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The Nursing Assistant (NA) Program was established in 1989 under the directorship of Ms. Carrol E. Daniels, M.Ed. The program was designed because the Long Term Care Management Administration selected the University of the District of Columbia to administer the program based on the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 which established certain requirements that persons working in a nursing facility be credentialed solely on the successful completion of the University’s approved competency evaluation. For individuals hired on or after October 1990, a nurse aide would have to complete an approved nurse aide training program at the University and successfully complete the competency evaluation program.