(b)

1. (1) Each course must be prepared and administered in accordance with the training course guidelines prescribed in the Arkansas Long-Term Care Facility Nursing Assistant Training Curriculum.
2. (2) This curriculum is to be used as a guide for conducting in-person or virtual training in both facility and nonfacility programs.

(c)

1. (1) These guidelines essentially provide the outline for in-person and virtual training programs and can be enhanced by the inclusion of current information to keep training relevant to changing needs.
2. (2) The content provides fundamental information and leaves open the opportunity for an instructor to function as necessary in response to perceived student requirements.
3. (3) It is important to recognize that the curriculum guidelines identify the limitations, for example, limitations to the scope of practice, of the long-term care facility nursing assistants’ direct care responsibilities.

(d)

1. (1) Each in-person or virtual training program must use the behavioral stated objectives in the Arkansas Long-Term Care Facility Nursing Assistant Training Curriculum for each unit of instruction.
2. (2) These objectives state the measurable performance criteria that serve as the basis for the state competency examination.
3. (3) The instructor shall conduct a review of each unit objective with trainees at the beginning of each unit so that each trainee knows what is expected of them in each part of the training program.

(e)

1. (1) Upon successful completion of the required in-person or virtual training, the trainee must pass the state competency examination administered by the Department of Human Services (see 20 CAR § 403-501 et seq.).
2. (2) An individual must complete the state competency examination within twelve (12) months of graduation from a training program or retraining will be required.