OAR 812-006-0200: Pre-Licensure Training Provider Approval

(1) Except as provided in OAR 812-006-0160 and 812-006-0164, no pre-licensure training shall meet the requirements of ORS 701.122 unless it is offered by a pre-licensure training provider approved by the agency under this rule. (2) To receive agency approval, individuals and organizations shall make application and sign an agreement with the agency prior to offering the pre-licensure training. (3) The pre-licensure training provider application shall include, but will not be limited to, provisions for: (a) Recording the name, address, contact information, and name of responsible administrator of the pre-licensure training provider. (b) Submitting trainer resumes or work summaries that demonstrate that all its trainers have at least four years work experience or four years education, or any combination of both, in subject areas that they instruct as outlined in the agency-approved reference manual. (4) Except as provided in OAR 812-006-0160 or 812-006-0164, no pre-licensure training provider may offer or provide any pre-licensure training until there is a fully executed agreement between the pre-licensure training provider and the agency. (5) Except as provided in OAR 812-006-0160 or 812-006-0164, a pre-licensure training provider must comply at all times with the following requirements: (a) The pre-licensure training provider will provide 16-hours of training under OAR 812-006-0150. (b) The pre-licensure training provider will verify that each student taking the pre-licensure training has a current agency-approved manual. (c) The pre-licensure training provider will use agency-approved curriculum and the agency-approved reference manual. (d) The pre-licensure training provider will send electronic records of completion to the agency in a format approved by the agency and keep records of completion for a minimum of six years. (e) The pre-licensure training provider will communicate law changes and program procedural changes received from the agency to the pre-licensure training provider’s trainers and will implement these changes within 30 business days. (f) The pre-licensure training provider will use only approved trainers who have at least four years work experience or four years education, or any combination of both, in the subject that they instruct as outlined in the agency-approved reference manual. CCB will not approve as a trainer any individual who, at the time of offering or providing the pre-licensure training, is an RMI of a licensee. (g) The pre-licensure training provider will request and receive, in writing, agency approval of all trainers at least 10 business days before trainers are scheduled to teach. (h) The pre-licensure training provider will provide a mechanism for students to contact their trainer(s) outside of class for a minimum of one hour per week for 90 days from date of enrollment. (i) The pre-licensure training provider will give all students information about how to contact trainers and hours of availability before the end of the pre-licensure training. (j) The pre-licensure training provider will comply with all applicable federal and state laws. (6) The agency may publicize a pre-licensure training provider’s test passage rate for its students. (7) The agency may revoke a pre-licensure training provider’s right to offer training and terminate the agreement of a pre-licensure training provider at any time the pre-licensure training provider fails to: (a) Meet any requirement of the agreement; or (b) Comply with these rules. (8) The agency may revoke a pre-licensure training provider’s right to offer pre-licensure training and terminate the agreement of a pre-licensure training provider: (a) Whose students do not pass the agency test on their first attempt at least 70 percent of the time after the pre-licensure training provider has provided pre-licensure training for at least three months, or whose students fail to maintain the 70 percent first attempt test passing rate during the remaining period of the agreement; or (b) Who acquires or attempts to acquire agency test questions by unauthorized means, including but not limited to, photographing, photocopying or videotaping any part of the agency’s test or paying or offering incentives to individuals or business entities to write down, photograph or videotape any part of the agency’s test.