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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.33.02.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="33" chapter_num="02" heading="Requirements for AIT Program.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The preceptor for an AIT shall be currently certified by the Board under Regulation .06 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The preceptor may not be responsible for more than two AITs at any one time. The preceptor shall devote a minimum of 16 hours per week of direct, on-site supervision for each AIT, which may be on an individual or combined basis in the case of two AITs.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The preceptor may be the administrator of record of the facility in which the training is to take place, provided that the preceptor has had a minimum of 30 days of oversight in the facility where the training is to take place immediately prior to beginning the AIT program.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The preceptor may not be the administrator of record for a facility other than the facility designated for training.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A minimum of 80 percent of the training shall occur during 8 consecutive hours for full-time programs or 6 consecutive hours for part-time programs each day (except for regular days off) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A minimum of 40 hours per week for full-time or 30 hours per week for part-time shall be devoted to continuous, bona fide training activities which include observing and performing the day-to-day duties of each position, when legally permissible, in the service areas referred to in Regulation .04A(2) of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The applicant may spend a maximum of 50 percent of the training in a family-owned or family-operated nursing home, and the remainder of the time shall be spent in another Board-approved facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>An employee may not be a preceptor for their employer.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Required AIT Reports.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The AIT and preceptor shall maintain a progress report for the training program on the forms provided by the Board for every 3 months of the training program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The report shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be submitted by the AIT and the preceptor to the Board's office on the dates specified by the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Include the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A detailed description of activity or area covered, or both, and dates of rotation, and, if applicable, an explanation for any changes to the Board-approved rotation schedule;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A detailed analysis of any problems observed, new experiences, insights gained, and the AIT's role in problem solutions; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The course of instruction outline including signatures from the preceptor, AIT, and department managers to verify that the AIT trained in those departments.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the reports are not submitted to the Board's office by the date specified by the Board, the AIT shall be considered to have violated the terms of the AIT contract.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Discontinuance of AIT Status in a Nursing Home.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The AIT and the preceptor shall report discontinuance within 10 days to the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within 10 days of the date of discontinuation, the preceptor shall file a report to the Board detailing the AIT's experience and abilities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The AIT may fulfill the training requirement in no more than two licensed nursing facilities, with a lapse of no more than 90 days between the two periods of training.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>