21 NCAC 37D .0412         INITIAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING

(a)  Every AIT program shall include a 12 week initial on-the-job training component plus such additional weeks of on-the-job training appropriate to the individual applicant based upon education and experience necessary to assure minimum professional competence.  The initial portion shall include basic work in the subject areas outlined in 21 NCAC 37D .0605.

(b)  Reduction to AIT program:

(1)           A hospital administrator or assistant administrator shall be exempt from the 12 week initial on-the-job training component if:

(A)          He has been the administrator or assistant administrator of a particular long-term care unit or swing beds in a hospital facility for at least 12 weeks; and

(B)          The hospital facility was licensed in North Carolina under either Article 5 of G.S. 131E or Article 2 of G.S. 122C.

(2)           A nursing home assistant administrator or director of nursing shall be exempt from those portions of the initial on-the-job training which the applicant shows have been satisfied by direct on-the-job experience in a nursing home licensed in North Carolina provided he has served for four years within the previous five years in such a position with a level of responsibility and complexity for the management of human, financial, and material resources for the provision of care of a magnitude at least equal to that of a licensed nursing home administrator, and with exposure to and familiarity with the subject areas outlined in 21 NCAC 37D .0605.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑278; 90‑285;

Eff. May 1, 1989;

Transferred and Recodified from 21 NCAC 37A .0520 Eff. April 1, 1996;

Amended Eff. April 1, 1996;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 22, 2014.