26 Tex. Admin. Code § 556.9 - Certificate of Registration, Nurse Aide Registry, and Renewal
(a) HHSC is the agency responsible for
issuing individuals a certificate of registration and listing them on the
NAR.
(b) To be issued a certificate
of registration and be listed on the NAR as having active status, a nurse aide
must successfully complete a NATCEP, as described in §
556.6(i)
of this chapter (relating to Competency Evaluation Requirements).
(c) HHSC does not charge a fee to issue the
certificate of registration or list a nurse aide on the NAR or to renew the
certificate of registration and the nurse aide's listing of active status on
the NAR.
(d) A nurse aide listed on
the NAR must inform HHSC of the nurse aide's current address and telephone
number.
(e) The certificate of
registration and the listing of active status on the NAR expires 24 months
after the certificate of registration was issued and the nurse aide was listed
on the NAR or 24 months after the last date of verified employment as a nurse
aide, whichever is earlier. To renew the certificate of registration and active
status on the NAR, the following requirements must be met:
(1) A nursing facility must submit a HHSC
Employment Verification form to HHSC that documents that the nurse aide has
performed paid nursing or nursing-related services at the nursing facility
during the preceding year.
(2) A
nurse aide must submit a HHSC Employment Verification form to HHSC to document
that the nurse aide has performed paid nursing or nursing-related services, if
documentation is not submitted in accordance with paragraph (1) of this
subsection by the nursing facility or facilities where the nurse aide was
employed.
(3) A nurse aide must
complete an HHSC course in infection control and proper use of PPE every
year.
(4) A nurse aide must
complete at least 24 hours of in-service education every two years. The
in-service education must include training in geriatrics and the care of
residents with a dementia disorder, including Alzheimer's disease. The
in-service education must be provided by:
(A)
a nursing facility;
(B) an approved
NATCEP;
(C) HHSC; or
(D) a healthcare entity, other than a nursing
facility, licensed or certified by HHSC, the Texas Department of State Health
Services, or the Texas Board of Nursing.
(5) No more than 12 hours of the in-service
education required by paragraph (4) of this subsection may be provided by an
entity described in paragraph (4)(D) of this subsection.
Notes
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