Minnesota Administrative Rules

4668.0805 ORIENTATION TO HOME CARE REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Orientation.

An individual applicant for a class F home care provider license and a person who provides direct care, supervision of direct care, or management of services for a licensee must complete an orientation to home care requirements before providing home care services to clients. The orientation may be incorporated into the training of unlicensed personnel required under part 4668.0835, subpart 2. The orientation need only be completed once.

Subp. 2.

Content.

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

A.

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

B.

handling emergencies and using emergency services;

C.

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

D.

the home care bill of rights, Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.44;

E.

handling of clients' complaints and how clients and staff may report complaints to the Office of Health Facility Complaints; and

F.

the services of the ombudsman for older Minnesotans.

Subp. 3.

Sources of orientation.

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

Subp. 4.

Verification and documentation.

A class F home care provider licensee must retain evidence that each person has completed the orientation training required under this part.

Subp. 5.

Transferability.

A class F home care provider licensee may accept written verification from another provider that a person has completed the orientation required under this part.

Subp. 6.

Schedule of fines.

For a violation of the following subparts, the stated fine shall be assessed:

A.

subpart 1, $300;

B.

subpart 2, $100; and

C.

subpart 4, $50.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.45; 144A.752

History:

24 SR 141; 28 SR 1639; L 2006 c 282 art 19 s 19

Published Electronically:

July 3, 2013