{"ref":"CA-HH-AID-01","title":"Home Health Aide Certification, Training, In-Service, and Competency","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets out who may give home health aide services for the Agency and how the Agency proves each aide is qualified: only a person certified by the California Department of Public Health as a home health aide gives personal care under a physician’s plan of treatment (Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727(d)); the CDPH registry is checked before hire or patient contact (§1736.4(c)); each aide shows competency in every service before giving it (22 CCR §74710(b)); each aide completes at least 12 hours of in-service training in each 12-month period of certification and renews the certificate every two years on the birthday (§1736.2); and any training program the Agency runs meets 22 CCR §74747 and the instructor and online rules. If the Agency is Medicare-certified, every aide also meets 42 CFR §484.80(a)-(f).","inShort":["You may give personal care under a doctor’s plan only if your CDPH home health aide certificate is current.","We check the CDPH registry before you start and when your certificate renews on your birthday every two years.","Complete at least 12 hours of in-service training in each year of your certificate, and keep your records.","Do only the tasks a registered nurse has checked you can do safely. If a task was rated unsatisfactory, do not do it alone until you are retrained and pass again.","Tell the office right away if your certificate expires, is suspended, or your address changes."],"primaryCitation":"22 CCR §74745","citations":["22 CCR §74745","22 CCR §74747","22 CCR §74710(b)","22 CCR §74710(c)","22 CCR §74624","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727(c)","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727(d)","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1736.1","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1736.15","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1736.16","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1736.2","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1736.4"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.80(a)","42 CFR §484.80(b)","42 CFR §484.80(c)","42 CFR §484.80(d)","42 CFR §484.80(e)","42 CFR §484.80(f)","42 CFR §484.80(i)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the CDPH certificate status and the registry check, with its date, for each aide on your schedule this week.","Show me the competency evaluation for this aide. Who performed it, and which tasks were observed with a patient or pseudo-patient?"],"forms":[{"ref":"CA-HH-AID-01-A","title":"Home Health Aide Competency Evaluation Record"},{"ref":"CA-HH-AID-01-B","title":"Home Health Aide In-Service Training Log"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (22 CCR §74745)","5. Who May Give Aide and Personal Care Services","6. California Certification Routes","7. Training Programs the Agency Runs or Sponsors","7.1 Content and Hours (22 CCR §74747)","7.2 Instructors","7.3 Online or Distance Learning","7.4 Federal Limits on Agency-Run Programs (if Medicare-certified)","8. Checking Certification Before Hire and Before Each Assignment","9. Competency Evaluation","10. In-Service Training","11. Keeping Certificates Current","12. Misconduct and Concerns About an Aide","13. Responsibilities","14. Records and Compliance Monitoring","15. Staff Training","16. References","17. Related Policies and Forms","18. Approval","19. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ca-hha","state":"California","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/staff-policy-acknowledgment/","h1":"Staff policy acknowledgment: how read-and-sign works in home care"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}