Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 19, § 30-84.010
PURPOSE: The Omnibus Nursing Home Act mandates in section 198.082, RSMo that nursing assistants employed in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities complete an approved training program. This rule gives information regarding the purpose of the training program, required objectives and curriculum content, designates what is the approved course curriculum and indicates the training locations and testing which are required for a program to be considered approved.
(1) Definitions.
(5) Curriculum content of the program shall include procedures and instructions on basic nursing skills in the following areas: basic hygiene techniques; bedmaking; personal care of residents; food service; charting; safety measures (including fire/safety and disaster preparedness, and infection control); basic preventative and restorative care and procedures; basic observation procedures, such as weighing and measuring; communication skills; methods of handling and caring for mentally confused residents; residents’ rights; ethical and legal responsibilities; death and dying; and mental health and social needs.
assistants have resident contact. All students must complete the nurse assistant orientation module prior to providing direct care to any resident. For those students already employed by an intermediate care or skilled nursing facility, the orientation module shall be taught at the beginning of the course and before the nursing assistant is allowed to provide direct care to residents independently.
as a minimum, the following topics: handwashing, gloving and infection control; emergency procedures and Heimlich Maneuver; residents’ rights; abuse and neglect reporting; safety (fire and accident); lifting; moving and ambulation; answering signal lights; bedpan, urinal, commode and toilet; preparing residents for and serving meals; feeding the helpless; bathing; dressing and grooming; mouth care; bedmaking (occupied and unoccupied); promoting residents’ independence; communication and interpersonal skills.
tion module taught by a qualified instructor even though they may be employed in a facility that uses the approved course material for orientation as required by 13 CSR 15- 14.042(20). The instructor, in that instance, may adjust the time required to cover the material or may integrate the material into the basic course content.
(6) Student Enrollment and Qualifications.
(A) Any individual who is employable by an ICF/SNF to be involved in direct resident care shall be eligible to enroll in an approved training agency course if—
Employable shall mean that the individual is not listed on the Missouri Division of Aging Employee Disqualified List; who has not been found guilty of, pled guilty to, been convicted of, or nolo contendere to, a Class A or B felony under Chapters 565, 566 or 569, a Class D felony under section 568.020, RSMo 1994 or any violation of section 198.070.3, RSMo 1994, unless a good cause waiver has been granted by the division; and who meets requirements under 13 CSR 15-14.042(32); or
years of age providing he or she is—
school health services occupation program or a cooperative work education program of an area vocational-technical school or comprehensive high school;
ICF/SNF by that program; and
the instructor or licensed nursing staff of the facility, or both, while completing the clinical portion of the course. A certified facility may not employ a student in the facility who is not certified within four (4) months of date of hire. A licensed-only facility may only employ a student in that facility for up to one (1) year from the date of hire prior to certification.
(B) All full or part-time employees of an ICF/SNF who are involved with direct resident care, and hired in that capacity after January 1, 1980, shall have completed the approved Nurse Assistant Training Program or shall enroll in and begin study in the approved training program within ninety (90) days of employment, except that the following persons shall be permitted to challenge the final examination:
fessional (RN) or practical (LPN) nursing education program for at least four (4) months or who are enrolled in this program and who have successfully completed the Fundamentals of Nursing Course, including clinical hours within the last five (5) years, may challenge the final examination of the course, as this training is deemed equivalent to the required classroom hours and on-thejob training;
nursing licensure candidates who have failed state licensure examinations may challenge the final examination, as their training is deemed equivalent to the required classroom hours and on-the-job training;
approved to work as a nurse assistance in the other states may challenge the final examination, as their training is deemed equivalent to the required classroom hours and on-the-job training;
ing program outside the United States and who are awaiting the licensure examination in this country shall be required to apply to the division to take the challenge examination. In addition to a completed application, the student must also include: a copy of the out of country license or certificate; a copy of the school transcript translated to English; a copy of the out of country criminal background check translated to English. Students shall be required to complete the orientation module of the course as given in subsection (5)(B) of this rule and then may challenge the final examination, as their training is deemed equivalent to the other required classroom hours and on-the-job training;
of hospitals as nursing assistants or persons trained as psychiatric aides shall complete the orientation module with special emphasis on the geriatric residents’ needs, residents’ rights and orientation to the facility and shall complete the one hundred (100) hours of onthe-job training in an LTC facility or LTC unit of a hospital and then they may challenge the final examination, as their training is deemed equivalent to the other required classroom hours and on-the-job training;
hospital and who have been employed in the LTC unit of the hospital for at least twelve (12) months and who submit a letter of recommendation from the administrator or director of nursing documenting their training may challenge the final examination after completing the units on residents’ rights and care of the confused resident. Such training shall be deemed equivalent to the other required classroom hours and on-the-job training; and
ground, education and training in gerontology and health occupations includes the components of the approved training curriculum may be allowed to challenge the final examination after taking those portions of the course as determined to be necessary based on evaluation of their credentials by the supervisor of health education of the Division of Aging.
(12) hours of supervised practical orientation required in 13 CSR 15-14.042(20).
(7) Training Agencies.
(A) The following entities are eligible to apply to the division to be an approved training agency:
comprehensive high schools offering health service occupation programs which have a practice classroom and equipment used in delivering health care and a written agreement of cooperation with one (1) or more SNFs/ICFs or an LTC unit of a hospital in their vicinity for the one hundred (100)-hour on-the-job training component of the course;
agencies approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association on the list published by the secretary of the Department of Education, pursuant to the Higher Education Act (20 USC Sections 295- 4(2)(D), 42 USC Section 298(b)(6)) and the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (38 USC Section 1775(a)) which have a practice laboratory with one (1) or more bed units and equipment used in delivering health care and have a written agreement of cooperation with one (1) or more SNFs/ICFs, or LTC units of a hospital in their vicinity for the on-the-job training component of the course; or
SNF/ICF which has designated space sufficient to accommodate the classroom teaching portion of the course, and if the one hundred (100) hours of on-the-job training is not provided on-site, has a written agreement of cooperation with an LTC unit of a hospital or SNF/ICF to provide that portion.
(9) Qualifications of Instructors, Clinical Supervisors and Examiners. 19 CSR 30-84
(A) Instructor.
professional nurse currently licensed in Missouri or shall have a temporary permit from the Missouri State Board of Nursing. The licensee shall not be subject of current disciplinary action, such as censure, probation, suspension or revocation.
minimum, two (2) years of nursing experience and at least one (1) year of experience in the provision of LTC facility services in the last five (5) years. Other personnel from the health professions may assist the instructor; however, they must have at least one (1) year of experience in their field.
submit credentials (resume) and a copy of his/her current license renewal card or temporary permit to the Division of Aging. A letter shall be provided by the division to the applicant indicating the status of the applicant’s qualifications and, if not qualified, the reasons and what additional requirements are needed.
attend a seminar approved by the Division of Aging to learn the methodology of teaching the course but only after his/her credentials have been reviewed and approved by the Division of Aging. The Division of Aging shall issue a final letter of approval to be a qualified instructor after the person has satisfactorily completed the seminar. The seminar shall be conducted either by an LTC association or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education using qualified teacher educators approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Aging.
division or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as an instructor or examiner prior to January 1, 1990, except those involved in nurse assistant curriculum development with the division or who are employed by a certifying agency, shall attend a training seminar on teaching the nurse assistant course conducted by a LTC association or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by July 1, 1993 in order to maintain status as an approved instructor. Instructors approved prior to January 1, 1990 who are exempt from attending the training seminar shall write the Division of Aging submitting documentation of classes and students taught. The division will issue those instructors letters of approval so they will not have to attend the new training seminar. After July 1, 1993 all credentials issued prior to January 1, 1990 shall be void. Nurses who SENIOR SERVICES
attend the approved seminar shall be issued new certificates and the division shall maintain a list of all approved instructors, including those issued letters of approval.
(C) Examiner.
professional nurse currently licensed in Missouri or shall have a temporary permit from the Missouri State Board of Nursing, and shall not be currently subject of disciplinary action such as censure, probation, suspension or revocation.
ilar course or shall be qualified to teach a similar course; but shall not have been the instructor of the students being examined; and shall not be employed by the operator whose students are being examined. The examiner shall be specifically approved by the Division of Aging to administer final examinations of the state-approved nurse assistant training curriculum and shall have signed an agreement with the division to protect and keep secure the final examinations.
examiner’s seminar given by the Division of Aging to learn the methodology and sign an agreement.
(D) Causes for Disqualification. A person shall not be allowed to be an instructor, clinical supervisor or examiner if it is found that he or she—
in a manner which would materially or adversely affect the health, safety, welfare or property of a resident;
dent by taking payment and not completing a course, not administering the final examination as required, or not being on-site while students are being trained;
supervise in accordance with 13 CSR 15-13.010, or taught students from the state test, changed answers on the state test, lost test booklets, or recorded false information on test materials or test booklets of the program; or
completed course to a certifying agency within thirty (30) days.
(E) Notification of Disqualification.
ual that he or she is no longer eligible to be an instructor, clinical supervisor or examiner.
training and certifying agencies if it has been determined that an individual is no longer considered an approved instructor, clinical supervisor or examiner and that person’s name shall be removed from the lists maintained by the division of approved instructors, clinical supervisors or examiners.
instructor, clinical supervisor or examiner the individual shall submit a request in writing to the division director stating the reasons why reinstatement is warranted. The division director or the director’s designee shall respond in writing to the request.
(10) Testing.
(C) The final examination shall be conducted by an approved examiner who may be assisted by the instructor using the following procedures:
ident to participate in the testing process and obtain approval for this activity from the resident;
ity of the students by reviewing records to establish that the student has completed the approved training program or possesses an approval letter from the division granting approval to challenge the final examination. In the event that a qualified instructor for the nurse assistant LTC program did not sign records of a student who successfully completed the program, without justification or due to resignation from his/her position, the administrator of the approved training agency may validate the training by signature. Evidence of successful completion of the basic course (that is, test scores, class schedules and the like) shall be documented prior to a student taking the final examination;
plete at least nine (9) procedures under the observation of the instructor or a facility licensed nurse and examiner.
always include a type of bath, vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure), transfer techniques, feeding techniques, dressing and grooming, skin care, active or passive, range of motion to upper and lower extremities (unless contraindicated by a physician’s order) and handwashing and gloving from the standardized curriculum.
according to the resident’s care needs at the time of day that testing occurs.
include communication and interaction with the resident, provision of privacy, work habits, appearance, conduct and reporting and recording skills;
forty (40) out of fifty (50) oral or written questions presented by the examiner based on the standardized curriculum and selected from a specific test pool of questions which are safeguarded by the Division of Aging;
ination, except those who have been permitted to challenge the examination, shall have the opportunity to retake the examination twice within ninety (90) days. The examiner shall notify the division and obtain different examinations to be administered each time. If it is failed a third time, the entire course or selected sections, as determined by the examiner, must be retaken before another examination can be given; and
tion 198.082, RSMo to enroll in the Nurse Assistant Program, but who has been permitted to challenge the final examination and who fails the examination, must immediately reenroll in and begin study in the next available course and shall complete the basic course within one (1) year of employment.
(11) Records and Certification.
(A) Records.
the competency record sheet and the final examination score sheet which shall include scores and comments. The examiner shall advise the individual that successful completion of the evaluation will result in the addition of his/her name to the State Nursing Assistant Register.
return all test materials, test booklets, answer sheets, and any appendices to the division. The examiner shall also provide the training agency with documentation of the student’s test scores.
sheets shall be provided to the student (except for the answer sheets). If the course is not completed, records and documentation regarding the portions completed shall be provided to the student, if requested, and to the training agency.
records of students trained. Records shall be maintained for at least two (2) years.
(B) Certification and Entry of Names on State Register.
within thirty (30) days, the student’s final record sheets to any one of the long-term care associations or any other agency which is specifically approved by the division to issue nursing assistant certificates and provide names to the division for entry on the nurse assistant register.
from a state-approved association or agency validating successful completion of the training program.
a list of long-term care associations or other agencies approved to handle the issuance of certificates for the Nurse Assistant Training Program. In order for a long-term care association or agency to be approved by the Division of Aging, it shall enter into an agreement of cooperation with the Missouri Division of Aging which shall be renewable annually and shall effectively carry out the following responsibilities:
who have successfully completed the course;
the names and other identifying data of those receiving certificates on at least a monthly basis; and
records for a period of at least two (2) years.
who has not performed nursing services for monetary compensation for at least one (1) day in a twenty-four (24)-consecutive month 19 CSR 30-84
period shall be invalid and the person’s name shall be removed from the Missouri nursing assistant register. This individual, however, may submit his/her credentials to the Division of Aging at any time and if unemployed for less than five (5) years, s/he may be authorized to challenge the final examination. If s/he passes the examination, the examiner shall submit the individual’s records to a training agency so that s/he can be issued a new certificate and his/her name can be placed on the nurse assistant register again. If unemployed longer than five (5) years, the individual must successfully complete the entire course before s/he can be recertified and s/he is not eligible to challenge the final examination.
AUTHORITY: sections 198.079 and 198.082, RSMo 1994.* This rule originally filed as 13 CSR 15-13.010. Original rule filed Aug. 13, 1982, effective Jan. 13, 1983. Amended: Filed March 10, 1983, effective June 11, 1983. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 1984, effective Dec. 11, 1984. Amended: Filed Oct. 13, 1987, effective Jan. 29, 1988. Emergency amendment filed Dec. 16, 1988, effective Jan. 1, 1989, expired April 5, 1989. Amended: Filed Jan. 19, 1989, effective April 27, 1989. Amended: Filed June 16, 1992, effective Feb. 26, 1993. Amended: Filed May 26, 1998, effective Jan. 30, 1999. Moved to 19 CSR 30-84.010, effective Aug. 28, 2001. **
*Original authority: 198.079, RSMo 1979 and 198.082, RSMo 1979, amended 1988. **Pursuant to Executive Order 21-07, 19 CSR 30-84.010, sections (3) and (4), paragraph (5)(B)2., subsections (7)(C) and (7)(D), section (8), and paragraphs (9)(C)2., (10)(C)1., (10)(C)5., (10)(C)6., and (11)(B)4. was suspended from April 3, 2020 through August 31, 2021. SENIOR SERVICES Division 30—Division of Regulation and Licensure