10.07.02.44

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Successful course completion will be recognized by the Department when:</B></div> <div> <B>(1) Before admission to the program, the applicant meets the following requirements:</B></div> <div> <B>(a) Possesses at least 1 year of full-time experience or its equivalent as a nursing assistant in a comprehensive care facility or extended care facility in Maryland;</B></div> <div> <B>(b) Evidences experience in basic patient care procedures; and</B></div> <div> <B>(c) Is currently employed as a geriatric nursing assistant in a comprehensive care facility or extended care facility.</B></div> <div> <B>(2) The curriculum satisfies the following model requirements:</B></div> <div> <B>(a) Is 60 hours in duration and gives equal weight to the theoretical and supervised clinical experience components;</B></div> <div> <B>(b) Includes each of the following pertinent subjects:</B></div> <div> <B>(i) Responsibilities and limitations of the medicine aide,</B></div> <div> <B>(ii) Drug standards, references and resources,</B></div> <div> <B>(iii) Legislation concerning drug utilization,</B></div> <div> <B>(iv) Characteristics of the elderly client (or exceptional) client-mentally retarded, multiple handicap:</B></div> <div> <B>(aa) Sources and purpose of drugs,</B></div> <div> <B>(bb) Dosage forms and methods of administration,</B></div> <div> <B>(cc) Drug life,</B></div> <div> <B>(dd) The medication order,</B></div> <div> <B>(ee) The administration of non-parenteral medications,</B></div> <div> <B>(ff) Procedures and techniques for administering drugs,</B></div> <div> <B>(gg) Drug classification, related health problems, and patient care responsibilities,</B></div> <div> <B>(hh) Drug solutions and their measurements, and</B></div> <div> <B>(ii) Monitoring for side effects of drugs and drug interactions.</B></div> <div> <B>B. As evidence of successful completion, the applicant shall possess a certificate issued to the applicant by the community college. Certificates issued by the community college shall remain valid proof of certification until June 30th of the second year following the date of issuance.</B></div> <div> <B>C. Certification beyond the initial two-year period is predicated upon the satisfactory completion of an 8-hour continuing education course designed as follows:</B></div> <div> <B>(1) A three-hour core content identifying:</B></div> <div> <B>(a) Current State regulations related to the role of the medicine aide;</B></div> <div> <B>(b) Uses, actions, related precautions, and possible interactions of current medications used in the care of the geriatric patient;</B></div> <div> <B>(c) New care procedures; and</B></div> <div> <B>(d) Resources available to the medicine aide which clarify and expand the knowledge of the medicine aide.</B></div> <div> <B>(2) Three hours on topics selected from the following:</B></div> <div> <B>(a) Documentation;</B></div> <div> <B>(b) Nutrition;</B></div> <div> <B>(c) The physiological system of the geriatric patient;</B></div> <div> <B>(d) Deinstitutionalization of the mentally retarded and psychiatric patient; or</B></div> <div> <B>(e) Other aspects of pharmacology.</B></div> <div> <B>(3) Two hours of assessment testing administered at the completion of the continuing education course.</B></div> <div> <B>(4) Each renewed certification shall be valid for a period of 2 years, until June 30th of the second year, following the satisfactory completion of the continuing education course.</B></div> <div> <B>D. An individual who has received a certificate evidencing completion of a program which the Department approved before the adoption of these regulations shall be deemed to meet the training requirements of this regulation.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>