Initial approval of nursing assistant training programs.
The commission will grant initial approval status for one year to a nursing assistant training program applicant demonstrating the ability to meet program standards.
(1) The commission will monitor the nursing assistant training program for the first year and then complete a program evaluation to verify the program has continued to meet program standards. Following the program evaluation, the commission may:
(a) Change the program's status to full approval if program standards have been met consistently; or
(b) Extend a program's initial approval for up to one additional year with an evaluation at the end of the second year to verify program standards have been met consistently; or
(c) Withdraw initial approval if a nursing assistant training program demonstrates deficiencies in or violations of program standards.
(2) A nursing assistant training program with initial approval status is subject to announced and unannounced site visits by the commission.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.79.110,
18.79.260,
18.88A.030,
18.88A.060,
18.88A.090,
18.88A.082,
18.88A.087,
43.70.040,
43.70.250, and
43.70.280. WSR 23-20-117, ยง 246-841A-423, filed 10/3/23, effective 11/3/23.]