2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §32-1647  Examination of nursing assistants; waiver of examination

A. An applicant for certification as a nursing assistant shall pass a written and manual skills examination on subjects contained in a nursing assistant training program approved by the board.

B. The board shall issue a certificate to a person who successfully passes both examinations and meets all other requirements as prescribed in this article.

C. If an applicant fails either the written or the manual skills examination three times the applicant shall complete to the board's satisfaction an approved nursing assistant training program before the applicant may take that examination again.

D. The board shall waive the examination requirements of this section if the applicant submits a verified affidavit to the board demonstrating that the applicant has completed one of the following:

1. As of July 1, 1989, sixty hours of training and fifteen hours of in-service training.

2. As of July 1, 1989, one hundred hours of training.

3. Work at one or more facilities operated by the same employer in this state for a minimum of twenty-four consecutive months prior to December 19, 1989.