(a)
The Director of Staff Development or Instructor shall notify the Department in
writing of those individuals who have completed the certification training
program and have successfully passed examinations testing the knowledge and
skills related to the basic patient care modules identified in section
71835(n). Those
who have not passed the examination may be given two more opportunities to take
the examination and pass. Notification of those who passed shall be sent no
later than ten (10) working days following the examinations.
(b) No part-time or full-time nurse assistant
shall be employed as a nurse assistant by a facility beyond four months unless
he or she is certified.
(c) Every
person applying for, holding or to whom a certificate is issued, shall file his
or her present mailing address with the Department and shall notify the
Department of any change therein. Applicants shall use the Department's form
283B, dated 5/92, and instructions revised on 7-16-92. This form and
instructions are herein incorporated by reference. They can be obtained from
the address shown below. The application and subsequent correspondence shall be
mailed to the same address:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION
NURSE ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION SECTION
714/744 P STREET
P.O. BOX 942732
SACRAMENTO, CA 94234-7320
(d) Starting from the date the Department
receives the application for the certificate, the Department shall inform the
applicant within 30 days whether the application is complete or whether it is
deficient. If it is deficient the Department shall inform the applicant what
specific areas need to be changed or what information needs to be added.
Applications are considered complete when applicants indicate they are at least
16 years old, have paid the fee when required by Section
71841(a)(1), are
on the Department's records as having successfully completed an approved
training program and have passed the examination.
(e) The Department shall make a decision
whether or not to issue a certificate within 90 days from the date the
Department receives a completed application. The Department's time frames for
acting on an application are as follows:
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(1) Minimum..................
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30 days.
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(2) Median.....................
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60 days.
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(3) Maximum.................
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90 days.
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Notes
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, §
71837
1. New
section filed 7-16-91 as an emergency; operative 7-16-91 (Register 91, No. 46).
A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-13-91 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
2. New section refiled 11-14-91 as an emergency; operative
11-13-91 (Register 92, No. 8). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted
to OAL 3-12-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on
the following day.
3. Editorial correction of HISTORY 2. filed and
new section refiled 5-6-92 as an emergency; operative 5-6-92 (Register 92, No.
20). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 9-3-92 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-6-92 order including
amendment of subsections (a)-(d) and new subsections (e)-(e)(3) transmitted to
OAL 8-27-92 and filed 10-9-92 (Register 92, No.
41).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
208(a),
1275
and
1338.3,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
1337.2
and
1337.4,
Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed
7-16-91 as an emergency; operative 7-16-91 (Register 91, No. 46). A Certificate
of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11- 13-91 or emergency language
will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New
section refiled 11-14-91 as an emergency; operative 11-13-91 (Register 92, No.
8). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 3-12-92 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Editorial correction of History 2. filed and new section refiled 5-6-92 as
an emergency; operative 5-6-92 (Register 92, No. 20). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 9-3-92 or emergency language will be
repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate
of Compliance as to 5-6-92 order including amendment of subsections (a)-(d) and
new subsections (e)-(e)(3) transmitted to OAL 8-27-92 and filed 10-9-92
(Register 92, No. 41).