1. (a) The written or oral examination portion of the competency examination, in English, shall:

   1. (1) Allow a nurse aide to choose between a written and an oral examination.
   2. (2) Address each requirement specified in the minimum curriculum prescribed by the Department.
   3. (3) Be developed from a pool of test questions, only a portion of which is used in any one (1) examination.
   4. (4) Use a system that prevents disclosure of both the pool of test questions and the individual competency examination results.
   5. (5) If oral, the examination portion shall be read from a prepared text in a neutral manner.

2. (b) The skills examination portion of the competency examination shall:

   1. (1) Consist of randomly selected items drawn from a pool of tasks generally performed by nurse aides except as provided in section 9-5 (b).
   2. (2) Be performed in an entity in which the individual will function as a nurse aide or a similar laboratory setting.
   3. (3) Be administered and evaluated by a qualified clinical skills observer.

Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087, eff 7-27-95

Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff 6-27-02

Amended at 40 Ok Reg 1588, eff 9-11-23