Minnesota Administrative Rules

4668.0110 HOME CARE AIDE TASKS.

Subpart 1.

Home care aide tasks.

For a class B or C licensee, only a person who satisfies the requirements of subpart 2 or part 4668.0100, subpart 5, may perform the following services for clients:

A.

preparing modified diets, such as diabetic or low sodium diets;

B.

reminding clients to take regularly scheduled medications or perform exercises;

C.

household chores in the presence of technically sophisticated medical equipment or episodes of acute illness or infectious disease;

D.

household chores when the client's care requires the prevention of exposure to infectious disease or containment of infectious disease; and

E.

assisting with dressing, oral hygiene, hair care, grooming, and bathing, if the client is ambulatory, and if the client has no serious acute illness or infectious disease. Oral hygiene means care of teeth, gums, and oral prosthetic devices.

Subp. 2.

Qualifications for persons who perform home care aide tasks.

No person may offer or perform home care aide tasks, or be employed to perform home care aide tasks, unless the person has:

A.

successfully completed training and passed the competency evaluation required by part 4668.0130, subpart 1;

B.

passed the competency evaluation required by part 4668.0130, subpart 3;

C.

successfully completed training in another jurisdiction comparable to that required by item A; or

D.

satisfied the requirements of part 4668.0100.

Subp. 3.

Documentation.

Class B licensees shall verify that the persons employed or contracted by the licensees to perform home care aide tasks have satisfied the requirements of this part and shall retain documentation in the personnel records. Persons who perform home care aide tasks must provide documentation to the employing or contracting licensees of satisfying this part. Class C licensees shall retain documentation of satisfying this part.

Subp. 4.

In-service training.

For each person who performs home care aide tasks, the licensee must comply with items A and B.

A.

For each 12 months of employment, each person who performs home care aide tasks must complete at least six hours of in-service training in topics relevant to the provision of home care services, including that required by part 4668.0065, subpart 3, obtained from the licensee or another source.

B.

Licensees shall retain documentation of satisfying this part and shall provide documentation to persons who have completed the in-service training.

Subp. 5.

[Repealed, L 2009 c 174 art 2 s 12]

Subp. 6.

Class E visits.

A class E licensee must visit the client and observe the provision of home care services every 60 days after initiation of home care aide tasks to verify that the work is being performed adequately and to identify problems.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.45; 144A.46; 144A.47; 144A.48

History:

17 SR 2454; L 2006 c 282 art 19 s 19; L 2009 c 174 art 2 s 12

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2013