Section 33-07-06-03 - Nurse aide competency evaluation programs1. The department-approved competency evaluation program must allow a nurse aide the option of establishing competency through written or oral and manual skills examination. 2. The written or oral examination must address all areas required in the department-approved training program. 3. The written or oral examination must be developed from a pool of test questions, only a portion of which may be utilized in any one examination. 4. The competency evaluation program must include a demonstration of the randomly selected tasks the individual will be expected to perform as part of the individual's function as a nurse aide. 5. The competency evaluation program must provide for a system that prevents disclosure of both pool questions and the individual competency evaluations. 6. The competency evaluation program must ensure that nurse aides employed by or having an offer of employment from a facility are not charged for any portion of the competency evaluation program. N.D. Admin Code 33-07-06-03
Effective October 1, 1993.General Authority: NDCC 23-01-03, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-16-01, 23-17.3-08