Title: Describe the requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit I: The Nurse Aide in Long-Term Care

Description should include how the OBRA

- requires each state to have a public registry of nurse aides
- requires all nurse aides in long-term care facilities to complete a training program and pass a certification exam
- requires nurse aides to undergo continuing education and a minimum of 12 hours of in-service each year
- requires nurse aides who have not worked for two consecutive years to retake the certification exam.