1) Amend 18VAC90-26-10, 90-26-20, and 90-26-50 to allow nurse aide training to occur outside of a nursing home facility focusing on geriatric care; 2) amend 18VAC90-26-30 to remove requirements for geriatric care experience for RN and LPN instructors, and to allow instructional personnel from other health professions to supplement the primary instructor 

Regarding Amendment 1 and part of Amendment 2:  Not all long-term care populations are geriatric.  Conversely, nearly every hospital experience will involve some geriatric care.  Certified nurse aides are employed by hospitals, schools, prisons, nursing homes, et al.  It's time that their training reflected this.