9320.1 No institution shall provide HHA training in the District of Columbia unless its training program has been approved by the Board.

9320.2 The following types of institutions may apply for approval to provide HHA training:

1. (a) Private degree-granting educational institutions operating or incorporated in the District of Columbia that are licensed by the Education Licensure Commission pursuant to the Educational Institution Licensure Act of 1976; (D.C. Law 1-104; D.C. Official Code §§ 31-1301, et seq. (2001 Ed. & 2012 Supp.));
2. (b) Private non-degree-granting post-secondary schools operating in the District of Columbia which are licensed by the Education Licensure Commission;
3. (c) District public vocational or trade schools;
4. (d) District public universities or colleges; and
5. (e) Health care facilities licensed as training facilities by the Education Licensure Commission and operating in the District of Columbia that have received no adverse actions during the preceding two (2) years.

9320.3 The Board shall consider any one (1) of the following as an adverse action which would preclude a health care facility from providing HHA training:

1. (a) The termination, restriction, or revocation of a facility's participation in the Medicare or Medicaid program;
2. (b) Provisional or restricted licensure of the facility, provided it is not a new facility; or
3. (c) If a facility has a provider agreement of less than one (1) year.

9320.4 All HHA training programs shall have adequate faculty and clinical facilities to provide supervised clinical experience with early, realistic exposure to job requirements. The clinical experience shall include the full range of skills needed in the workplace.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8359 (July 13, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking Business, Occupations, and Professionals

published at 64 DCR 9594 (September 29, 2017).