The training provider shall issue a certificate to staff upon completion of initial training. The certificate shall be valid so long as the certificate holder meets the requirements set forth by the authority pursuant to the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act and the certificate holder has not had a lapse of dementia-related direct care service employment for twenty-four consecutive months or more. The certificate shall be valid among long-term care facilities. Each long-term care facility and long-term care facility contractor that is subject to that act shall be responsible for maintaining documentation regarding completed dementia training and evaluation for each direct care service staff member. History: Laws 2021, ch. 111, § 5; 2023, ch. 163, § 4; § 24-17B-5, recompiled and amended as § 24A-6-5 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 52. Recompilations. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 52 recompiled and amended former 24-17B-5 NMSA 1978 as 24A-6-5 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted a reference to "department" with the health care authority, and made technical changes; after the first occurrence of "The" added "training" and deleted "of training conducted pursuant to the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act", after "set forth by the" deleted "department" and added "authority" and after "subject to" deleted "the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training" and added "that". The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, after "certificate holder meets the", deleted "continuing education", and after "dementia training and evaluation", deleted "and continuing education".
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