Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Training policy. A facility must establish, implement, and keep
current policies and procedures for staff orientation, training, and competency
evaluation, and a process for evaluating staff performance as required under
Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.41,
subdivision 2, that meets:
A. the
orientation, training, and competency requirements under this part and
Minnesota Statutes, sections
144G.42
and
144G.60
to
144G.64;
and
B. for a facility with an
assisted living facility with dementia care license, the additional staff
training requirements under Minnesota Statutes, sections
144G.80,
144G.82,
and
144G.83.
Subp. 2.
Additional orientation. In addition to the staff orientation
requirements identified in subpart 1, the facility's training policy must
include orientation training on:
A. the staff
persons job description upon hire and whenever there is a change to the job
description that changes the nature of the job or how the job is to be
performed;
B. the facility's
organization chart and the roles of staff within the facility, and the services
offered by the facility as identified in the uniform checklist disclosure of
services; and
C. the identification
of incidents of maltreatment as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section
626.5572, subdivision
15, including abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect, and an explanation
that any act that constitutes maltreatment is prohibited. ».
Subp. 3.
Additional training requirements for assisted living facilities with
dementia care licenses.
A. In addition
to the other training requirements identified in subpart 1, direct care
dementia-trained staff under Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.83,
subdivision 1, and other staff having direct contact with residents of a
facility that has an assisted living facility with dementia care license must
receive training on the following topics:
(1)
understanding cognitive impairment, and behavioral and psychological symptoms
of dementia; and
(2) standards of
dementia care, including nonpharmacological dementia care practices that are
person-centered and evidence-informed.
B. A facility with an assisted living
facility with dementia care license is responsible for ensuring and maintaining
documentation that individuals providing or overseeing staff training relating
to dementia and dementia care have the work experience and training required
under Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.83,
subdivision 3, and have successfully passed a skills competency or knowledge
test required by the commissioner before the individual provides or oversees
staff training. The commissioner must publish and update as needed a list of
acceptable skills competency or knowledge tests on the departments website that
are based on current best practice standards in the field of dementia care and
meet requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.83,
subdivision 3, clause (3),
Subp.
4.
Staff competency; retraining. The facility's
training policy must identify the requirements for retraining staff when the
facility determines that a staff person is not demonstrating competency when
performing assigned tasks. If retraining does not result in competency, the
facility must identify the additional steps it will follow to ensure the staff
person achieves competency, the time frame for completing the additional steps,
and the actions the facility will take to protect resident rights until
competency is achieved.
Subp. 5.
Portability of staff training.
A.
Unlicensed personnel providing assisted living services who transfer from one
licensed assisted living facility to another or who are newly hired by a
licensed assisted living facility may satisfy the training requirements under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144G. 61, subdivision 2, by providing written proof
of previously completed training within the past 18 months.
B. The facility must complete an evaluation
of the competency of the unlicensed personnel in the areas where the previously
completed training is being accepted by the facility before the staff person
may provide assisted living services to residents. Competency evaluations must
be conducted by a competency evaluator under subpart 6, and Minnesota Statutes,
section
144G.61,
subdivision 1, and maintained under Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.42,
subdivision 8.
Subp. 6.
Training records and certificate.
A. The facility must maintain a record of
staff training and competency required under this part and Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 144G, that documents the following information for each competency
evaluation, training, retraining, and orientation topic:
(1) facility name, location, and license
number;
(2) name of the training
topic or training program, and the training methodology, such as classroom
style, web-based training, video, or one-to-one training;
(3) date of the training and the competency
evaluation, and the total amount of time of the training and competency
evaluation;
(4) name and title of
the instructor and the instructors signature, and the name and title of the
competency evaluator, if different from the instructor, and the evaluators
signature with a statement attesting that the employee successfully completed
the training and competency evaluation; and
(5) name and title of the staff person
completing the training, and the staff persons signature with a statement
attesting that the staff person successfully completed the training as
described on the certificate.
B. A copy of the certificate of completed
competency evaluation, training, retraining, or orientation must be provided to
the employee at the time the evaluation or training is
completed.
