Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 120 - REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE LICENSING AND FUNCTIONING OF HOSPICE PROGRAMS
Chapter 5 - SERVICES
Section 144-120-5.G - Training
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A hospice program shall provide an educational program that offers a comprehensive overview of hospice philosophy and hospice care. A minimum of eighteen (18) hours of education, including four (4) hours of orientation, is required for all direct service providers delivering hospice care. The educational program must include, but is not limited to, the following subjects:
5.G.1. Hospice philosophy,
5.G.2. Family dynamics;
5.G.3. Pain and symptom management;
5.G.4. Grief, loss and transition;
5.G.5. Psychological perspectives on death and dying;
5.G.6. Spirituality;
5.G.7. Communication skills;
5.G.8. Volunteer roles; and
5.G.9. Multidisciplinary management.
5.G.10. Hospice personnel who provide direct services to patients, except for those who deliver twenty (20) hours or less of hospice care in one (1) calendar year, are required to meet the minimum training requirement of eighteen (18) hours within one (1) year. Documentation of completion of training is transferable from one hospice program to another.
5.G.11. All direct service hospice personnel, including those who deliver twenty (20) hours or less of hospice care and contracted service providers, must have four (4) hours of hospice orientation.
