Section 395.110  Application for Program Approval

a)         The program sponsor shall submit a letter of application for program approval to each Department at least ninety days in advance of the scheduled beginning of the training program.  The program sponsor shall not offer the training program prior to receipt of written approval from the Department.  The Department will not grant retroactive approval of training programs.

b)         The letter of application shall include at least the following information about the proposed program:  

1)         A statement of whether the training program being proposed is a:  

A)        Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program,

B)        Developmental Disabilities Aide Training Program,

C)        Basic Child Care/Habilitation Aide Training Program, or

D)        Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Aide Training Program.

2)         A copy of the sponsor's certificate of approval issued by the State Board of Education or the Board of Higher Education, as appropriate, if the sponsor is a private business, vocational school or college.

3)         A statement of the program rationale, including the philosophy and purpose of the program.

4)         A statement indicating that the Department's model program based on Section 395.300 of this Part is being used or an outline containing the methodology, content, and objectives for the training program.

A)        The outline shall indicate the number of hours that will be dedicated to each component of the training program.  This outline shall not preclude the instructor from varying the order of presentation of the outlined course components.

B)        The outline shall address each of the required curricula content requirements contained in Section 395.300 (Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program), Section 395.310 (Developmental Disabilities Aides Training Program), or Section 395.320 (Basic Child Care/Habilitation Aide Training Program) or Section 395.330 (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Aide Training Program).

5)         A master schedule for the training program, which includes at least the following:  

A)        The location, classroom designation, and scheduled dates of the training program.

B)        The allocation of the daily and total hours of instruction between theory and clinical instruction.

C)        Identification of theory and clinical instructors  and approved evaluator, and whether the instruction is theory or clinical.

D)        Curriculum Coordinator, for developmental disabilities aide training programs.

6)         Resumes describing the education, experience, and qualifications of each program instructor including a copy of any valid Illinois licenses, as applicable.

7)         Any clinical site agreements for the use of facilities and equipment that are not owned or operated by the program sponsor.  Such agreements shall be signed by the owner or operator of the facilities or equipment and shall include the dates such facilities or equipment will be used, and a description of the classrooms, laboratory, clinical training equipment, and any other facilities or equipment that will be used in the program.

8)         A copy or a description of the tools that will be used to evaluate the following aspects of the training program:  

A)        Training program objectives and instructors.

B)        Training program content.

C)        Clinical performance, encompassing all skills taught, and for a Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program, the State-approved manual skills evaluation developed from the curriculum outlined in Section 395.300.

9)         A copy of the attendance policy.

c)         The program sponsor for all programs except Developmental Disabilities Aide Training Programs shall submit the letter of application for approval of a training program to the Department at the following address:  

Illinois Department of Public Health

Office of Health Care Regulation

Division of LTC Field Operations

525 West Jefferson Street

Springfield, Illinois 62761

d)         No changes will be required in the program content of any training program, which was approved under rules in effect at the time of the adoption of amended rules, until a review by the Department indicates that revisions to the program content are needed to keep the program in compliance with the amended rules.

AGENCY NOTE:  The Department has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Human Services for that agency to administer the approval of the Developmental Disabilities Aide Training Programs in accordance with the requirements of this Part.  Questions and correspondence should be directed to the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Developmental Disabilities, Bureau of Human Resource Development, 319 East Madison, Suite 4J, Springfield, Illinois 62701. 

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 14837, effective October 15, 2002)