Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 554 - NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AND MEDICAID CERTIFICATION
Subchapter L - DIETARY SERVICES
Section 554.1113 - Paid Feeding Assistants
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 554.1113
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) State-approved training course. The facility may use a paid feeding assistant, if the paid feeding assistant has successfully completed a state-approved training course that meets the requirements of § 554.1115 of this subchapter (relating to Requirements for Training of Paid Feeding Assistants) before feeding a resident.
(b) Supervision. A paid feeding assistant must work under the supervision of an RN or an LVN. In an emergency, a paid feeding assistant must call a supervisory nurse for help. A paid feeding assistant can only feed a resident in the dining room.
(c) Resident selection criteria.
(1) The facility must ensure that a
paid feeding assistant provides dining assistance only for a resident who has
no complicated feeding problems, which include difficulty swallowing, recurrent
lung aspirations, and tube or parenteral/IV feedings.
(2) The facility must base resident selection
on the interdisciplinary team's assessment and the resident's latest assessment
and comprehensive care plan. A resident's comprehensive care plan must reflect
the resident's appropriateness for a paid feeding assistant.
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