Section 395.333  Waivered Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Aide Training Program

a)         The Department may grant waivers from the requirements of Section 395.330 of this Part, based on the information provided in subsection (c) of this Section.

b)         A program sponsor may request a waiver for a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Aide training program by submitting a request to the Department in writing at least 30 days prior to the start of the training program.

c)         The request for a waiver shall include the following:

1)         A statement that all trainees have satisfactorily completed a Basic Nursing Assistant training program approved in accordance with Section 395.300 of this Part;

2)         A statement that all trainees have at least two years of experience during the preceding five years working as a nursing assistant with persons with mental illness; and

3)         A statement that the training program includes, at a minimum, Module I as described in Section 395.330(a) of this Part and Module II as described in Section 395.330(b) of this Part.

d)         The training program shall not begin prior to Department approval of the waiver request.

(Source:  Added at 26 Ill. Reg. 2747, effective February 15, 2002)