Section DHS 129.23 - Nursing home medication aide student qualifications(1) STUDENT REQUIREMENTS. The student shall be at least 18 years of age, have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma, and shall be listed on the registry as eligible to work in federally-certified health care settings.(2) WORK REQUIREMENTS. The student shall have at least 2,000 hours of experience as a nurse aide in direct patient care within the last 3 years and have worked a minimum of 40 hours as a nurse aide within the last 90 days, with the residents to whom the student will be administering medications during the clinical experience portion of the course.(3) WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION. The student shall have 4 written recommendations, 2 from licensed charge nurses, one from the director of nursing of the nursing home where the student will be working during the clinical experience, and one from the administrator of the nursing home where the student will be working during the clinical experience.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 129.23
CR 08-042: cr. register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08.