Minnesota Administrative Rules

4668.0075 ORIENTATION TO HOME CARE REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Orientation.

Every individual applicant for a license, and every person who provides direct care, supervision of direct care, or management of services for a licensee, shall complete an orientation to home care requirements before providing home care services to clients. This orientation may be incorporated into the training required of paraprofessionals under part 4668.0130. This orientation need only be completed once.

Subp. 2.

Content.

The orientation required by subpart 1 must contain the following topics:

A.

an overview of this chapter and Minnesota Statutes, sections 144A.43 to 144A.47;

B.

handling of emergencies and use of emergency services;

C.

reporting the maltreatment of vulnerable minors or adults under Minnesota Statutes, sections 626.556 and 626.557;

D.

home care bill of rights;

E.

handling of clients' complaints and reporting of complaints to the Office of Health Facility Complaints; and

F.

services of the ombudsman for older Minnesotans.

Subp. 3.

Sources of orientation.

The orientation training required by this part may be provided by the licensee or may be obtained from other sources. The commissioner shall provide a curriculum and materials that may be used to present the orientation.

Subp. 4.

Verification and documentation.

Each licensee shall retain evidence that each person required under subpart 1, has completed the orientation training required by this part.

Subp. 5.

Transferability.

Licensees may accept from another provider written verification that a person has completed the orientation.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.45; 144A.46; 144A.47; 144A.48; 144A.752

History:

17 SR 2454; 24 SR 141; 28 SR 1639

Published Electronically:

July 3, 2013