- (a) Compliance with Arkansas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program policies and procedures. In order to maintain certification, the ombudsman representative must comply with the requirements of this part.
- (b) Program affiliation. In order to maintain certification, the ombudsman representative must remain affiliated with a designated local ombudsman entity.
(c) Continuing education requirements.
- (1) All certified ombudsman representatives must attend training events, a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours or as specified by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, in order to retain their certifications.
- (2) Ombudsman representatives must attend all required quarterly trainings/inservices as designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
- (3) If an ombudsman representative, paid or volunteer, fails to meet the continuing education training requirements, the individual may be decertified and may not function as an ombudsman representative unless he or she completes the necessary training in the required time frame as designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.