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Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5)

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The testing entity must maintain records of the training verification forms and of successful examination completion for five years, and must determine competency by passing scores on both the written and the skills examinations. (310:662-6-1(f))(Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5))
  • 2The provider/testing entity must offer the candidate a choice between a written and an oral examination and, for oral exams, read the examination from a prepared text in a neutral manner, drawing questions from a protected pool of which only a portion is used in any one examination. (310:662-6-2)(Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5))
  • 3The provider must ensure the skills portion consists of randomly selected tasks generally performed by supportive home assistants, conducted in a setting similar to where the individual will function, and administered/evaluated by a qualified clinical skills observer designated in writing. (310:662-6-2)(Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5))
  • 4The testing entity must provide the examinee with a notice showing pass/fail results that specifies the areas of failure. (310:662-6-1(c))(Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5))
  • 5The provider must have trainees present a Training Verification Form completed by the training agency in order to sit for the competency examination. (310:662-6-1(e))(Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5))
  • 6The provider must ensure supportive home assistants successfully complete agency-based training taught in compliance with 63 O.S. § 1-1962(B), and the resulting competency examination must be administered and evaluated only by a Department-approved testing entity that is periodically monitored by the Department. (310:662-6-1(a))(Okla. Admin. Code Title 310, Ch. 662, Subch. 6 - Supportive Home Assistant Competency Testing (310:662-6-1 through 310:662-6-5))

Applies to: personal care / home care (supportive home assistants employed by licensed home care agencies)

Oklahoma requires supportive home assistants (the state's personal care aide role) working for licensed home care agencies to complete agency-based training per 63 O.S. § 1-1962(B) and pass both a written/oral and a skills competency examination administered by a Department-approved testing entity. Subchapter 6 sets the administration, content, passing, failure, and expiration rules for that competency exam.

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