Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Initial staff orientation
and training.
The license holder is responsible for ensuring that every
staff member successfully completes the orientation training specified in items
A and B.
A. Before providing direct
care or having any other direct contact with persons in treatment, a staff
member must:
(1) complete an overview of the
treatment program philosophy and design;
(2) demonstrate mastery of techniques used to
manage behavioral emergencies, including preventive de-escalation techniques
and physical and nonphysical intervention techniques to interrupt violent
behavior;
(3) be knowledgeable
about the rights of persons in treatment under applicable laws such as
Minnesota Statutes, sections
144.651
(the Patient Bill of Rights) and 626.557 (the Reporting of Maltreatment of
Vulnerable Adults Act), and about program policies ensuring these
rights;
(4) understand how the
general need to establish and maintain boundaries in a therapeutic relationship
applies in the specific context of working with sexual psychopathic
personalities and other sex offenders; and
(5) review the program's emergency provisions
on fire, weather, missing persons, serious injury, and death.
B. Within the first 30 calendar
days of employment, all staff members must complete introductory training in:
(1) human sexuality and specific issues
raised by the program population;
(2) awareness of the influences of culture
and the importance of cultural differences;
(3) control of infection and infectious
diseases; and
(4) assessment and
individual treatment planning.
Subp. 2.
Ongoing individual staff
development and evaluation plan.
The license holder must ensure that an individual staff
development and evaluation plan is developed and implemented for all staff who
provide, supervise, or administer direct services. The plan must:
A. be developed within 90 days of employment
and be reviewed and revised at least annually;
B. meet the staff development needs specified
in the staff member's annual employee evaluation; and
C. address the specific age, cultural, and
mental health needs of the persons being served.
Subp. 3.
Amount of annual
training.
The license holder must ensure that all staff receive the
amount of training specified in this subpart.
A. Except as provided in items B and C, all
staff must receive at least 16 hours of training annually.
B. Staff who work more than half time and
have less than 4,000 hours of experience providing services to sex offenders or
to persons with behavioral disorders, developmental disabilities, mental
illness, or chemical dependency must receive at least 24 hours of training
annually.
C. Treatment staff
members and consultants whose duties require them to be licensed, certified, or
registered by the state of Minnesota are exempt from the requirements in items
A and B as long as they meet the training requirements necessary to remain
current in their licensure, certification, or registration.
The orientation required in subpart
1 may be counted toward the
annual training requirement in an employee's first year of service.
Subp. 4.
Content
of training.
The license holder must ensure that at least 75 percent of
the required training hours is focused on one or more of the following areas or
subjects:
A. use of preventive
de-escalation techniques and physical and nonphysical intervention to interrupt
violent behavior;
B. application
and compliance with Minnesota Statutes and rules related to treatment and
services for sex offenders;
C.
assessment and treatment of persons with special needs related to conditions
such as substance abuse, obsessive compulsive disorder, organic brain damage,
impulse control disorders, or other physical needs;
D. prevention and control of infectious
diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection;
E. how to administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and
F. review of research, practice, or
regulations that affect care and treatment programs for sex
offenders.
Statutory Authority: MS s
246B.04
