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KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications

KansasregulationKansas Department of Health and Environment· effective 2022-05-20

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  • 1Enrollees in the 20-hour course must be prescreened and tested for reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level, and the course must be sponsored only by a home health agency or a qualifying postsecondary school (subsection (e)(1), (2)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 2Each home health aide candidate must be a Kansas-certified nurse aide in good standing on the public nurse aide registry and must complete a department-approved 20-hour home health aide course (subsection (a)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 3No correspondence course is accepted as a 20-hour home health aide course, and distance-learning/computer-based offerings must meet the subsection (e) requirements (subsections (f), (g)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 4After completing the 20-hour course, each home health aide must pass the state test specified in K.A.R. 28-51-116; individuals who complete both requirements are certified by the department and listed on the public nurse aide registry (subsections (b), (c)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 5For any certified nurse aide working as a trainee while enrolled, the agency's registered nurse must retain in the trainee's personnel file a department-approved form attesting that the trainee has met the minimum trainee competencies (subsection (d)(3)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 6A trainee must complete all requirements and be certified within 90 days from the initial course start date to continue employment, and trainee status is limited to one 90-day period (subsection (d)(2)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 7A home health aide trainee may provide home health services only under the supervision of a registered nurse (subsection (d)(1)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)
  • 8A licensee must not sponsor or provide clinical instruction for a 20-hour course if it meets any disqualifying condition in 42 C.F.R. 484.36(a)(2)(i) (adopted by reference, as in effect Oct. 1, 2011), and each course must follow the adopted Kansas guidelines and sponsor/instructor manual (subsection (e)(3), (4)).(KAR 28-51-113 — Home health aide qualifications)

Applies to: personal care

Sets home health aide qualification requirements in Kansas: the candidate must be a certified nurse aide in good standing on the public registry, complete a department-approved 20-hour home health aide course, and pass the state test to be certified and registry-listed. Establishes trainee status (one 90-day period, RN supervision, competency attestation) and course-administration criteria including prescreening, approved sponsors, sponsor-eligibility restrictions, and the prohibition on correspondence courses. Framework topic: Workforce Qualifications & Certification.

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