PURPOSE: This rule establishes the qualifications and duties of the MNIT administrator. 20 CSR 2200-4

1. (1) The Missouri Nurse Intervention and Treatment (MNIT) Program administrator shall possess a combination of education and experience in the area of addiction counseling and be licensed in Missouri in a related field.

2. (2) The MNIT administrator shall be familiar with nursing professionals suffering from impairment which include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

   1. (A) Dependency;
   2. (B) Alcohol addiction;
   3. (C) Drug addiction; and
   4. (D) Mental health issues.

3. (3) The duties of the MNIT administrator shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

   1. (A) Organizing and carrying out interventions;
   2. (B) Referring nurses for appropriate assessment, or evaluation and seeing that treatment recommendations based on the assessment are followed;
   3. (C) Monitoring treatment progress and reentry contractual compliance. Said monitoring shall include random drug screens;
   4. (D) Assisting nurses to reenter practice from treatment;
   5. (E) Assisting with aftercare issues;
   6. (F) Any and all reporting of these areas to appropriate agencies;
   7. (G) Program development;
   8. (H) Outreach education; and
   9. (I) Other necessary services as determined by the MNIT Board of Directors.
4. (4) The MNIT administrator shall supply information and documentation with regard to the identification, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation of all nurses who participate or are assisted by the Missouri Nurse Intervention and Treatment Program to the MNIT Board of Directors as directed by the MNIT Board of Directors.
5. (5) The MNIT administrator shall supply all reports provided to the State Board of Nursing and to the MNIT Board of Directors. The contractor shall provide all reports, including reports on nurses who participate in or are assisted by the Missouri Nurse Intervention and Treatment Program, and fiscal reports to the MNIT Board of Directors as directed by the MNIT Board of Directors.
6. (6) The MNIT administrator shall provide the MNIT Board of Directors with all information on nurses participating in or assisted by the contractor as directed by the MNIT Board of Directors. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
7. (7) The MNIT Board of Directors/contractor shall provide the State Board of Nursing access to all information and documents pertaining to the nurse in treatment referred to the Missouri Nurse Intervention and Treatment Program by the State Board of Nursing.

AUTHORITY: sections 335.036 and 335.067, RSMo Supp. 2007. Original rule filed Feb. 11, 2008, effective Aug. 30, 2008.

*Original authority: 335.036, RSMo 1975, amended 1981, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2007 and 335.067, RSMo 2007.