Section 29-3200. NURSE AIDE CERTIFICATION

 

3200.1Effective October 1, 1990, no nursing facility in the District of Columbia that participates in the D.C. Medicaid Program or in Medicare shall use any individual working in the facility as a nurse aide for more than four (4) months, on a full-time, temporary, per diem, or other basis, unless that individual is competent to provide nursing and nursing related services, and has completed the District's approved training and competency evaluation program, or the District's approved competency evaluation program.

 

3200.2An individual employed as a nurse aide in a nursing facility prior to the effective date of this rule shall qualify as a credentialed nurse aide if he or she has successfully completed the District's competency evaluation program only.

 

3200.3A person may be deemed competent for purposes of qualifying as a credentialed nurse aide in the District of Columbia if he or she is credentialed in another state based on the successful completion of the nurse aide competency evaluation program of that state which has been approved by the District of Columbia.

 

3200.4If a person has qualified as a credentialed nurse aide in another state but that state's process does not require successful completion of a competency evaluation program approved by the District of Columbia, the person may become credentialed in the District by successfully completing the District's competency evaluation program.

 

3200.5When an individual has not performed paid nursing or nursing related services in a nursing facility for a continuous period of twenty four (24) consecutive months since the most recent completion of a state approved training or competency evaluation program, the nursing facility shall require the individual to complete a new training and competency evaluation program within four (4) months of the first day of employment in the facility.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 2008 (April 5, 1991).