Ind. Code § 16-28-1-11
Qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides; certification by state department; registry
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2018
Note: This version of section effective until 9-1-2025. See also following version of this section, effective 9-1-2025.
Sec. 11. (a) Unless an individual is certified under this section:
Sec. 11. (a) Unless an individual is certified under this section:
(1) the individual may not practice as a qualified medication aide or a certified nurse aide; and
(1) the individual may not practice as a qualified medication aide or a certified nurse aide; and
(2) a facility may not employ the individual as a qualified medication aide or a certified nurse aide.
(2) a facility may not employ the individual as a qualified medication aide or a certified nurse aide.
(b) The state department shall do the following:
(b) The state department shall do the following:
(1) Establish a program for the certification of qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides who work in facilities licensed under this article.
(1) Establish a program for the certification of qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides who work in facilities licensed under this article.
(2) Prescribe education and training programs for qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides, including course and inservice requirements. The training program must include a competency test that the individual must pass before being granted an initial certification.
(2) Approve education and training programs for qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides, including course and inservice requirements.
(3) Determine the standards concerning the functions that may be performed by a qualified medication aide and a certified nurse aide.
(3) Determine the standards concerning the functions that may be performed by a qualified medication aide and a certified nurse aide.
(4) Establish annual certification fees for qualified medication aides.
(4) Establish annual certification fees for qualified medication aides.
(5) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement and enforce this section.
(5) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement and enforce this section.
(c) The state department shall maintain a registry of each individual who is:
(c) The education and training programs approved by the state department:
(1) certified as a: (A) qualified medication aide; or (B) certified nurse aide; or (2) registered as a home health aide under rules adopted under IC 16-27-1-7. (d) The department may conduct hearings for violations of this section under IC 4-21.5.
(1) must include a competency test that an individual must pass before being granted an initial certification as: (A) a qualified medication aide; or (B) a certified nurse aide; and (2) must include an optional training module for qualified medication aides in administering insulin, including: (A) at least four (4), and not more than eight (8), hours of classroom training; (B) at least two (2), and not more than four (4), hours of practical training; and (C) passing a written and practical examination administered by the trainer; in insulin administration to be completed before a qualified medication aide may administer insulin. (d) The state department shall maintain a registry of each individual who is: (1) certified as a: (A) qualified medication aide; or (B) certified nurse aide; or (2) registered as a home health aide under rules adopted under IC 16-27-1-7. (e) The state department may conduct hearings for violations of this section under IC 4-21.5. (f) The state department's authority under this section includes the ability to collect information from individuals certified as a qualified medication aide or certified nurse aide, as specified under IC 25-1-2-10.
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