Okla. Admin. Code § 310:677-5-4

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 310:677-5-4 - Automatic removal from registry

(a) If any nurse aide requests renewal of certification and there has been a continuous period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months during none of which the individual provided nursing or health related services for monetary compensation, the individual shall complete a new training and competency evaluation or a new competency evaluation program, whichever option they choose, to become recertified.

(b) The Department shall review when requested and may grant an exception in removing any nurse aide from the nurse aide registry pursuant to OAC 310:677-5-4(a) if the nurse aide has completed a practical or registered nursing education program after certification and files with the Department a waiver application form, which requires at minimum:

(1) Individual's full name;

(2) Telephone number and address to include street, city, state, and zip code;

(3) Photocopy of Social Security card;

(4) Photocopy of a diploma from an approved practical or registered nurse program; and

(5) Type of nurse aide certification requesting to be waived.

(c) The Department must verify the following information:

(1) The nurse aide/LPN/RN student has completed a practical or registered nursing education program after certification;

(2) The individual is in good standing with the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, and the individual does not have confirmation of abuse, neglect or misappropriation of patient/resident/client property;

(3) The individual is not a subject of a current ongoing investigation by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing or the Oklahoma Attorney General or other known legal entity; and

(4) The individual has no restrictions preventing sitting for the nursing board exam.

(d) The Department shall automatically remove a nurse aide from the nurse aide registry and place them in the archive database if there has been a continuous period of forty-eight (48) consecutive months in which the nurse aide has not applied for renewal of certification The individual shall complete a new nurse aide training and competency examination to be reinstated in the registry.However, a nurse aide with a pending or permanent finding of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property shall not be removed from the registry.

(e) The Department shall review and may grant an exception to place an individual, who failed to renew certification, back on the registry if the individual can produce documentation of continuous employment for the past forty-eight (48) months in a hospital, the Advantage Program through the Department of Human Services, or an entity that does not require certification of nurse aides.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:677-5-4

Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2545, eff 6-25-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff 6-27-02

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 23, August 15, 2023, eff. 9/11/2023