§ 16-28-1-11 — Qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides; certification by state department; registry

Note: This version of section effective until 9-1-2025. See also
following version of this section, effective 9-1-2025.
Sec. 11. (a) Unless an individual is certified under
this section:
(1) the individual may not practice as a qualified medication aide
or a certified nurse aide; and
(2) a facility may not employ the individual as a qualified
medication aide or a certified nurse aide.
(b) The state department shall do the following:
(1) Establish a program for the certification of qualified
medication aides and certified nurse aides who work in facilities
licensed under this article.
(2) Approve education and training programs for qualified
medication aides and certified nurse aides, including course and
inservice requirements.
(3) Determine the standards concerning the functions that may be
performed by a qualified medication aide and a certified nurse
aide.
(4) Establish annual certification fees for qualified medication
aides.
(5) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement and
enforce this section.
(c) The education and training programs approved by the state
department:
(1) must include a competency test that an individual must pass
before being granted an initial certification as:
(A) a qualified medication aide; or
(B) a certified nurse aide; and
(2) must include an optional training module for qualified
medication aides in administering insulin, including:
(A) at least four (4), and not more than eight (8), hours of
classroom training;
(B) at least two (2), and not more than four (4), hours of
practical training; and
(C) passing a written and practical examination administered by
the trainer;
in insulin administration to be completed before a qualified
medication aide may administer insulin.
(d) The state department shall maintain a registry of each individual
who is:
(1) certified as a:
(A) qualified medication aide; or
(B) certified nurse aide; or
(2) registered as a home health aide under rules adopted under IC 16-27-1-7.
(e) The state department may conduct hearings for violations of this
section under IC 4-21.5.
(f) The state department's authority under this section includes the
ability to collect information from individuals certified as a qualified
medication aide or certified nurse aide, as specified under IC 25-1-2-10.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-5.5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.24-2002, SEC.1; P.L.156-2011, SEC.23; P.L.226-2011, SEC.5; P.L.180-2019, SEC.1; P.L.148-2023, SEC.3.