Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

The director of health is authorized to appoint an advisory board to advise the director on all matters relating to this chapter. The duties, powers, and membership of the board shall be enumerated through rules and regulations promulgated by the director.

The director is authorized to adopt regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and the amendments and the federal regulations adopted under it. All registered nursing assistants and health care facilities subject to t…

(a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Certifying agency” means the state department of health. (2) “Director” means the director of the state department of health, or his or her designee. (3) “Nursing assistant” is defined as a nurses’ aide, orderly, or home health aide who is a para…

Standards for training and/or competency evaluation programs for nursing assistants and exemptions for applicants from the requirements of training programs shall be consistent with federal statutory and regulatory requirements and shall be defined according to the rules and regu…

The duties of each level of nursing assistant shall be defined according to the rules and regulations promulgated by the department of health.

Nursing assistants as defined in § 23-17.9-2 who are employed or have had experience as a nursing assistant prior to the enactment of this chapter, and the effective date of the regulations promulgated in relation to this chapter, shall pass the appropriate level of examination a…

Every nursing assistant being employed as a nursing assistant or offering services as a nursing assistant must obtain a certificate of registration issued by the department. Every nursing assistant, prior to being issued a certificate of registration by the department, shall succ…

Every holder of a nursing assistant certificate of registration shall register biennially by making application to the department on forms provided by the agency. The renewals shall be granted as a matter of course, upon payment of a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 unless the agenc…

The department may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration issued under this chapter or may reprimand, censure, or otherwise discipline or may deny an application for registration in accordance with the provisions of this section upon decision and after a hearing as pro…

It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and/or by imprisonment for not more than one year for any person to: (1) Obtain his or her certification or registration by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material fa…