Okla. Admin. Code § 310:679-10-41

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

Section 310:679-10-41 - [Effective 9/14/2024] AIT time on the job

(a) The intern/trainee with a degree in a field related to any of the NAB defined domains of practice, OR with experience in long term care for 2 of the last 5 years shall serve a 560 hour internship, unless in the opinion of the Board or preceptor, the intern/trainee requires additional hours of training; or unless the hours required to complete the internship, are otherwise reduced by formal action of the Board. All others (with a degree not related to a NAB defined domain of practice or without experience in long term care for 2 of the last 5 years) shall serve a minimum of a 700 hour internship with the same exceptions noted wherein additional hours are required in the opinion of the Board or preceptor.

(b) An internship that has been discontinued due to a period of active duty military service of the intern/trainee shall be allowed to be completed within one (1) year after the intern/ trainee has completed his military service obligation. If this time frame cannot be met by the intern/trainee, the previously- started internship shall be cancelled by the Board and he will have to reapply to the Board for a new internship and pay all applicable fees. If an internship has been discontinued due to active duty military service of the preceptor, the Board will work with the intern/trainee to secure another preceptor.

(c) An internship that has been discontinued for any purpose other than military service, and such discontinuance exceeds one year from the date of the beginning of the discontinuance, that internship will be cancelled by the Board, and the AIT intern/trainee shall be required to reapply to the Board for a new internship and pay all applicable fees.

(d) Only one discontinuance is allowed.

(e) 560 hour internships shall be completed in not less than fourteen (14) consecutive weeks nor more than twelve (12) consecutive months. 700 hour internships shall be completed in not less than seventeen and a half (17.5) consecutive weeks nor more than fifteen (15) consecutive months (where no more than 40 hours in any one week of the program is ever permitted).

(f) This section shall be subject to the requirements of any other provisions of law.

(g) The intern/trainee must complete the internship in a facility or facilities that is (are) licensed in Oklahoma for the level of care equivalent to the administrators license/certification being sought.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:679-10-41

Transferred from 490:10-8-13 by HB 2824 (2023), eff. 11/1/2023

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 4, November 1, 2023, eff. 11/1/2023, exp. 9/14/2024 (Emergency)