{"ref":"LA-HC-SVC-03","title":"Transportation of Clients and Driver Safety","category":"Service delivery","summary":"Sets who may drive clients, what the Agency checks before and while a worker transports clients (licensing, a safe driving course within 90 days of hire and every three years, a driver's license status inquiry report at hire and every year, vehicle licensing, inspection, insurance and seatbelts), how the Agency evaluates the driving record, and how wheelchair users are transported safely.","inShort":["Drive a client only if the office has approved you in writing as a driver.","Your license is checked when you are hired and every year. You take a safe driving course within 90 days of hire and every three years.","Tell your supervisor by the next business day about any ticket for how you drove, any crash or any license problem.","Everyone wears a seatbelt. Never have more people than seatbelts, and never leave a client alone in the car.","If there is a crash or emergency, pull over safely, call 911, then call your supervisor."],"primaryCitation":"LAC 48:I.5045","citations":["LAC 48:I.5029.B.14","LAC 48:I.5029.C.1.c","LAC 48:I.5045","LAC 48:I.5045.E","LAC 48:I.5045.F","LAC 48:I.5079.B.3","LAC 48:I.5039.B.3.a","Medicaid Services Manual, Chapter 30, §30.2"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Which of your workers transport clients? Show me the safe driving course certificate and the driver's license status inquiry report for this worker.","How do you decide that a worker's driving record means the worker may not transport clients?"],"forms":[{"ref":"LA-HC-SVC-03-A","title":"Driver Qualification and Vehicle Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I.5045)","5. When Workers Transport or Accompany Clients","6. Driver Qualifications and Checks","6.1 License","6.2 Safe driving course","6.3 Driver's license status inquiry report","6.4 Evaluating the report","6.5 Self-reporting","7. Vehicles and Insurance","8. Before and During Each Trip","9. Clients Who Cannot Transfer to and From the Vehicle","10. Contracted Transportation","11. Responsibilities","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. Staff Training","14. References","15. Related Policies and Forms","16. Approval","17. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"la-hca","state":"Louisiana","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}