4723-18-04 Provisions of the participatory agreement for the practice intervention and improvement program (PIIP).

(A) When a licensee or certificate holder has been determined by the supervising member to be eligible for the practice intervention and improvement program, in accordance with rules 4723-18-02 and 4723-18-03 of the Administrative Code, the licensee or certificate holder shall execute a participatory agreement with PIIP that includes, but is not limited to, provisions that:

(1) Set forth the identified practice deficiencies;

(2) Identify the specific remediation the participant must complete;

(3) Specify the time frame during which the participant must identify and select the educational provider that will provide the prescribed educational intervention and notify PIIP of the selection;

(4) Require the participant to pay all expenses the participant incurs as a result of the required remediation;

(5) Require the participant to provide the participatory agreement to a manager, or a person with equivalent or higher administrative responsibilities to a manager, of any and all employers or contracting entities for whom the participant provides nursing or dialysis care, and provide documentation to the board of the manager’s receipt of the participatory agreement;

(6) Require a participant who is the holder of a certificate of authority issued under section 4723.41 of the Revised Code to provide a copy of the participatory agreement to the following, and submit documentation to the board of their receipt:

(a) The credentialing body of each institution at which the holder of a certificate of authority provides advanced practice nursing services or nursing care;

(b) Each collaborating physician with whom the holder of the certificate of authority works as a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife;

(7) Require the participant to participate in workplace monitoring;

(8) Require the participant to cooperate with any entity, including, but not limited to, the educational provider and workplace monitor;

(9) Require the participant to cause any and all workplace monitors, selected in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule 4723-18-08 of the Administrative Code, and educational providers, selected in accordance with rule 4723-18-06 of the Administrative Code, to provide remediation and to send written progress reports regarding the participant’s progress in remediation to PIIP at specified intervals;

(10) Require the participant to sign any and all waivers necessary to secure all reports required by PIIP;

(11) Require the participant to submit a written personal progress report containing the information required by PIIP to PIIP at specified intervals;

(12) Require the participant to meet in person with a PIIP representative at specified intervals;

(13) Require the participant to obey all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, all laws and rules regulating nursing practice or dialysis care in Ohio;

(14) Specify that the prescribed educational intervention may not be used to satisfy the continuing education requirements set forth in Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and the rules of the board;

(15) Specify the terms and conditions the participant must meet to successfully complete the remediation, including, but not limited to, the time frames for successfully completing both the educational and workplace monitoring components of the remediation; and

(16) Set forth the grounds for termination from PIIP.

(B) A licensee or certificate holder determined by the supervising member to be eligible for PIIP who refuses to enter into the participatory agreement set forth in this rule within the time frame specified by PIIP may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with section 4723.28 of the Revised Code.

Effective: 02/01/2009

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/16/2008 and 10/01/2013

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4723.07, 4723.282

Rule Amplifies: 4723.282

Prior Effective Dates: 2/1/2001, 2/1/2003, 2/1/2007