Section 395.162  Approved Evaluator (BNATP Only)

a)         Requirements for an Approved Evaluator and an Approved Outside Evaluator:

1)         Shall complete a theory/clinical instructor course and meet the requirements in Section 395.160(a); and

2)         Shall have successfully completed a Department approved evaluator course prior to initial approval.  Registered professional nurses possessing a BSN degree are qualified to teach without this course.  An RN may not serve as the Program Coordinator or the sole instructor in a BNATP unless he or she has two years of experience teaching in a BNATP or has completed a Train the Trainer course and approved evaluator course.

b)         For a facility-based BNATP, the program's Clinical Instructor/Approved Evaluator shall determine competencies on all approved performance skills.  Selected performance skills as determined by the Department shall then be evaluated by an Approved Outside Evaluator, who shall have no fiduciary connection, within 30 days before or after the evaluation, with the facility at which the student is employed or will be employed.

c)         An Approved Evaluator shall have the following responsibilities:

1)         Evaluation of performance skills in conjunction with an approved BNATP;

2)         Evaluation of performance skills as an Approved Outside Evaluator for a facility-based program; and

3)         Evaluation of performance skills as part of the CNA recertification process.

(Source:  Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 3455, effective February 21, 2020)