Section 840IAC1-1-16. Qualifications and duties of administrator-in-training

   (a) The AIT seeking licensure as an HFA or RCA shall:

(1) file an AIT application with the board and be approved prior to starting the internship program; and

(2) have met the requirements of IC 25-19-1-3(a)(1) and the educational attainments of section 4(a) of this rule at the time the application is filed.

  (b) The AIT seeking licensure as an HFA shall:

(1) observe and become familiar with the responsibilities and duties of the preceptor or approved training center and AIT;

(2) be assigned responsibilities in each department, with experience on every shift, including weekends;

(3) not hold a position in the facility during the hours of the AIT program;

(4) serve as an AIT a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, but not more than ten (10) hours daily;

(5) complete the program in a minimum of six (6) months and a maximum of twelve (12) months for a minimum total of one thousand forty (1,040) hours;

(6) seek and accept instruction and assistance from the preceptor or approved training center;

(7) notify the board on suitable forms of any change of status or discontinuance of the AIT program; and

(8) forward to the board at the end of the AIT program an affidavit stating the requirements of the program have been fulfilled.

  (c) The AIT seeking licensure as an RCA shall:

(1) observe and become familiar with the responsibilities and duties of the preceptor and AIT;

(2) be assigned responsibilities in each department, with experience on every shift, including weekends;

(3) not hold a position in the facility during the hours of the AIT program;

(4) serve as an AIT a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, but not more than ten (10) hours daily;

(5) complete the program in a minimum of six (6) months and a maximum of twelve (12) months for a minimum total of eight hundred sixty (860) hours;

(6) seek and accept instruction and assistance from the preceptor;

(7) notify the board on suitable forms of any change of status or discontinuance of the AIT program; and

(8) forward to the board at the end of the AIT program an affidavit stating the requirements of the program have been fulfilled.

  (d) The AIT may serve up to twenty percent (20%) of the internship in a setting other than the preceptor's facility except an AIT in an approved training center who may exceed the twenty percent (20%) limit at the discretion of the approved training center.

  (e) The board reserves the right to take appropriate action for failure of an AIT to comply with the duties enumerated above.

  (f) The hours and amount of time spent in the AIT program may be reduced due to credit given by the board under section 4(g) of this rule. (Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators; Rule 17; filed May 18, 1979, 9:02 a.m.: 2 IR 840; filed Sep 12, 1985, 3:25 p.m.: 9 IR 285; filed Sep 29, 1987, 2:08 p.m.: 11 IR 796; readopted filed May 1, 2002, 10:35 a.m.: 25 IR 2858; readopted filed Sep 26, 2008, 10:51 a.m.: 20081015-IR-840080338RFA; filed Jan 27, 2009, 9:50 a.m.: 20090225-IR-840080216FRA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2015, 11:18 a.m.: 20151209-IR-840150244RFA; filed Feb 17, 2016, 10:14 a.m.: 20160316-IR-840150078FRA)