2012 Minnesota Statutes

245D.09 STAFFING STANDARDS.

Subdivision 1.Staffing requirements.

The license holder must provide direct service staff sufficient to ensure the health, safety, and protection of rights of each person and to be able to implement the responsibilities assigned to the license holder in each person's service plan.

Subd. 2.Supervision of staff having direct contact.

Except for a license holder who is the sole direct service staff, the license holder must provide adequate supervision of staff providing direct service to ensure the health, safety, and protection of rights of each person and implementation of the responsibilities assigned to the license holder in each person's service plan.

Subd. 3.Staff qualifications.

(a) The license holder must ensure that staff is competent through training, experience, and education to meet the person's needs and additional requirements as written in the service plan, or when otherwise required by the case manager or the federal waiver plan. The license holder must verify and maintain evidence of staff competency, including documentation of:

(1) education and experience qualifications, including a valid degree and transcript, or a current license, registration, or certification, when a degree or licensure, registration, or certification is required;

(2) completion of required orientation and training, including completion of continuing education required to maintain professional licensure, registration, or certification requirements; and

(3) except for a license holder who is the sole direct service staff, performance evaluations completed by the license holder of the direct service staff person's ability to perform the job functions based on direct observation.

(b) Staff under 18 years of age may not perform overnight duties or administer medication.

Subd. 4.Orientation.

(a) Except for a license holder who does not supervise any direct service staff, within 90 days of hiring direct service staff, the license holder must provide and ensure completion of orientation that combines supervised on-the-job training with review of and instruction on the following:

(1) the job description and how to complete specific job functions, including:

(i) responding to and reporting incidents as required under section 245D.06, subdivision 1; and

(ii) following safety practices established by the license holder and as required in section 245D.06, subdivision 2;

(2) the license holder's current policies and procedures required under this chapter, including their location and access, and staff responsibilities related to implementation of those policies and procedures;

(3) data privacy requirements according to sections 13.01 to 13.10 and 13.46, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and staff responsibilities related to complying with data privacy practices;

(4) the service recipient rights under section 245D.04, and staff responsibilities related to ensuring the exercise and protection of those rights;

(5) sections 245A.65, 245A.66, 626.556, and 626.557, governing maltreatment reporting and service planning for children and vulnerable adults, and staff responsibilities related to protecting persons from maltreatment and reporting maltreatment;

(6) what constitutes use of restraints, seclusion, and psychotropic medications, and staff responsibilities related to the prohibitions of their use; and

(7) other topics as determined necessary in the person's service plan by the case manager or other areas identified by the license holder.

(b) License holders who provide direct service themselves must complete the orientation required in paragraph (a), clauses (3) to (7).

(c) Before providing unsupervised direct service to a person served by the program, or for whom the staff person has not previously provided direct service, or any time the plans or procedures identified in clauses (1) and (2) are revised, the staff person must review and receive instruction on the following as it relates to the staff person's job functions for that person:

(1) the person's service plan as it relates to the responsibilities assigned to the license holder, and when applicable, the person's individual abuse prevention plan according to section 245A.65, to achieve an understanding of the person as a unique individual, and how to implement those plans; and

(2) medication administration procedures established for the person when assigned to the license holder according to section 245D.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). Unlicensed staff may administer medications only after successful completion of a medication administration training, from a training curriculum developed by a registered nurse, clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing, certified nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, or physician incorporating an observed skill assessment conducted by the trainer to ensure staff demonstrate the ability to safely and correctly follow medication procedures. Medication administration must be taught by a registered nurse, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, or physician if, at the time of service initiation or any time thereafter, the person has or develops a health care condition that affects the service options available to the person because the condition requires:

(i) specialized or intensive medical or nursing supervision;

(ii) nonmedical service providers to adapt their services to accommodate the health and safety needs of the person; and

(iii) necessary training in order to meet the health service needs of the person as determined by the person's physician.

Subd. 5.Training.

(a) A license holder must provide annual training to direct service staff on the topics identified in subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clauses (3) to (6).

(b) A license holder providing behavioral programming, specialist services, personal support, 24-hour emergency assistance, night supervision, independent living skills, structured day, prevocational, or supported employment services must provide a minimum of eight hours of annual training to direct service staff that addresses:

(1) topics related to the general health, safety, and service needs of the population served by the license holder; and

(2) other areas identified by the license holder or in the person's current service plan.

Training on relevant topics received from sources other than the license holder may count toward training requirements.

(c) When the license holder is the owner, lessor, or tenant of the service site and whenever a person receiving services is present at the site, the license holder must have a staff person available on site who is trained in basic first aid and, when required in a person's service plan, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Subd. 6.Subcontractors.

If the license holder uses a subcontractor to perform services licensed under this chapter on the license holder's behalf, the license holder must ensure that the subcontractor meets and maintains compliance with all requirements under this chapter that apply to the services to be provided.

Subd. 7.Volunteers.

The license holder must ensure that volunteers who provide direct services to persons served by the program receive the training, orientation, and supervision necessary to fulfill their responsibilities.

History:

2012 c 216 art 18 s 24