26 Tex. Admin. Code § 555.14
Preceptor Requirements
Effective Jun 1, 200934 TexReg 2795Source Note: The provisions of this §555.14 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880.Texas Secretary of State
(a) A licensee seeking to sponsor an AIT must:
- (1) be licensed or registered as a nursing facility administrator for a minimum of five years, with the two most recent years in Texas;
- (2) be in good standing;
- (3) have paid a $25 training fee and completed DADS preceptor training to become a certified preceptor; and
- (4) meet the eligibility requirements in the State of Texas AIT Internship Manual.
- (b) A preceptor must submit a complete and notarized AIT Performance Report to DADS at the end of the internship.
- (c) A preceptor must obtain approval from DADS before sponsoring more than one AIT at the same time.
- (d) DADS may consider any imposed sanction against a preceptor as grounds for refusing to allow the preceptor to sponsor an AIT.
- (e) DADS may refuse to allow a preceptor to provide training to an AIT if the preceptor did not provide adequate training to previous AITs.
- (f) DADS waives 20 of the 40 clock hours of continuing education required for license renewal for a preceptor who sponsors an AIT.
- (g) A licensee is qualified to act as a preceptor for two years from the date the licensee completes DADS' preceptor training.
- (h) A licensee must remain in good standing in order to act as a preceptor.
Source Note:The provisions of this §555.14 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880.