(a) Individuals may apply for a license as a nursing assistant by documenting comparable or greater nursing educational experience and successfully completing one of the following:
- (1) A registered or practical nursing educational course that contains content noted in Nur 704.09 within 5 years immediately prior to date of application;
- (2) A nursing assistant program that meets the requirements of Nur 704.09(i) within 5 years immediately prior to date of application and a board-approved competency evaluation that measures the content noted in Nur 704.09 within 2 years immediately prior to date of application;
- (3) A challenge examination offered by an approved nursing assistant program and board-approved competency evaluation as described in Nur 702 within 2 years immediately prior to date of application, provided the qualifying applicant possesses an official transcript of structured education that contains curriculum noted in Nur 704.09 taken within 5 years immediately prior to date of application; or
- (4) Have provided 200 hours of nursing or nursing assistant care within 2 years immediately prior to application and appropriate state registry verification of a practice in good standing.
- (b) Programs that provide a challenge option for individuals seeking licensure through comparable education shall provide the board with a self assessment report. Any program that provides a challenge option to individuals seeking licensure through comparable education shall complete and submit, on an annual basis, Form “Nursing Assistant Challenge Program Self Assessment Report,” 11/2013.
Source. #9395, eff 2-25-09 (from Nur 704.10); ss by #10302, eff 3-22-13; ss by #10570, eff 4-17-14