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4668.0835 QUALIFICATIONS FOR UNLICENSED PERSONNEL WHO PERFORM ASSISTED LIVING HOME CARE SERVICES.
Subpart 1.
Scope.
This part applies to a class F home care provider licensee that provides assisted living home care services using unlicensed personnel.
Subp. 2.
Qualifications.
An unlicensed person may offer to perform, or be employed to perform nursing services delegated to unlicensed personnel as provided under part 4668.0825, other services performed by unlicensed personnel as provided under part 4668.0830, or central storage of medications as provided under part 4668.0865, only if the person has:
A.
successfully completed the training and passed the competency evaluation according to part 4668.0840, subpart 2;
Subp. 3.
In-service training and demonstration of competency.
For each unlicensed person who performs assisted living home care services, a class F home care provider licensee must comply with items A to C.
A.
For each 12 months of employment, a person who performs assisted living home care services must complete at least eight hours of in-service training in topics relevant to the provision of home care services, including training in infection control required under part 4668.0065, subpart 3, obtained from the licensee or another source.
B.
If a person has not performed assisted living home care services for a continuous period of 24 consecutive months, the person must demonstrate to a registered nurse competence according to part 4668.0840, subpart 4, item C.
C.
A licensee must retain documentation of satisfying this part and must provide documentation to a person who completes the in-service training.
Subp. 4.
Documentation.
A.
An unlicensed person who performs assisted living home care services must provide documentation to the employing licensee of satisfying this part.
B.
A class F home care provider licensee must verify that unlicensed persons employed by the licensee to perform assisted living home care services have satisfied the requirements of this part, and must retain documentation in the personnel records.
Subp. 5.
Initiation of services by unlicensed personnel.
Before initiating delegated nursing services by unlicensed personnel, a registered nurse must orient each person who is to perform assisted living home care services to each client and to the assisted living home care services to be performed. Based on the professional judgment of the registered nurse and on the individual needs of the client, the orientation may occur onsite, verbally, or in writing.
Statutory Authority:
MS s 144A.45
History:
24 SR 141; L 2006 c 282 art 19 s 19
Published Electronically:
July 3, 2013
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