section .0200 – medication aide registry

10A NCAC 13O .0201      MEDICATION AIDE COMPETENCY EVALUATION

(a)  A competency evaluation candidate shall be advised by the Department after successful completion of a North Carolina Board of Nursing approved medication aide training program and prior to the competency exam that upon successful completion of the competency exam the individual will be listed on the State's medication aide registry.

(b)  The competency exam shall include each course requirement specified in the North Carolina Board of Nursing's approved training program as provided for in 21 NCAC 36 .0403 and 21 NCAC 36 .0406.

(c)  The competency examination shall be administered and evaluated only by the Department or its agent.

(d)  A record of successful completion of the competency exam shall be included in the medication aide registry within 30 business days of successful completion of the evaluation.

(e)  If the competency exam candidate does not satisfactorily complete the exam, the candidate shall be advised by the Department of the areas which the individual did not pass.

(f)  Every competency exam candidate shall have the opportunity to take the exam three times before being required to retake and successfully complete the Medication Aide training program.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131E-114.2(b); 131E-270;

Eff. October 1, 2006;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. June 20, 2015.