1. A. The preceptor for an AIT shall be currently certified by the Board under Regulation .06 of this chapter.
2. B. The preceptor may not be responsible for more than two AITs at any one time. The preceptor shall devote a minimum of 16 hours per week of direct, on-site supervision for each AIT, which may be on an individual or combined basis in the case of two AITs.
3. C. The preceptor may be the administrator of record of the facility in which the training is to take place, provided that the preceptor has had a minimum of 30 days of oversight in the facility where the training is to take place immediately prior to beginning the AIT program.
4. D. The preceptor may not be the administrator of record for a facility other than the facility designated for training.
5. E. A minimum of 80 percent of the training shall occur during 8 consecutive hours for full-time programs or 6 consecutive hours for part-time programs each day (except for regular days off) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
6. F. A minimum of 40 hours per week for full-time or 30 hours per week for part-time shall be devoted to continuous, bona fide training activities which include observing and performing the day-to-day duties of each position, when legally permissible, in the service areas referred to in Regulation .04A(2) of this chapter.
7. G. The applicant may spend a maximum of 50 percent of the training in a family-owned or family-operated nursing home, and the remainder of the time shall be spent in another Board-approved facility.
8. H. An employee may not be a preceptor for their employer.

9. I. Required AIT Reports.

   1. (1) The AIT and preceptor shall maintain a progress report for the training program on the forms provided by the Board for every 3 months of the training program.

   2. (2) The report shall:

      1. (a) Be submitted by the AIT and the preceptor to the Board's office on the dates specified by the Board; and

      2. (b) Include the following:

         1. (i) A detailed description of activity or area covered, or both, and dates of rotation, and, if applicable, an explanation for any changes to the Board-approved rotation schedule;
         2. (ii) A detailed analysis of any problems observed, new experiences, insights gained, and the AIT's role in problem solutions; and
         3. (iii) The course of instruction outline including signatures from the preceptor, AIT, and department managers to verify that the AIT trained in those departments.
   3. (3) If the reports are not submitted to the Board's office by the date specified by the Board, the AIT shall be considered to have violated the terms of the AIT contract.

10. J. Discontinuance of AIT Status in a Nursing Home.

    1. (1) The AIT and the preceptor shall report discontinuance within 10 days to the Board.
    2. (2) Within 10 days of the date of discontinuation, the preceptor shall file a report to the Board detailing the AIT's experience and abilities.
    3. (3) The AIT may fulfill the training requirement in no more than two licensed nursing facilities, with a lapse of no more than 90 days between the two periods of training.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§9-205, 9-301—9-316.1, and 9-401—9-501, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R 22)