483.35 - Nursing Services

F729: Nurse Aide Registry Verification, Retraining

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What this regulation requires

Before allowing an individual to serve as a nurse aide, a facility must receive registry verification that the individual has met competency evaluation requirements, unless the individual is a full-time employee in a State-approved training and competency evaluation program, or can prove recent successful completion of such a program but is not yet in the registry. Facilities must follow up to ensure that such an individual actually becomes registered.

Source: CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix PP | 42 CFR § 483.35

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