Colorado § 12-255-118.5 Approved nurse aide training programs

Colorado Statutes

§ 12-255-118.5 — Approved nurse aide training programs

Colorado § 12-255-118.5

Title 12Professions

Art.Nurses and Nurse Aides

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-118.5 (2026).

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(1)Except for any medical facility or program that has been explicitly disapproved by the department of public health and environment, the board may approve any nurse aide training program offered by or held in a medical facility or offered and held outside a medical facility. Approval by the board is sufficient to authorize and permit the operation of the training program.

(2)The curriculum content for nurse aide training must include material that will provide a basic level of both knowledge and demonstrable skills for each individual completing the program and be presented in a manner that will take into consideration individuals with limited literacy skills. The curriculum content must include needs of populations that may be served by an individual medical facility.

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(1) Except for any
medical facility or program that has been explicitly disapproved by the department
of public health and environment, the board may approve any nurse aide training
program offered by or held in a medical facility or offered and held outside a
medical facility. Approval by the board is sufficient to authorize and permit the
operation of the training program.

(2) The curriculum content for nurse aide training must include material that
will provide a basic level of both knowledge and demonstrable skills for each
individual completing the program and be presented in a manner that will take into
consideration individuals with limited literacy skills. The curriculum content must
include needs of populations that may be served by an individual medical facility.

(3) The curriculum must include the following topics:

(a) Communication and interpersonal skills;

(b) Infection control;

(c) Safety and emergency procedures;

(d) Promoting residents' and patients' independence;

(e) Respecting residents' and patients' rights.

(4) The training program shall be designed to enable participants to develop
and demonstrate competency in the following areas:

(a) Basic nursing skills;

(b) Personal care skills;

(c) Recognition of mental health and social services needs;

(d) Basic restorative services;

(e) Resident or patient rights.

(5) The board or its designee shall inspect and survey each nurse aide
training program it approves during the first year following approval and every two
years thereafter. The inspection or survey may be made in conjunction with surveys
of medical facilities conducted by the department of public health and
environment.

(6) The board may require a nurse aide training program to include up to
twenty-five percent more hours than the minimum requirements established in the
federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, as amended, Pub.L. 100-203,
101 Stat. 1330. Any additional training hours shall be within the subject areas
required by federal law.