New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 140 - PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES PROGRAM
Subchapter 6 - CONSUMER INFORMATION AND PERSONAL ASSISTANT TRAINING
Section 10:140-6.1 - Training requirements

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:140-6.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Newly eligible consumers for the Personal Assistance Services Program shall complete one mandatory training course entitled Orientation to PASP to be offered by the designated training agency, under contract with the Division. Consumers who have been previously trained may attend a refresher course as they deem it to be necessary.

1. Training will be available in lecture format and in self-paced format.

(b) All personal assistants may attend the Basic Techniques of Personal Assistance Course when offered, but only at the discretion of the consumer for whom they are employed.

(c) Training as set forth at (a) above shall be mandatory and no waivers of the requirement shall be considered. Consumers who fail to complete the required course shall have their personal assistance services suspended and/or terminated, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:140-3.9.

(d) Consumer requests to receive in-home training sessions on the required training course shall be considered on a case-by-case basis.

(e) The county designated agency shall provide necessary information on consumers to the designated training agency to enable compliance with (a) above. Such information shall be furnished upon request by the designated training agency, as approved by the State Program Administrator, and shall include, but is not limited to, names, addresses and telephone numbers of consumers.

(f) The consumer shall provide or ensure the provision of necessary information on personal assistants to the designated training agency to enable compliance with (b) above. Such information shall be furnished upon request by the designated training agency, as approved by the State Program Administrator, and shall include, but is not limited to, names, addresses and telephone numbers of personal assistants, and as appropriate, written requests for a waiver of the Basic Techniques of Personal Assistance Services course.

(g) Consumers may request that the training vendor provide advanced or disability/task-specific training for their assistants, the cost of which will be the responsibility of the consumer and shall be deducted as an expense on the consumer's CMP.

(h) Newly hired staff of the county designated agency shall obtain training in the cash model within 45 days of their date of hire.

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