orientation program plans (CDPH 278A)
  • Competency Examination
    • Adopt standards for competency examinations administered and evaluated by approved testing vendors
  • Reciprocity and Equivalency
    • Adopt formal process for nurse assistants certified in another state to apply for reciprocity to transfer certificate to California (CDPH 931)
    • Adopt formal process for individuals in other health care professions to apply for equivalency, which allows applicants to use prior experience and coursework to satisfy classroom and clinical training requirements
  • Renewal of Training Program Approval
    • Adopt procedures for renewing training program approval
  • Fees and Penalties
    • Repeal fees for the issuance and renewal of certificates, replacement of certificates, and penalties for late filings of renewals
  • Continuing Education and In-Service
    • Update standards for content of continuing education and in-service training and minimum qualifications of providers
    • Incorporate provisions of applications for approval as a continuing education or in-service training provider (CDPH 192, CDPH 192B, CDPH 278B)
    • Adopt approval process for non-nursing facility employers of CNAs that want to provide in-service training.
  • Training Program Noncompliance; Withdrawal and Reinstatement of Approval
    • Adopt procedures for discipline of noncompliant training programs

Concepts for Proposed Changes to the HHA training and certification regulations include:

  • Qualifications for Certification

    • Incorporate provisions of initial application form (CDPH 283B)

    • Update minimum qualifications for certification

    • Adopt minimum passing score for competency examination administered by training program

  • Issuance of Certificates

    • Clarify information that training program must include when notifying L&C of students who have met all qualifications for certification

  • Renewal of Certificates

    • Incorporate provisions of renewal application form (CDPH 283C)

    • Clarify procedures for renewing active or expired certificate

  • Change of Employer, Name, or Address; Requests for Duplicate Certificates

    • Adopt requirements for notifying L&C of changes of employer

    • Incorporate provisions of Request for Name/Address Change and/or Duplicate for HHA Certificate form (CDPH 929)

  • Administrative Policies and Procedures

    • Adopt required training program policies

  • Training Program Owner and Administrator

    • Define "training program owner" and "training program administrator"

  • Registered Nurse Program Director

    • Adopt application requirements

    • Adopt minimum qualifications

  • Registered Nurse Instructor

    • Adopt minimum qualifications for Instructors

  • Supervised Clinical Training

    • Adopt requirements for clinical site agreements

    • Adopt standards for clinical training

  • Program Flexibility

    • Adopt procedures for submitting program flexibility requests

  • Training Program Application Requirements

    • Adopt option to provide 40-hour abbreviated HHA training program for those seeking dual certification

    • Adopt required components of application package for both 120-hour training program and 40-hour training program approval

    • Adopt procedures for denial of incomplete or insufficient training program applications

  • Certification Training Program Required Components

    • Amend curriculum to include more detailed modules

    • Separate classroom hours from clinical training hours

    • Adopt required curriculum for 40-hour training program based on 40-Hour Model Curriculum for HHAs, as developed by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office

  • Competency Examination

    • Adopt standards for required competency examination administered and evaluated by the HHA training program

  • Renewal of Training Program Approval

    • Adopt procedures for renewing training program approval

  • Continuing Education and In-Service

    • Adopt minimum hours of continuing education or in-service for renewal of HHA certificate

    • Adopt standards for content of continuing education and in-service training and minimum qualifications of providers

    • Adopt required components of application package for approval of continuing education or in-service training provider

  • Training Program Noncompliance; Withdrawal and Reinstatement of Approval

    • Adopt procedures for discipline of noncompliant training programs ​​

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