44:04:18:17.  Nurse aide competency evaluation program standards. A nurse aide competency evaluation program must meet the following standards:

          (1)  The nurse aide must be informed by the facility that a record of successful completion of the evaluation will be included in the registry;

          (2)  The evaluation must consist of two elements:

               (a)  The competency evaluation component may be offered as either a written or oral examination. This component of the evaluation must:

                      (i)         Include each curriculum requirement specified in § 44:04:18:15;

                      (ii)Be developed from a pool of test questions, with no more than 20 percent of prior questions used on a succeeding examination;

                      (iii)       Use a system that prevents disclosure of the content of the examination; and

                      (iv)       If oral, be read from a prepared text in a neutral manner;

               (b)  The skills demonstration component must consist of a minimum of five tasks randomly selected from a pool of tasks generally performed by nurse aides. The pool of skills must include all of the personal care skills listed in subdivision 44:04:18:15(3)(b). The skills demonstration tasks must be performed on a live person.

          Source: 21 SDR 118, effective January 2, 1995.

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-29.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-29.