4723-9-12 Standards and procedures for review of OARRS.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Ohio Board of Nursing (Board), pursuant to Chapter 119, Ohio Revised Code, hereby gives notice that it will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering the adoption, amendment, and rescission of rules.

The public hearing will be conducted on Wednesday November 16, 2011 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the Boardroom of the Board, located at 17 South High Street, Suite 400, Columbus, OH, and continuing until all parties in attendance have had an opportunity to be heard.

Oral or written testimony may be presented by any person affected by the proposed action.

The following rules are proposed for amendment to clarify and establish requirements:

                                Definitions

                                General Information

4723-5-04        Procedure for Board Determination of a Program's Status

4723-5-06        Survey Visits, Reports, and Response by the Administrator of a Program to a Survey Visit Report

4723-5-08        Requirements for Seeking Conditional Approval 4723-5-09 Organization and Administration of the Program

                                Qualifications of Administrators, Faculty, Teaching Assistants and Preceptors for a Registered Nursing Education Program

                                Qualifications of Administrators, Faculty, Teaching Assistants and Preceptors for a Practical Nursing Education Program

                                Program Policies

                                                Curriculum for a Registered Nursing Education Program 4723-5-14   Curriculum for a Practical Nursing Education Program 4723-5-15          Evaluation Plan of the Program

4723-5-16        Board Approval of a Curriculum Revision 4723-5-17  Program Contractual Relationships

                                                Responsibilities of Faculty Teaching a Nursing Course

                                                Responsibilities of Faculty, Teaching Assistants and Preceptors in a Clinical Setting 4723-5-21     Program Records

                                                Definitions

                                                Requirements and Application for Licensure by Examination as a Nurse 4723-7-04    Requirements for Licensure for Foreign Educated Nurse Graduates 4723-7-05            Registered Nurse Licensure by Endorsement

4723-7-06        Practical Nurse Licensure by Endorsement 4723-7-07       Original Certificate and License

4723-7-09        Licensure Renewal

                                Definitions

                                General Information

                                                Definitions

                                                Standards of Safe Medication Administration by a Certified Medication Aide 4723-27-03            Delegation of Medication Administration to Certified Medication Aides 4723-27-05       Renewal of a Medication Aide Certificate

4723-27-06      Continuing Education Requirements

                        Medication Aide Training Programs

         Standard Minimum Curriculum for Medication Aide Programs

                        Disciplinary Actions Against Certified Medication Aides; Investigations 4723-27-10    Fees

4723-9-08        Safety Standards for Personally Furnishing Drugs and Therapeutic Devices 4723-9-09        Standards of Prescribing for Nurses With a Certificate to Prescribe

Due to the extensiveness of the amendments, the following rules are proposed to be rescinded in their current form and re-adopted as new rules with language that clarifies and establishes requirements:

4723-5-03         Change of Control of a Program

4723-7-03        Authorization to Test, Accommodations, Retesting, and Notification 4723-27-04      Certification as a Medication Aide

The following rules are proposed new rules to clarify and establish requirements:

4723-9-12         Standards and Procedures for Review of OARRS

The following rules are proposed to be rescinded:

4723-27-11      Medication Aide Pilot Program 4723-27-12      Pilot Program Application

4723-27-13      Utilization of Certified Medication Aides by Pilot Program Participants 4723-27-14      Pilot Program Data Reporting and Evaluation

A copy of the proposed rules referenced above may be obtained at the Board's website,  www.nursing.ohio.gov, or by sending a request to the Board office with a check for $3.95 made payable to the "Treasurer, State of Ohio," to cover postage cost.

All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. Those persons who wish to provide oral testimony at the hearing are encouraged to inform the Board prior to the hearing date and may be given preference in the order of testimony.

Written  comments  received  by  the  Board  before  the  close  of  the  hearing  record  will be considered. Written comments in lieu of oral testimony may be submitted by:

v  Written comments brought to the public hearing;

v  Written comments via email to [e-mail].

v  Written comments mailed to the attention of:

Holly Fischer, Adjudications Counsel State of Ohio Board of Nursing

17 S. High Street, Suite 400

Columbus, Ohio 43215-7410