Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. All
facilities shall provide training for each staff member.
B. Documentation for training shall be kept
on file at each facility and available for inspection by representatives of the
licensing authority.
C.
Documentation may take the form of certificates or a training log with the
date, name of staff member or caregiver, hours spent in training, subject and
source of training.
D. Before
beginning work all facilities shall provide for each staff member an
orientation which includes the following as a minimum:
(1) scope of services, activities, and
program offered by the facility;
(2) emergency first aid procedures,
recognition of illness and indicators of abuse;
(3) fire prevention measures and emergency
evacuation plans;
(4) review of
licensing regulations;
(5) special
problems of the elderly and disabled;
(6) participant rights;
(7) sanitation procedures.
E. Emergency staff and substitutes
are not required to participate in training.
F. Adult day care centers:
(1) All staff members, including the
director, shall participate in at least 40 documented clock hours of training
during each year of employment.
(2)
Of the 40 hours of required training, 20 hours shall be in areas covering the
physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of adults.
(3) Other training may include, but is not
limited to the following: nutrition, sanitation procedures, first aid, and
cardiovascular resuscitation techniques.
G. Adult day care homes:
(1) All staff members shall participate in at
least 24 documented clock hours of training during each year of
licensure.
(2) The required 24
hours of training shall be in the subjects specified in these
regulations.
H. Training
may be obtained from, but not limited to, the following resources:
(1) public health division, health care
authority.
(2) social services
division, health care authority.
(3) adult day care associations and
information and referral services.
(4) university related programs.
(5) vocational/technical schools.
(6) county extension offices.
(7) local fire department.
(8) red cross.
(9) self-study as approved by the licensing
authority.
(10) In service training
by a qualified staff member whose qualifications are approved by the licensing
authority.
