Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Personnel Policies. Each HHA shall develop
and implement personnel policies. The policies shall be reviewed on an annual
basis and shall specify agency requirements regarding the following:
1. hours of work;
2. an organizational chart down to the
patient care level;
3. job
description and realistic performance expectations for each category of
personnel;
4. an annual employee
health screening in accordance with current local, federal, and state
laws;
5. an outline of the planned
orientation to be provided to each employee, including the length of the
orientation;
6. annual personnel
evaluations as well as annual verification of current Louisiana licensure and
certification of applicable health professionals;
7. continuing education related to health
care activities:
a. health professionals shall
attend inservice training as required by respective licensing boards.
b. home health aides shall attend inservice
training 12 hours per calendar year;
8. disciplinary actions;
9. grievance proceedings;
10. specifications for employee
health/safety;
11.
payroll;
12. criminal background
investigations (history check), if applicable; and
13. a process for checking the direct service
worker registry and the Louisiana certified nurse aide registry upon hiring an
employee, and every six months thereafter, to ensure that non-licensed
personnel do not have a finding placed against him/her of abuse, neglect, or
misappropriation of funds of an individual. If there is such a finding on the
DSW and/or CNA registry, the applicant shall not be employed, nor shall a
current employee have continued employment with the HHA.
B. Personnel Records. Original personnel
files shall be maintained either at the parent agency or integrated with the
human resources department of a hospital, agency home office or the parent
corporation of the agency. Personnel records shall be made available to
surveyors on request. There shall be a personnel record on file for each
employee and contract staff member including, but not limited to, the following
information:
1. name, address and telephone
number;
2. job
application/résumé;
3. the results
of an annual employee health screening in accordance with current local,
federal, and state laws;
4. current
license or certification verification, if applicable;
5. current job description, including duties
to be performed;
6. documentation
of orientation;
7. current
contract, if applicable;
8. annual
personnel evaluations;
9.
documentation of continuing education;
10. criminal background investigation
(history check), if applicable; and
11. registry checks, if applicable.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
36:254 and
R.S.
40:2116.31 et
seq.
