Bill Text: MI SB0286 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Health facilities; other; nurse aide training and registration program; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 219.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-11-28 - Assigned Pa 0172'17 With Immediate Effect [SB0286 Detail]

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SB-0286, As Passed House, November 2, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding part 219.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                            PART 219

 

 2          NURSE AIDE TRAINING AND REGISTRATION PROGRAM

 

 3        Sec. 21901. (1) For purposes of this part, the words and

 

 4  phrases defined in sections 21903 to 21905 have the meanings

 

 5  ascribed to them in those sections.

 

 6        (2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and

 

 7  principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code,

 

 8  and part 201 contains definitions applicable to this part.

 

 9        Sec. 21903. (1) "Certificate of permit" means a document

 

10  issued by the department as evidence of a permit.

 

11        (2) "Certificate of registration" means a document issued by

 

12  the department as evidence of registration.


 1        (3) "Fund" means the nurse aide registry fund created in

 

 2  section 21921.

 

 3        (4) "Nurse aide" means an individual who holds a registration.

 

 4  A nurse aide is not a health professional licensed under article

 

 5  15, a registered dietitian, or someone who volunteers to provide

 

 6  nursing or nursing-related services without pay.

 

 7        (5) "Nurse aide trainer" means an individual who holds a

 

 8  permit to provide training to a nurse aide candidate who is

 

 9  enrolled in a nurse aide training program.

 

10        (6) "Nurse aide training program" means an instructional

 

11  program that prepares a nurse aide candidate with the knowledge and

 

12  ability to practice as a nurse aide and that is offered by a person

 

13  that holds a permit.

 

14        Sec. 21905. (1) "Permit" means an authorization granted by the

 

15  department under this part to conduct training or instruction of

 

16  nurse aide candidates under the program.

 

17        (2) "Practice as a nurse aide" means providing nursing or

 

18  nursing-related services to a patient or resident. Practice as a

 

19  nurse aide is not the practice of nursing as that term is defined

 

20  in section 17201.

 

21        (3) "Program" means the nurse aide training and registration

 

22  program described in section 21907.

 

23        (4) "Registration" means an authorization granted by the

 

24  department under this part granting permission to an individual to

 

25  practice as a nurse aide under the program.

 

26        Sec. 21907. The department shall administer a nurse aide

 

27  training and registration program in this state in conformance with


 1  this part, 42 USC 1396r, and 42 CFR parts 483 and 488.

 

 2        Sec. 21909. An individual shall not engage in practice as a

 

 3  nurse aide unless the individual holds a registration or is in

 

 4  compliance with 42 CFR 483.35. A person shall not offer a nurse

 

 5  aide training program or provide training or instruction to a nurse

 

 6  aide candidate unless the individual holds a permit.

 

 7        Sec. 21911. (1) The department may grant registration as a

 

 8  nurse aide to an applicant who meets all of the following

 

 9  requirements:

 

10        (a) Submits an application on a form and in a manner

 

11  prescribed by the department.

 

12        (b) Pays the fee prescribed in section 21919.

 

13        (c) Demonstrates to the department that he or she has

 

14  successfully completed a nurse aide training program and a

 

15  competency examination approved by the department.

 

16        (d) Meets the requirements for registration in rules

 

17  promulgated under section 21923.

 

18        (2) The department may grant a permit as a nurse aide trainer

 

19  to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements:

 

20        (a) Submits an application on a form and in a manner

 

21  prescribed by the department.

 

22        (b) Pays the fee prescribed in section 21919.

 

23        (c) Is a registered professional nurse licensed under article

 

24  15 who meets the requirements of 42 CFR 483.152(a)(5), (i), and

 

25  (ii), or who meets the requirements for a permit in rules

 

26  promulgated under section 21923.

 

27        (3) The department may grant a permit as a nurse aide training


 1  program to an applicant that meets all of the following

 

 2  requirements:

 

 3        (a) Submits an application on a form and in a manner

 

 4  prescribed by the department.

 

 5        (b) Pays the fee prescribed in section 21919.

 

 6        (c) Meets the requirements for a permit in rules promulgated

 

 7  under section 21923.

 

 8        (d) Demonstrates to the department that the applicant's

 

 9  curriculum is consistent with other nurse aide training programs as

 

10  provided by rules promulgated by the department under this part.

 

11        (4) A registration or permit is not transferable. A

 

12  certificate of registration or certificate of permit must state the

 

13  persons to which it applies.

 

14        Sec. 21913. The department may grant registration to an

 

15  applicant who is from another state if the applicant meets either

 

16  of the following requirements:

 

17        (a) The applicant passes a training program that the

 

18  department determines is equivalent to or exceeds a nurse aide

 

19  training program offered in this state and the applicant passes a

 

20  competency examination approved by the department.

 

21        (b) The applicant's status as a nurse aide in the other state

 

22  is in good standing, as verified by that state's nurse aide

 

23  registry, and the department determines that the other state's

 

24  training program is equivalent to or exceeds a nurse aide training

 

25  program offered in this state.

 

26        Sec. 21915. (1) A registration or permit is effective for no

 

27  longer than 2 years after the date it was granted.


 1        (2) If a nurse aide does not renew his or her registration,

 

 2  the nurse aide shall not practice as a nurse aide until his or her

 

 3  registration is renewed by the department. If a nurse aide trainer

 

 4  does not renew his or her permit, the nurse trainer shall not

 

 5  provide training to a nurse aide candidate until his or her permit

 

 6  is renewed by the department. If a person does not renew its permit

 

 7  as a nurse aide training program, the nurse aide training program

 

 8  shall not provide instruction to a nurse aide candidate until the

 

 9  permit is renewed by the department.

 

10        (3) A registration or permit is renewable if the applicant

 

11  pays the fee prescribed in section 21919, submits an application

 

12  for renewal to the department on a form and in a manner prescribed

 

13  by the department, and demonstrates to the department that the

 

14  applicant has met the requirements for renewal in rules promulgated

 

15  under section 21923.

 

16        Sec. 21917. The registration of an individual while in active

 

17  service in the military service of the United States, an auxiliary

 

18  branch of the military service of the United States, or the United

 

19  States Public Health Service, who was registered at the time of

 

20  induction or entering into service, continues in effect without

 

21  further action by the individual until discharge or leaving the

 

22  service as long as the individual remains in compliance with 42 USC

 

23  1396r(b)(5)(D).

 

24        Sec. 21919. (1) An applicant for registration or a permit, or

 

25  renewal of a registration or a permit, shall pay the following

 

26  biennial fees:

 

 


 1

     (a) Nurse aide                            $20.00

 2

     (b) Nurse aide trainer                    $40.00

 3

     (c) Except as otherwise

 4

provided in subdivision (d),

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nurse aide training program                    $300.00, per site

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     (d) Nurse aide training program

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offered by a secondary education

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institution or a skilled nursing facility      $100.00, per site

 

 

 9        (2) In addition to the fees prescribed in subsection (1), an

 

10  applicant for registration shall pay a nurse aide competency

 

11  examination fee of $125.00, per examination.

 

12        (3) The fees prescribed in this section are payable to the

 

13  department or the department's contractor at the time an

 

14  application for an initial or renewal registration or permit is

 

15  submitted to the department. If an application for registration or

 

16  permit is denied, or if registration or permit is revoked before

 

17  its expiration date, the department shall not refund the fees paid

 

18  to the department.

 

19        Sec. 21921. (1) The nurse aide registration fund is created

 

20  within the state treasury.

 

21        (2) The state treasurer shall credit the fees collected under

 

22  section 21919 to the fund and may receive money or other assets

 

23  from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer

 

24  shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

25  credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

26        (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year must

 

27  remain in the fund and does not lapse to the general fund.


 1        (4) The department is the administrator of the fund for

 

 2  auditing purposes.

 

 3        (5) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon

 

 4  appropriation, only to implement the program.

 

 5        Sec. 21923. (1) The department may promulgate and enforce

 

 6  rules to implement this part. The rules may include, but not be

 

 7  limited to, rules establishing requirements for surveying a nurse

 

 8  aide training program, investigating allegations against a nurse

 

 9  aide in a health facility or agency or another setting where a

 

10  nurse aide engages in the practice as a nurse aide, investigating

 

11  allegations against a nurse aide trainer or nurse aide training

 

12  program, and enforcing this part. The rules may also establish

 

13  eligibility requirements to renew a registration or permit under

 

14  this part, competency requirements, and examination requirements

 

15  for registration.

 

16        (2) Rules promulgated under this part that are applicable to

 

17  health facilities or agencies must be uniform insofar as is

 

18  reasonable.

 

19        Sec. 21925. The department may enter into 1 or more

 

20  contractual agreements for the administration of this part.

 

21        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

22  after the date it is enacted into law.

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